Whirlwind Weekend

This weekend was a little of a whirlwind. Secretly, these are my favorite kinds of weekends. They are super busy, but jam packed full of good times. Here's a peeksie at our last weekend.

My stepson Cameron turned 10 on Friday and we threw him a bowling party bash to celebrate on Saturday.

TEN!! Double digits is big time. It seems like just yesterday he was freaking me out by pooping in the bathtub.

We haven't been bowling in for...ev...er... so it was a big treat for us. Bowling is apparently not enough anymore, the cool thing is blacklight bowling!! With pop music. The kids really enjoyed it, I think we'll have to go more often now. After showing our skillz on the lanes, we had yummy Death Star cake and ice cream, then Cameron opened all his cards. He asked for money (I guess that's what 10 year olds are into these days), and that's what he received. So much, in fact, that we left the bowling alley and went straight to Toys R Us so he could purchase a new bicycle. You can see Zoie building it for him up there.

To celebrate Mother's Day, we took a relaxing trip to the beach for some sun, sand and relaxation. It was a bit cloudy, but perfect temperature. Roxy made a sand mermaid, a few castles and buried Riley. The Bear practiced swimming in the Gulf and rolled around in the sand. Zoie just enjoyed getting dirty and chasing the birds. Christopher made some fishy friends - for real, one stalked him and nibbled his toes for like 20 minutes! I sat back, enjoyed having my toes in the sand, the nice cool water and even saw some dolphins!  It's always a good day at the beach. The best part? No one fought or cried or even whined the whole time we were there.

Then we ended the perfect day stuffing our bellies at Sweet Tomatoes and falling into food coma on the couch.

The Swag.

Of course, I was showered with gifts and homemade cards. I got: the cutest little Star Wars plushies. R2D2 and Vader... my faves. I am in love, these guys are too cute!! Christopher pimped my computer: rainbow keyboard!!! My Mother in Law gave us (I say us because if it was just mine, it would be dead) a cute desert rose plant that came with a cute little bonus mushroom. I also got a gift card to Starbucks and a rain check for a trip to Rita's (mmmmm... mango gelati).

Those two adorable pillows are the gifts we made for my Mom (the pillow on the left) who lives in Maryland and for my Mother in Law (the one on the right).

My family sure knows how to make a Mom feel loved. xo

<3, Tabi :D

We heart Curtis Hixon Park!

After lunch today, we filed all the kids into the van and drove out to Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park. I can honestly say I've never had a bad time at Curtis Hixon (aka Squirt Park) and today didn't let me down, either.

Beautiful weather. Happy kids. Lots of stuff to get into. :)

Doesn't that ZoBo look bigger? And cuddlier? She's got this new thing. I can't figure out if it's something she's learned that works to get her what she wants... or if it's just how she expresses her frustration. This thing, there are three stages to it: (1) look down, no eye contact (2) pout the bottom lip out (3) slow whine that leads to full on crying. It's super cute and it breaks my heart. What's a Mom to do but scoop up that little cuddle monster and give her loves and whatever she wants?

But anyways. We had a wonderful, chill little weekend. I hope yours was as lovely as ours.

xo

<3, Tabi :D

Christmas Cheer!!

I ordered my Christmas cards today. (Look back at this post's date stamp, and re-read that first statement. Now that's what I call fashionably late.)

We had a little living room family photo shoot and no one cried! (But we did break a camera lens, so Daddy felt like crying...) Check out some takes from our fancy photo shoot.

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And... we ended the day driving around looking at Christmas lights.

What a super cute house!!

It was a very Christmas-Cheery day. 

:)