Springtime babies

***UPDATE***
I added two more pictures at the end of this post. Tracy emailed them to me saying that momma and her 13 ducklings - YES, 13!!!!!!!!!!!!! left their sweet home and were down at the pond! Don't know if they'll go back to it at night or if their done with it? AND in the nest is ONE MORE egg! Not sure what will become of that? Oh I just LOVE this!

Welcome to the world lil' ducklings!

Where were they born?

At our house in P-land! In the flower bed by our front door!

Isn't that SO COOL!

We have a pond in our subdivision and there are always ducks around. Everyday, driving through the neighborhood, you have to stop to let little duck families waddle across the streets! BUT, we aren't super close to the water. So they came quite a way to find a sweet nesting spot.

Tracy said that a few weeks ago, a momma and daddy duck started making a nest there. They started feeding them everyday when she noticed the nest, and then all of the eggs! She said they were so protective and would hiss at them everytime they would get near the front door! Attack of the birds? Ha! She was afraid that over Easter break they would be born and their family would miss it since they would be out of town, but nope. Thankfully, they were able to be there!

Tracy, thank you so very much for keeping us updated and sending these pictures!

What an amazing time for your kids.

Aren't those babies so cute?!

Pics By Carli

Last week, one night, Carli took over my cell phone camera...and I'm pretty sure that if I had let her, she could've uploaded them onto my blog and made a post! She's pretty tech savvy! ;)

 Some people were'nt too happy with getting their picture taken. Oh Tyler, SMILE!

 Austin was too busy enjoying his hamburger, The first time he ever had one with EVERYTHING on it! For as long as he's been eating burgers, he's always ate them plain. Meat only. So this was a big!

 She loves taking one of us together!

 She loves her Daddy!

 

 She wanted me to take this one of her holding her baby tortilla that she got from her Great Grandma's house. Aunt Terry made it. Carli always makes "eyes, nose, and a mouth" on her tortillas, but this one she said was too small to do it, so she just shoved it in her mouth. She can eat her weight in tortillas...she loves them!

And our sweet puppy love Charlie! That's exactly what we call him too!

Austin's school days!

We've been very pleased with the care Austin gets at school. I feel complete peace sending him every morning. I mean, high school is a scary place sometimes for parents to send their kids. But imagine parents of a child with a mental disability sending their child to high school. But, the teachers and staff, even the regular ed kids love him!

 It's funny when we go places around town and we see high school students

 and they say "Hey Austin!" Cool huh?!

The teachers really watch over him and teach him as their own. One thing I really love is that everyday, yes, everyday, his teacher will text me. It's usually about how good (or not) his day had gone, how well he did on a task, or what funny thing he said or did.

 I especially love it when she sends me PICTURE text messages!

 These are just a few of many that she has sent.

Don't you wish all teachers did that or you can get a glimpse of your child's day?

Makes this momma feel a sense of calm and happiness!!



Easter Part 2

I didn't have my camera or my cell on Easter, SO I've been hounding family to send me Easter pics!

This may end up having several parts to our Easter blog post!

After church, we spent the rest of the day at Great Grandma's house.

BBQ, cake, BINGO, pinatas, and an egg hunt!

You can see that Carli shed the shoes, bow, and jewelry as soon as she got there.

She was ready start playin'!

B-I-N-G-O BABY!

With enough prizes for everyone!

Lots of second cousins!

Lots of FUN this day!

Happy Birthday Great Grandpa!

Today is my kiddos' Great Grandpa's Birthday!

They miss him! We all miss him!

We love him!

Easter 2012-Part1

We had a EGG-CELLENT Easter!

The Easter Bunny came of course.

Carli hunted eggs-in her nightgown and rain boots!

We heard our door bell ringing...and on the porch we found this basket of sweet treats

 from sweet family! 

We got all dressed in our Easter best.

We took several pics, trying to get the "perfect one".

 We tried....

So then we just decided to head to church :)

Stay tuned for part 2 of our Easter Egg-stravaganza!

HAPPY EASTER!

Kindergarten Easter Egg Hunt

Today was Carli's Easter Egg Hunt.

She had an egg-cellent time!

I made a cute basket for her teacher and forgot to take a picture of it, shoot!

I did not get any class goodies for the kids, since I figured it would be overload with all of their eggs.

 Yesterday, was her student teacher's last day. Ms.S was so sweet to them and did a very good job!

 Carli wanted to take her a gift, so we got her a letter "S" and a Hobby Lobby gift card.

Carli said that she's really going to miss her!

Lasso Up-Carli's School's Spring Fair

A lot of hard work, a great group of parent/teacher volunteers, about 79 Aggie student volunteers (from A&M's Big Event), the perfect weather, and the most money ever raised in our school's history, made for a SPECTACULAR SPRING FAIR!

 The boys didn't want to go, but Carli went and loved spending her tickets on jumping, fingernail painting, getting candy.

 She came home with this beautiful balloon flower!

 And a new fish that she won in a game! She named it "Lollipop" but then came home and gave it to Austin and he named it "Goldie".

 I also came home with something that I won in the silent auction!

Each of the kindergarten classes did a print like this. This is a BIG canvas, with the hand of each child, holding a rock with their name on it! PRICELESS!

I'm in love!

Kindergarten Babies

This whole year, with Carli being in kindergarten, I've thought back about the boys when they were this age. Each time, I would come back to same thought, "Where did the time go?"

Look at these BABY BOYS!!

Oh my babies!!

 Austin

 Tyler

Today, I thought about CARLI being in kindergarten and how the year is almost over, because she started talking about going to FIRST GRADE! And if that wasn't enough, she then takes her very own kindergarten school picture out of her folder...

WOW! What a sweet surprise!

Look at her beautiful lil' smile! Just like her brothers'!!!

My baby girl...so pretty!

Kindergartners, SO precious!!!

Mother/Daugher Mani/Pedis!

Over Spring Break (St. Patrick's Day actually), I was talking about going to get a pedicure, when Carli pipes up and says she wants to go with me. I told her she could go, but only if she got one too. Well, she loves to get her nails painted, but has never wanted to go and get a pedicure. Much to my surprise, she said she would! I wasn't quite sure she would though.

 Once we walked in, she told the lady she wanted purple toes, pink fingers, and flowers! I couldn't believe my ears! THEN, she plops herself in the spa chair next to me and chats with the lady doing her nails. Who was this girl? Carli seemed liked she had been going there for years! HA!

When we were leaving, she tells the lady, that she'll be back and she already knows what colors and designs she wants! WHAT? She said designs! OH MY!

I believe she's now a little obsessed!

I am so happy she loved it and wasn't too shy or scared anymore!

It made for a fantastic mother/daughter experience and I sure can't wait for more of those times!