Picture Post!

I was looking back at all my iPhone pictures and decided to just do a fun "picture post" of randomness!

So much more fun with two!!  

Abby and her BFFs Keira and Emilee

So much fun to wake up sister!

"This looks like a good thing to put in my mouth"

Cuties

BooBoo popsicle makes it all better!

Classic Blake face

Million Dollar Shot!  

He will love me for this one day...but this is my view pretty much each time I get him out of the bath these days!

Summer Camps! (sniff)

Abby's Kindergarten class is over at the end of May, and we had to decide to either move her to a younger class for "daycare" this summer, or put her in Summer Camps (still at her same school).  So summer camp it is!!  Not sure when my little girl grew up, but she's officially a big kid now and will be doing all sorts of cool stuff this summer and going on lots of field trips. :)  Check out her fun-filled summer coming up!

Cooking Camp

June 2 - June 6. (1 week)

Would you love to learn to cook? Our campers will learn basic culinary skills as they create a delicious meal and snack. Another fun project will be creating a booklet of simple, tasty and healthy recipes to cook at home as they learn about proper nutrition and healthy eating. At Central Market students will tour the bakery, taste and learn about different fruits and vegetables.

Animal Adventures

June 9 - June 20. (2 weeks)

Campers will love their visit to the Austin Aquarium where they will have hands-on interactions with some of the animals. There will be other opportunities to feed touch and even hold animals when a veterinarian visits with pet animals. 

Geology Rocks

June 23 - July 11 . (3 weeks)

Did you know the land where Austin sits today was once beneath the sea? Campers will find fossils of sea animals which sank into the mud long ago and which now are rocks. Find out how to identify different kinds of rocks why they are different. To learn even more about rocks this session will include a field trip to Longhorn Caverns. 

Imaginarium

July 14 - July 25. (2 weeks)

Journey through the wacky, wild and wondrous world of your imagination! Campers will enjoy six different exhibits at the Thinkery, Austins new children’s museum. Back at Bluebonnet, campers will be encouraged to create art that is expressive, original and unique to them. We’ll have a guest artist share with us different techniques of painting and the wide range of art and sculpture.

all aboard

July 28 - August 8. (2 weeks)

Campers will take a step back in time when they step aboard the vintage Austin Steam Train. They will also be introduced to many other kinds of travel and transportation around the worlds. Campers will build their own trains and learn about trains of yesterday and trains of today.

Rockets to Space

August 11 - August 21. (2 Weeks)

Experience a real rocket blast off! The Mad Science folks will spend time with us to teach about propulsion and learn about different kinds of rockets. Have you ever wondered what it is like to live and work in space? Learn about astronauts aboard the International Space station and what a day in their lives is like.

Ice Cream Sundae's for Dinner!

Blake is a fan of ice cream nights.  This video was taken AFTER he's already eaten his own little bowl. :)  

That kid loves him some ice cream...MORE, MORE!

Take THAT You Easter Egg!

This kid is ALL BOY!

While Abby sweetly fills her basket with Easter eggs, Blake does this (go to blog to watch video!):

Happy Easter!

We had a fun Easter this year with both kids.  We decorated eggs at home, got to do an Easter egg hunt at Aunt Teri (thanks Aunt Heather) and went to our Club's Easter party on Saturday.  What a fun/long/exhausting weekend!

At Aunt Teri's!

Found one!

And she's off!

Comparing their loot

Easter Bunny is way more fun with your BFF, Jack!

Nice golf cart, Easter Bunny :)

Decorating cookies!

Silly girl!

Balloon kitty!

Sleepy Big Boy

Blake's class is transitioning out of cribs and into cots - and this is a picture they gave us from the first day!  Apparently he loved it so much, he immediately crawled in it and put himself to sleep!!  *sniff* My little guy is getting so big.

(sorry for the poor quality, it's a picture of a picture!)

Eddie Van Halen (AKA Blake)

Look at that concentration. :)  He's totally the next big rockstar!

(click on blog to see video)

Update to "Things my sweet little guy likes to put in his mouth"!

Last week was Blake's follow up appointment at the ENT.  While there, I just happened to pull his pacifier out of his mouth before the appointment and noticed something black inside his mouth.  After much fishing around...I pulled out a screw.  A SCREW!  I figured it out later it was from my sunglasses that he got a hold of and just "pocketed" the screw in his lip.  (Those sunglasses have since been trashed!)

Then, on Friday he had a really rough night.  He was crying/moaning on and off every hour.  Finally around 1:30am I went in just to see if I could rock him and help to settle him down (I thought he was just teething).  I grabbed the Orajel to put on his gums hoping that would make him feel better.  While I was putting in on I felt a sharp poke on my finger.  It was pitch black in his room and I ended up turning the light on to see what the heck that was.  And low and behold...a STAPLE.  We still have no idea where he got that from but I guess he decided to just "pocket" that in his lip that night too.

This kid is definitely keeping us on our toes!!!!

The Queen

A couple nights ago we were all in Abby's room getting her dressed for bed after baths.  Blake walked over and got her little seat from the corner of her room and brought it to her.  She sat down and he got the brush out for her hair!!  I think he's seen us do the routine enough that he knows what comes next. :)

Now we just need to start teaching him how to load the dishwasher and washing machine.

Crazy kids!

These kids love this tunnel and love playing together!  Blake is just at the age where he's starting to be able to keep up with Abby.  I sure hope they will always be best friends!


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