Goodbye 20's-- Hello 30!

Hello 30... I welcome you... I just hope you can keep up!

Birthday Kiss!

We started celebrating early (since my birthday nicely fell on a MONDAY)! With fondue and friends! (Zoom in to check out my birthday earrings from my awesome Hubs!)

Todd's first fondue experience!

Wade brought lotto tickets- Brent was the big winner at $1... would have been quite a birthday if Wade had made me a milliionaire!!! Ha!

My besties:

My youthful staff thought it would be funny to mourn the loss of my 20's! They posted baby pictures all over the building and decorated my office in black.

I met my Aunt Holly for lunch and a SURPRISE visitor showed up!!! My MOMMA drove up fro Houston!!! Best birthday present EVER!!!

Brent had class Monday night, so Momma bathed Luke and watched Dancing With The Stars with me!


I am blessed to be at 30 and look forward to the year ahead! Thank you all for making it a special day!

Allie Love

Luke has started following Allie around because he can "chase" her the longest :) The other day, we were outside, and chasing... all of a sudden, Allie stopped and crouched over to take care of business... so here is the conversation that took place:

Luke: Momma! Allie poo poo!

Me: Yes, Luke. Allie goes poo poo in the yard, you go poo poo in the potty

(Allie walks away, Luke gets a look on his face that looks like he is about to touch it)

Me: NNNNNOOOOO!!! (It worked). We don't touch poo poo- it is dirty.

Luke: No touch poo poo. Dirty.

(Allie walks back over and Luke notices she needs some additional help.)

Luke: Wipe Allie's bootie. Need help.

Me: No, Luke. I'll do it.

(Luke disappears as I continue to water plants).

(Luke appears with MY KITCHEN HAND TOWEL)

Luke: Wipe Allie's bootie. (In the sweetest, most concerned voice ever) Come here Baby Girl.

(Allie runs away)

Me: Luke, lets not use the kitchen towel. Lets go get a Kleenex.

(we go get the Kleenex and return to a clean dog)

Lesson learned: I don't think there is one, but it was pretty funny!

And the Winner is....

Brent! (by technicality!)

Thanks to the ONE other person who voted with me that horses eat meat... it was probably a sympathy vote, or maybe you googled the article that I read where some person's horse ate their hamburger.

All I will say is horses CAN eat meat (as noted by the person who's horse ate a hamburger), their digestive systems just don't like it, so TECHNICALLY, they are herbivores. Way to go Brent for winning the bet... finally ;)

Rhinoceros

Random Luke Pictures

A great helper!

Basketball:

First shiner (from camping trip):

Spoiler Alert!

Brent and Luke went to get me a birthday present today while I got my hair cut! As we were driving to dinner, I asked Luke what they got me-- Earrings! Ha! I can't wait to open my new earrings! Brent was in shock that Luke told- smart cookie!

First Pee Pee On The Potty!

Never thought the day would come! April 1, 2011 No Foolin'!

Brewer Bets

Well, Brent and I seem to be at an impasse and we need your help... we bet a pair of shoes on the question: DO HORSES EAT MEAT? When we googled the question, we got conflicting results and we both think we are right. In the spirit of fairness, I won't tell you who thinks what, so would you help us out and vote to bring us to consensus!!! (See the poll on the right). A pair of shoes rest in your hands! Thanks and may the smartest Brewer win! Ha!

Spring Things

Last weekend, Brent and I washed our cars... I kept Luke busy finding Roley Pollies:

When we were done with our cars, he asked if he could wash his... how in the world could we refuse that request!!!

Spring Break 2011

I think everybody has their favorite road trip candy-- you know the one you stop at the gas station to get- the candy that makes you so happy you forget you are stuck in the car for hours on end... mine is cherry sours, Luke's is WORMS!

Our adventure awaits us! We camped in the "primitive camping" section... this would also be known as hike in and pack it out...

Luke and Allie leading the way on the trail! They both LOVED the woods!

