Closing Day

Last Sunday afternoon, we attended the Rangers' Closing Day.

Margaret's "Piggie" got to come along... in hopes that she would fall asleep there.


Ate lunch there... Henry was quite upset that there was a crack in his corn dog.

Henry does well sitting through the games... but Margaret requires food to help keep her preoccupied. Kettle corn is one of her favs.

Around the 7th inning,Margaret finally fell asleep.

Too bad it was time for us to line up to run the bases. Every Sunday, the Rangers lets fans run around the bases... this was our 1st time to do so.

Good thing Henry had on his "fast shoes"... he's quite obsessed with them and really thinks they make him run faster. He also thinks its cool that PawPaw has "Fast N Shoes", too.

I sat out on running, but did wait at home plate to take some pics.

Kate and Alice

Our little "Josh Hamilton"... what he refers to himself as when he's wearing his Rangers' shirt, hat, and fast shoes.... really wants batting gloves.

Our Closing Day crew

We took another pic since Henry got cut out of the 1st pic... another fail.

Cousins

The Woods

Love this pic of PatPat and PawPaw

It was a good season. H.O.T. Can't believe we (I) sat through some 105 degree games.

Actually just got back from the 1st playoff game. Whew. That was a doozie.

(Lost 0-9) Ouch.

MoMo and Me

Margaret Gray and I are enjoying our time together when Brother is at school.

She got to color with markers for the 1st time.

Practicing mommy skills with my old baby doll.

And being silly.

(insists on wearing the hat backwards since that's what Brother does)

Something I'm really excited about doing with Margaret is taking her to a gymnastics class.

Sister is actually going to do something SHE wants to do, not just what her brother likes doing and she's dragged along.

There are no classes near to us on the days Henry is at school, so we joined our friends, Amy and Brinley, at a gym close to them.

Its a bonus that we're guaranteed to see them once a week.

We were lucky that MG and Brinley were the only 2 kiddos in the class that day and that their teacher was very patient.

And here are a lot of pics from our 1st day.

Splat... ha!

You can see the fear in her eyes :)

Army crawling is much more fun than learning to roll

They got to go on the trampoline. After this, plus a sticker, Margaret was sold that gymnastics is fun. ... now if she can only learn to jump.

(Poor thing- I think the name "MoMo" is going to stick)

Labor Day

As soon as Tom got home yesterday morning, we hit the backyard.

Packed a picnic lunch and headed to the botanical gardens.

After naps, headed to the Warminskis for dinner and more time outside.

Walked to feed the ducks... evidently, they didn't like our tortillas

"Henry and Luke, put your arms around each other."

"No. Around your shoulders."

Give up. "Just hug."

And enjoyed their nearby park:

Parents were just chatting away when Tom looked up and saw that MG had climbed up all by herself.

Margaret and Brinley

Like MG's shoes? Misplaced one of the pink ones.


Group shot attempts:

We were so thankful we got to enjoy the beautiful weather all day long!

Henry's 1st Day of School

Today was Henry's first day of school.... well if you can count going from 9 to 12 as "school".

Not sure who was more nervous, him or me. I was pretty afraid that he'd lose it...that I'd lose it. Neither happened and I was very proud of him.

I had a feeling he was going to be alright when he agreed to get dressed, brush teeth, and take pictures without putting up a fight.

:)
I'm excited for the new friends Henry will meet at school, but am so thankful that these 2 will always have each other.

Henry's in the Frog class

My best 1st born

I've really enjoyed the time we've had together at home, but I know he's going to love every day he gets to spend in his class...which is only 2 days a week.

I'm also really looking forward to the time Miss MG and I will get to spend together.

When I picked him up he was all smiles!

Long Weekend in the Port

Tom working nights + hadn't had a good visit back home since Christmas = road trip to Shreveport.

We made a pit stop at my grandparents in Dallas on the way out of town.

MG had fun showing what to do with a tissue.







Made it to the Port and stopped off at my other grandmother's. I don't have any pics :( but we did have a good visit with Grandmother Peggy.



At MiMi and Papa's
Henry always knows there are Honey Nut Cheerios waiting for him.



H and Papa watched many baseball games together




And we made several trips to feed the turtles and ducks. One night the turtles were going nuts- I've never been so scared for my kids (kinda exaggerating)... thought one was going to climb up on MG, but Papa came to the rescue. Was a funny sight.


Had lots of fun with cousins

One night we enjoyed pizza and a puppet/magic show at my family's church.


Cousins playing on Uncle Leif's moto

Played at a park with the Sherrys.

Forgot the kids' swimsuits. Luckily Liam let Henry borrow his.

But Margaret Gray had to rock her romper

Kids being silly before church

And we got a group pic in one of the nursery rooms

Henry, Madeline, Emma K, MG, Sarah Grace, and Liam

Had some fun Lagersen time swimming

Henry was pretty apprehensive about the slide at first... Unfortunately for him, I made him go down by himself a couple of times- Thank goodness his uncle took pity on him and rode with Henry.

Margaret loved it from the get go!
It wore me out!

MiMi and Sarah Grace

Sisters

Icee Break

Madeline, Liam, MG, H, and Sarah Grace



We also got together with friends.

The kids and I went to visit some friends from high school and their brand new babies. No pics :(

I got away one afternoon to meet Liz and Charlie (who were also in town) at our favorite fabric store.

And we got to celebrate our college friend, Adam's completion of his PhD.

Kristen put on quite the party for her hubby. Wish Tom could have been there too :(

Got some crummy pics...

Kids played football
Luckily Kristen's sister, Erin, had energy to play with the bunch!

And MG was cute.

It was a great trip, although I've spent all week recovering :)

Not sure if we'll get back before BeBe 3 comes. Hopefully my doc will let me go back for Thanksgiving!