Spring Break (part two)

Gramma Pat and Pa left Thursday morning and we left for Houston shortly after. We started out by stopping by River Oaks Nails. El and I used to go there and get our nails painted for some of our special girl time. Eva had never been so I surprised the girls with a visit. It was nostalgic for El and me and exciting for Eva. Next we met Rex, Jim, Fabene', and Seth for a yummy dinner at Caraba's. We then went to the Magnolia Hotel and had cookies and milk before hitting the sack! Daddy met us at the hotel but had to wake up at 4 AM to head back to Austin... yuk! The girls and I met Paola, Anna, Mary, Chloe, and Alex for lunch at Mission Burrito (Runkle Girl Favorite!). We had some play time at Mary's house and then spent the night there (this coerced by two certain 10 year olds). We made it back to Austin on Saturday just after lunch time. We picked up our reserved copy of New Moon, went home, relaxed and enjoyed. Sunday we chilled and then back to real life.

Spring Break (part one)

We have been busy, busy, busy! I am finally getting a chance to update. Gramma Pat and Pa came down for a quick four day visit. The first day Pa and I put together the trampoline... the girls have had a hoppin' good time in that! Eva jumped for about five straight hours. The second day we went to Sea World. Eva is going to be a dolphin trainer when she grows up (and she is going to marry Daddy and have four babies in her belly). El loves the Sea Lions. We had a great time feeding the dolphins, watching the shows, and for the girls... sitting in the splash zone (I chose to sit up a few rows). This plan worked until the last show when there was no seating for me. I joined the girls and luckily survived the show without a drop of whale water:) And then... they sent the whales around to say good-bye... yep, we got splashed. I held Eva up as a human shield so I did not get drenched. As you can see we tuckered Eva out. We tuckered Gramma Pat, Pa, and Mom out too! The next couple of days we chilled out and just enjoyed each others company.

Spring Break part two coming soon.

Suess on the Loose

We celebrated Dr. Suess this weekend with a birthday celebration at our public library. There were stories, activities, a performance, and games. Eva really liked her "Go, Dog, Go" puppet. El really liked having time to look through ALL the books at the library. Eva has started her Dr. Suess PreSchool computer game and LOVES it. El loved it back in the day as well.

Rock and Roll

Yesterday El was downloading music to her ipod. She was playing some songs and Eva was dancing to the tunes. El then asked Eva, "Who sings this?". Eva replied, "Michael Jackson". correct. El changed the song and asked again, Eva answered, "Carrie Underwood". correct again. How does my just turned four year old know this? El decided to make it tough (as in I did not know the next one). Eva correctly answered, "Lady Gaga". When has Eva ever heard Lady Gaga? I can only think it had to be the Grammy Awards show. Needless to say El and I were quite tickled. All I can say is that Eva is living up to her name.

A bit of history on Eva~

While in the hospital I started calling her my rock and roll girl because when she had the sudden startle reflex her arm would shoot above her head in a fist. It looked like she should be shouting, "Rock On!".

Eva was not real happy about riding in the car as an infant. I had the baby mozart CD and the kiddy songs CD but nothing helped. So, for my own sanity, I put in Sheryl Crow. Ahhh, silence at last. At about two months old her favorite music was Sheryl Crow... she especially liked "Soak up the Sun".

Rock On~