Our campsite:

Hot dogs:

All set in the tent!

Glow sticks... trying to get Luke to sleep took an hour and a half because he thought sleeping in the tent was so fun.

Di Di's made it too!

We threw a lot of rocks in the water.


The boys tried to catch minnows

And then we moved on to the hotel... this is how I roll!

A night out on the town... we stopped at the Granbury square and ate at Babes, then had ice cream. Brent played some Elvis on the jukebox and Luke played an air guitar

Memaw sent Luke a $5 bill for St. Patrick's Day... we let him go to the gift shop and spend his money on whatever he wanted... he got the concept down really fast!

Here was his selection-- a dinosaur stick that makes a noise when you turn it on it's end:

And a dinosaur figure... this guy went EVERYWHERE with us! Luke was proud of him and even told a lady at the hotel he bought it with his own money! Ha!

Dinosaurs:

Tracks:

It was so fun to be with my boys 24-7... Brent didn't think a second about school and we all had a much needed break!

Bachelor- The Final Rose!

About mid way through the Bachelor season, I realized all of my Besties were too in fact watching the reality show the Bachelor-- I got hooked this season and so did they! We decided to have a viewing party for the final rose. These girls know how to celebrate-- from peanut butter and chocolate Bugles, to egg rolls to bunt cakes, we certainly didn't starve!

Holly, Leah, Sarah, Me, Julie

These are the popcorn bags Holly brought over-- Our name and title penned just as the titles of the bachelorette's! LOL!

Aunt Jamie Visits

Jamie made us her famous french toast for breakfast- Luke helped crack the eggs!

Then we headed out to the zoo. Luke's favorite animal was the Elephant. He LOVED getting a elephant stamp and was sad when it washed off in the bath.

I will attach a video of Luke making an elephant noises in the next few days- it will crack you up! :)

Least favorite was the monkeys... Luke was standing at a see through window and a monkey ran right up to him... scared Luke half to death! He recovered quickly in time for the birds!

We picked every yellow flower at the zoo!

Spitting over the rail- how does he know to do that?

On our way out, they had a snake that Luke remembered the next day. I told him if he ever sees a snake to RUN the other direction! I hope he doesn't think they are a pet!

It was fun and Luke really loved seeing all of the animals! A great start to our Spring Break!

Big Boy Undies- A Trial Run!

I realize it has been awhile, so let me post a quick video... I have lots of catching up to do, but let this sweetness tide you over :)

We had not talked about under ware in a while, so I mentioned it to Luke when he told me he didn't want to potty before bath. He pulled every last one out of the package and said "wear um?" To which I replied, "Absolutely! After your bath!" He took all 8 pairs to the bathroom and choose to wear Oscar the Grouch for his first under ware experience! Of course his diaper is layered right over them but he is still loving it!

Spoiled Rotten!

Brent had some serious school work to get done last weekend, so Luke and I drove to Houston to see Granna and Pops! I was pretty nervous about the drive down, but Luke was a champ and apparently "Road Trip Prizes" buy some serious time! Thanks to window stickers, glow sticks, football player cards and candy, we clocked some good time with NO stops!

Bed time kisses:

Bath time...

Adding "Blueberry" to the mix... as if 2 Horsies are not enough ;)

We went shopping for new shoes and spring clothes... Pops kept Luke busy on the rides... Luke picked out that "girl necklace" he is sporting proudly. He wore it home and Brent promptly put a truck sticker over the princess- LOL!

Roley Pollie

I don't have a picture, but Granna and Pops took Luke to get donuts while I got our stuff together at the house, then they went to fill up my tank with gas (yay!) and went through the car wash. When they got back home my mom said "Luke has never been through the car wash has he?" She said there were some mixed emotions with the new noises! Ha! Trooper.

Lunch before we left- tossing pennies in the fountain:

Man it was fun! Thanks Granna and Pops for entertaining us!