birthdays galore!

Alright, get ready for a doozy of a post. We got 3 (3!) birthdays, a Carly Rae Jepsen concert, father/daughter date and a Repticon event comin' at ya. All from ONE weekend! (EH, why break it up into smaller posts? ;))

First, Carly Rae! I've been so in love with her E*MO*TION album that I convinced Richard to go with me to her shoe at House of Blues. It was sooo fun! She's a great live singer - it was like one big sing-a-long! We even met up with friends John and Travis and got ourselves a VIP table (because general admission is for suckers... and youngins not like myself). It was simply marvy!

Me & John :D

While we were out, Meghan took the kids out to Mooya and sent us a few snaps (including a very blurry one of R3 - that kid moves around alot!).

(Not pictured - our Uber driver getting hit by a drunk driver and nearly run the hell over on our way back home afterwards! We had to help him file a police report! It was nutzo!)

For Valentine's Day this year, Richard decided to get all the kittens a "daddy date" of varying degrees. Sadie was up first, and they went for pedicures! Apparently they were quite the spectacle at the salon - but I wouldn't expect anything less. ;P

When Sadie came back, I took her to our first of our THREE birthday soirees - Miss Kennedy Bayer's first birthday party! (I asked the other littles to come with me and they were thoroughly not interested... screens > babies... but not for Sadie!)

The party was donut-themed, and Janine had it DOWN. Donuts everywhere! (Including adorable "Mom," "Pop" and "One" shirts.. in which all the Os were donuts... so cute!)

Me & Janine <3

Sadie with her party favors... (Which says, "Thanks a HOLE bunch!")

After Kennedy's party, we rounded up the whole crew (sans Meghan who went to Repticon Saturday morning... more on that in a second) to Miss Vera's Sweet 16th birthday bar-b-que!

(interchangable boys in pics, haha)

Culinary chaos.

There were no candles to be found, so we stuck one lighter in the cake and held a few others around while singing Happy Birthday. Making due with what we got!

Not pictured - Vera and her friends hurling cake & icing at each other post-birthday song. ;P

The whole night was filled with ping pong (notice the boys with a paddle in one hand, drink in the other...), Just Dance video games, hula-hooping... no wonder I passed out on the couch at 10 o'clock. ;P

Fur-baby lovins... :D

We even got to Skype with Ashlee from Europe!

We just love this girl.

The next day, I went to have a birthday lunch with Tristan + friends! He actually had a party on Saturday as well, but... that obviously wasn't going to happen. Thank goodness he was flexible with me. ;P

We went to Goodfriend, which is an adorable spot with delicious food.

You can even bring your doggies on the patio! So Norman had to join us, of course. He was impossible to photograph (what a brat ;)). 

After lunch, we hopped across the street to a little cafe for some tea and coffee... and Shaleah trying on baseball hats under her helmet (important to know if it fits, duh!).

Meghan at Repticon in Houston. We were sad to miss her amoungst our partying, but at least she had a swell time!

 Would you believe that I got sick two days after this mayhem? I think it was my body's way of going "WOAH THERE." But that's a story neither glamorous or interesting, so let's just appreciate how blessed we are to be so busy with people we love in one single weekend. :)

valentine's day weekend!

We had a very fun and busy Valentine's Day weekend with family this year. (Par for the course!)

Friday started off with yummy dinner and the most beautiful red tulips from my husband. :)

And on Saturday we went to Waxahachie to hang out with mom and Tonya! Mumsie had been wanting to do a pub/antique crawl in the downtown area for ages, and we finally got it on the calendar (unfortunately, Stephen had to work... of course! ;P). We moved alot quicker than I expected, because mom had a "3 minute rule" in the antique shops - "I just wanted to see if it was a bunch of crap... and it was!"  

At our first stop, The College Street Pub - best fried green beans ever!

We even ran into Roxanne! :D

Although Stephen had to work, R, Tonya and I met up with him after we got back from Waxahachie to have a good ole Chipotle dinner back at the hill. We got home late and got up early to hang out with Tonya and Stephen again for some girl-time and boy-time! Tonya and I went shopping for President's Day sales, and Stephen and Richard hung out at home and cleaned car headlights (FUN TIME?! ;P). After we all met back up, we went to a FABULOUS Ethiopian restaurant, Desta. Meghan and Nick went on a date by themselves to Mumtaz, because we converted her!

