November 2011 to March 2012

Well here are some of the things we were into during the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012, excluding Christmas and Christmas programs, which I will try to post next. Try being the operative word, as it has been awhile or more than awhile since my last post. I should know by now that putting off posting is very painful. The longer between times, the more miserable!!! Not unlike letting yourself go long periods without exercising. Not that I would know anything about that... But I digress.

Sloane celebrated her 5th birthday at the Inflatable Zone and she had a blast. She got to invite her buddies from preschool in addition to her other friends and family and I think they all had a fun time!

We went to the Festival of Lights in Galveston at Moody Gardens. It was really fun! We even had a celebrity sighting. Not everyone gets to meet Spongebob, you know.



We explored the rain forest and the idea of becoming a tree frog.




In March, we headed to Dallas/Ft. Worth. This is one of several delicious burgers we had that day. I wish I was kidding!!
We checked out the stockyards.
We played at the Great Wolf Lodge.
Spent some time at home at the park.
Had indoor picnics.
Took some bubble baths.
Helped mommy cook.
Visited the zoo and pet some slithering snakes. Ewwwww.
Mom declined this one. I tried not to freak out so the kids wouldn't turn out wimpy like me.
Chased ducks.
Made art with our food.
Played on our first t-ball team!
Enjoyed smoothies at the horse show.
Went to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
And the corresponding carnival.
Whew. Clay just made the height requirement.
And made many trips to the science museum!!!! Man. We've been busy!

UPDATE FINALLY and Happy New Year!

So I realize I am a little  LOT behind on my blogging.  I apologize to all my faithful readers ... I'm talking to you Granny and Grandpa ;).

My creaky, rusty ol' laptop would not hold any more photos so, thankfully, Santa brought me a wonderful new laptop that can hold more and more pics.  A lot has happened since the pumpkin patch so it might take me a few posts to completely update.  I will just go in chronological order to make things easier for myself.

In October, we went to Corpus to visit Uncle Roger, Aunt Chrissy, and cousins.  Sloane's favorite part of the visit may have been the outdoor shower.  It was pretty durn cool.

 Clay was there too.  I didn't take too many pics.

 Cute cousins.

 A happy camper.  She LOVED that shower.  Hilarious.  There was music playing and thankfully, for her sake, I did not capture the moment she dropped the towel and boogied in the natural.  That girl has some moves I tell ya.

 The bay looked really pretty and was flying pink flags for breast cancer awareness.  Think pink!

We had our Christmas card photo shoot with lots of outtakes:

 Don't ask what she was doing with that reed.  It looks like a scene straight out of Braveheart or some other severely violent hand to hand combat movie.  No one was hurt, in case you worry.

We finally got this one:

We carved a quite complicated pumpkin per Sloane's request:

We did some trick or treating:

I did not take ANY pictures at Thanksgiving so next up is CHRISTMAS time and Sloane's birthday.  Stay tuned.......