Posting Issues

Blogger is being difficult for me so, I haven't posted on our latest adventure but, I will when I feel like being more patient.

American Girls...

The girls and I ventured into Dallas and went to the American Girl Store today. They had so much fun and it was like "a kid in a candy store." (Only a lot more expensive.) I took a few pictures of them with my phone so, I hope that they show up okay.

Spring Break...

Spring break started off very soggy. It rained most of the weekend but, yesterday and today have been beautiful. We planted our garden yesterday, today we spent at the park, tomorrow we are venturing into Dallas to go to the American Girl store and Thursday we'll be heading down to Austin to see my cousin and her family. It should be a fun filled week for the girls. Next week will be fun too because we have some visitors coming. Yay! I'll have some pictures to post next week.

Thank goodness for the wind...

I never in my life thought I would say thank goodness for the wind. But, today I was so glad it was windy. Why, do you ask. Because I never would have been able to run 3 miles without water in dead muggy air. It was 85 degrees when I finally got out the door to run. I'm supposed to run 8 miles tomorrow. So, I think better get out early and hope it's slightly breezy. Running in different climates is definitely an adventure.

Post-edit: I ran my 8 miles today (with my waterpack) and felt pretty dang good and the weather cooperated, so it was fabulous!

Hermit crabs, spinach and air conditioning

First of all, Ashlie was the star student today and got to bring the class pet home. Lila the Hermit Crab is temporarily taking up residence here. Ashlie has carried the poor crab everywhere, talks to it and pretends to play with it. She won't touch it though. It's kind of cute.

The other day while at the grocery store, Alivia noticed spinach and said "ew, gross." Then Allie and Ash chimed in saying how much they hate spinach. So, what does their mean mamma do? She chops up spinach and puts it in their salad and they eat it. Then I tell them that they just ate spinach. It was kind of funny! So, now spinach isn't so bad. Baby steps!

85 degrees in Texas feels like 100 in Las Vegas. So, it is March 5th and we've had our air conditioning on in the house already. I never knew that I could sweat so much!

P.S. I think that the flu has finally left our house, it may be temporary, who knows, but, I'll take the reprieve.

Please just go away!

We moved to Texas just in time for the peak of the flu season here. They've actually shut down a few elementary schools because of it. I was hoping that we were in the clear. Not so fast though. Ash and Liv have had it and it is just getting worse. Livvy scared me last night when her fever spiked to 105. Yikes. Sleepless nights of listening to them cough and moan. Thankfully Allie hasn't had it yet, she just finished the annual state testing at school. Please, flu just go away!!!!!!!

Daughters...

Phil has been on yet another business trip and so the girls and I had a long week of coming up with fun girlie things to do. Pedicures, manicures, hairdos, sewing etc. We've been reading Anne of Green Gables for a few months together. It's such a great book to read with your daughters. We've been planning to watch the movie when we are done but, we went to the library and saw they they had it and couldn't resist. So, we checked it out and made plans to watch it Saturday night. By 7:00 we were all in our pajamas and snuggled into my bed to watch it. We all watched it until 10:30 when we couldn't keep our eyes open any longer. Then we woke up and finished it. We all loved it and the girls pretended to be Anne all day long (way better than Britney Spears.) We are going to check out the sequel for Dad's next business trip. I love bonding moments like this and I love having daughters to share them with.