A day at the park

Today was such a beautiful day that J and I decided to take the girls to a park nearby. P of course had a blast on the "big slide" and got a lot of energy out climbing everything in sight. Squid got quite adventurous herself and decided to crawl all around the playground like her big sister. Here are some pics.

Happy Birthday!!

So, yesterday was my sister-in-law's birthday and so to her I say...hope you had a happy 28th!!! (and your present is on its way :-) Since the girls and I couldn't see her on her birthday, I thought this video was the next best thing. I recorded it yesterday and tried my darndest to post this blog yesterday, but it took me for-e-ver to figure out how to get the video on to my computer. Then for whatever reason, adding the video to the blog took so long I thought I was going to have to wish her a happy 29th instead!!

Anyway, here's a little birthday wish from the P Munch. Enjoy!

Sidenote: I just noticed the blog says I posted on the 22nd...but I just added it this morning (the 23rd). Or maybe I actually posted the text yesterday and edited with the video this morning. Either way, I DO know when her birthday is!!! :-)

Sweet Reunion

A couple of weeks ago, in the midst of the holiday hoopla, P's precious Lion went missing. It was so hard to keep track of him at all the different places we went...Nana's, Grandma's, Papa's and so on. I blame myself. What greater responsibility does a mother have than to keep track of her sweet P's best buddy? But I digress. After making all the emergency calls to see if anyone had seen our missing friend with no success, I gave up. I kind of blew it off, because after all, P didn't seem too distraught about it. And then over the last couple of days, dear old Lion came back into my mind. I can't really explain P's reaction to him being gone. It's not like she asked for him constantly, but still I could tell she was wondering where he had run off to. So today as I was hanging clothes in S's closet, my eye drifted down to this ginormous basket of stuffed animals. I had never looked there. But no, certainly lion didn't get tossed into a basket with a bunch of other toys?!? It was worth a shot. I dug and dug and then at last I saw the familiar tail sticking out. I grabbed him and ran to P and announced "Look what I found! LION!!!" Words cannot express her face. Her eyes lit up, a smile broadened across her face, (maybe even a tear of joy...ok not really) and all the words she could muster up to say were "Thanks!". Well, P and Lion are back together because I don't think he has left her side yet today. Sleep well, P Munch. Mystery solved.

Snot, and more Snot

So, for the last several days I've been up to my ears in snot. Not my snot. The snot of my two precious angels, S&P. P got it first at the very beginning of the new year and S soon followed suit. And let me just say, it is tiring having two little sick ones. Not only do they wake up several times during the night because they can't breathe, but then during the day all they want to do is lay on me. Although, I've enjoyed having an excuse to just lay and snuggle with my little ones :) Anyway, they've gotten past the nasty fevers of 102/103 degrees and I think we're on the home stretch. Now I just have to pray J and I don't get it! Pumping OJ and vitamins in my system as we speak....

Happy New Year

Okay, so I know that it's been forever and a day since I posted anything and by now I've probably lost all readers of the blog. But for the people that still have faith that I can actually post on a regular basis, I will blog on. So, I hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday season. We had a blast in our household and too much went on to tell everything. But, one of the highlights of the past couple of weeks was when J, my brother and I got to go to a Bears vs. Texans game in Houston. J won the tickets a while back at a golf tournament and we've been looking forward to it ever since. The tickets were on the 50 yard line about 7 rows behind the Texans bench, so needless to say it was a really fun time (and I got some great pics!). Not such a fun time, though, was watching the Bears stink up the joint with their pitiful football skills. (My regrets out to the dad and son duo who sat in front of J!!) It was a tough loss to watch, especially since a win for the Bears could have put them in the playoffs, but ultimately it was a great experience. Thanks to Grandma, Nana, and Kassie for sharing babysitting duties for S&P!


Texans Head Coach Gary Kubiak getting into his team for their poor performance thus far (the team managed to pick up the pace after this little pep talk). Is it just me or does it look as if he is about to release an expletive from his mouth? And that vain on his neck....Oh my.



An action shot just before the snap



I'm not necessarily a fan of either of these players, but throughout the whole game, they were always by each other's side. I thought this was a pretty cool picture of the camaraderie that these two guys share.