Happy Valentine's Day

 Olivia and I made her Valentines this year.  I ordered the art from Etsy and tied some candy to the back with the glitter ribbon.  After Olivia did a couple, she said she preferred watching me do it as I was "really good at it" :)

 Olivia, before school, head to toe in red and white

 Three other moms and I were in charge of doing the Valentine's party.  One of the other moms, Lucy, made these adorable frames for each of the kids to decorate.  So very cute!

 Decorating their frames

Her finished product

 Eating ice cream!

Mike had quite the Valentines!  After ballet, Olivia decided Daddy would want a balloon and some purple flowers for Valentine's day.  We then dipped strawberries in white chocolate and drizzled them with caramel.  They were yummy despite their appearance :)

 Eliza decided Olivia could do the dipping and she could do the taste testing

 Cutie in her Valentines shirt from Nana

 Hopefully this is not her "cheese" face for every picture :-)

Weekend in Dallas

Olivia had last Thursday off from school, so we decided to go to Dallas for the long weekend.  It was a last minute decision and, as usual, tons of fun.  It is really neat watching all of the cousins playing and having so much fun together.  We stayed at Tim and Jenny's.  We got to eat lots of yummy food, one meal being at Snuffer's, the restaurant I worked at my freshman year of college.  The cheddar fries were as good as I remember!

Trying to get a good photo of the cousins:

 

 Emery, Delia, and Olivia

 

 Eliza using Rocky as a stool :)

Baby Yoga

Olivia has yoga on Mondays at school.  The other day, Eliza was being silly (imagine that!) and did her version of a "downward dog" and Olivia got excited.  She wanted to do a little yoga.  I told her that I had a yoga DVD and she really wanted to do it (it was a prenatal yoga video).  Uncle Matt was on his way over and walked into two little girls and an out of shape Mama doing a little yoga.  He just about died laughing.  Not what he expected to see.

 I had just given the girls a bath and yes, that is a naked little baby bum on Olivia :)

It has become quite the regular occurrence around here:

More Doggie "Enrichment"

Another child, more "doggie enrichment".  Just like her big sister before her, Eliza loves to feed Maya.  And just like Olivia, Eliza likes to keep Maya from eating directly out of her bowl.  She picks it up, throws it all around and makes her scavenge around the utility room to find the pieces of food.  Anytime Eliza hears the food hitting the bowl, she comes running.  Maya really doesn't seem to mind.  As long as the end result is a full tummy, she doesn't care.  I suppose it keeps her lizard hunting skills sharp just in time for the Spring.  I did buy Maya the larger pieces of food so there isn't as much hunting involved :)

Babies, Babies, Babies

Eliza is obsessed with babies and putting them "night-night".  She spends a lot of her day making sure they are snugly under blankets.  It is so cute.  She says, "Night-night, baby" and sings them "Rock-a-Bye-Baby".

 She lays down with them 

 Adjusts the blankies

 Readjusts the blankies

 Gets them a lovie

Picks it all up to move to a different location...repeat

Birthday Parties!

Now that Olivia is in Pre-K with 16 kids, it seems almost every weekend we have a fun birthday party to attend.  This one had a carrousel and a petting zoo!

 My little cow girl :)

 Olivia with one of her closest friends, Madison

 Checking out the animals

 Petting the pony

 Eliza with the birthday girl, Hannah, Madison's sister

Olivia was serious about the pinata

Houston Zoo

We had a blast at the zoo a couple weeks ago.  I am so happy to be living back in Houston with so much access to so many fun things for the kids to do.  We got a membership and can't wait to go again and again this spring.  It felt like spring this day in January though, another reason I am loving being back home.

 Playing the drums on our way into "Africa"

 Checking out the rhinos with Aunt Carrie

 The new giraffe/ zebra area is super cool

 Feeding the giraffes

You get 3 pieces of lettuce to feed the giraffes.  Olivia did the first two and decided Eliza could do the last one (not out of being a nice sister, but out of fear!).  Eliza turned around and this was right in her face going after the lettuce in her hand.

 It really startled her and her face was priceless!

 My babes

 Getting into waving to Aunt Carrie

 Loving it!

 Olivia, the prairie dog

 Into the children's petting zoo

 

Brushing the goat

 Mama having to chase fearless Eliza up the big kid playground

Cheese!