Family Valentine's Days are the best Valentine's Days. :)

perot museum with the littles

The first weekend of February we went to the Perot museum with our sweet littles. We originally planned to go to the DMA (because it's free!) but we realized we'd never actually been to the Perot as a family - so why not change it up! The kids were so funny - lots of "oohhs!" and "my turn, my turn!" but we wonder how much they actually learned... because there's very little reading going on with those kids at museums. (And I don't blame them! I swear, they need those guided audio tours more heavily advertised. I love those!) Here are a few pictures and a little video I put together - nothing fancy! Just the vibe for the visit. ;)

Emily and I taking a selfie in the hot-spot section, haha.

A picture of Sadie dancing (see video!).

Emily, before she knocked over her epic tower. (again, see video ;P)

I started getting a head-ache and decided to sit down for a little bit (there's alot to be mentally stimulated by!), and Sadie asked for my phone since I wasn't in motion... and took 47 pictures of geodes. ;P I was like "?!" when I got my phone back (because she'll never care to look at them again, let's be real!) but I made this little collage for her anyway because I'm trying to be decent. ;P That girl!

A REAL-LIVE PHOTO OF RICHARD III. This never happens!

Afterwards we went to In-and-Out for some lunchie yums, and it was just so sweet! We have such a darling time with our little dumplins... despite the "I'm bored!" cry 2 whole minutes after lunch. But we at least got them away from computer screens for a few hours. ;)

busy, busy weekend!

(Patting myself on the back for not getting 2 months behind on blog posts! ;D) Last weekend and SO BUSY. On Friday, we took all the kittens to Main Event in Frisco Emily's school band peeps - I had to head that way right after work, and thank goodness for the Main Event bar! ;) Saturday was errand after errand after errand, all while Richard helped Juju buy a brand new car - no big deal - and THEN we had Darrah and the boys over for burgers and Star Wars. Phew! Then on Sunday, I took the girls (sans Meggie, who had to work unfortunately!) to sweet Yesenia's baby shower BEFORE the usual Sunday shuffle to get them back to their mom's. But everything went off without a hitch, I kinda felt like dropping the mike come Sunday evening! (Which was the beginning of another full week... but I won't bore with any of those details. Let's just say I had mixers Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday AND Friday... *falls over*)

So, here's some photos from our busy weekend. :D

This is Sadie, after coming in Third Place in laser tag at Main Event. The conversation before this selfie went something like this: "Mommy, I came in 3rd place! And it was my first time playing it! Can we take a picture? And put #thirdplace?" (Always asking about hashtags, these days. ;P)

My weekend errand uniform these days consist of "button down, skinnies and lipstick" and I'm very unapologetic for it. This particular combo got me a "You look like Agent Carter!" comment while at the dry-cleaners, and I was SO INTO IT (after Googling who Agent Carter was, because I'm a dinosaur... at least with Marvel-related information).

We took Miss Sadie-bug to get a hair trim, and stopped by Corner Bakery for lunchies afterwards!

Mommy after her new car purchase. She and Richard make a SUPER team. :D

Sweet D brought over not 1, not 2, but THREE desserts for us to nom on after our yummy burger dinner (and... before? I regret nothing!). Two of which were of the fruit pizza variety, which I'm fairly confident is Juju's new favorite thing. ;)

The boys and girls were all in Star Wars gear in support of our Star Wars: Episode 4 selection for movie night - THEY ARE SO CUTE.

Emily, doing what she does (and R3 and Sadie were doing the same, just in their room - they're almost non-exsistent some weekends, guests or no!).

Me and my sweet Yesenia at her baby shower! 

And our girls (I feel like this is a very telling photograph of all their personalities. ;P)

There was even a Baby Azalia cocktail! I was so smitten!

The baby shower was at On Premise, in Deep Ellum, and Emily (our little artist) fell IN LOVE in Deep Ellum. "There's art every where! Everyone looks so weird, but it's, like, normal! Beards everywhere!" We officially decided to take her for a more thorough walk-through on her birthday date this year. ;)

Phew! Annnnd on Monday, R and I went to Mumtaz for their AMAZING buffet to reward ourselves for all our work. Shwing!