Rain, Rain, Rain

We love to go out when it’s raining and play. We’ll make umbrella tents and dare each other to run out and touch the mailbox, splash in the gutter three times and come back. Its so much fun! We also get drenched. I stay inside and read most rainy days but sometimes I’ll come out and splash. Lydia made up a rain song and it gets pretty funny. “Rain rain come and stay never ever go away, but if you dare to ruin my hair I’ll pull down your underwear, but dear rain I’ll forgive you if you don’t give me the flu! And I forgot the last verse but I’ll try to remember for you.” This is what she told me after she sang it for me.

Dessert

This year Dad has made alot of amazing pies, cinnamon rolls, and dessert in general. He’s made apple and pumpkin pie, sourdough cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip chore cookies and more. We’ve made cake and Christmas cookies too! Henry’s birthday cake was a fun thing to eat, it had a crushed Oreo road in the shape of a three and Mater and Lightning McQueen on top! Oh, and and 3 candle.

A New Sandbox!

In June, Dad built a sand box with the boys. They bought the wood and the sand and went to work. They measured the wood and nailed it together. They put weed paper on the bottom and then poured the sand into the box. Then the toys came out. George went to the garage to get shovels and trucks. Henry followed and helped him carry the toys. Once they got back they piled all the toys in and played. They had a ball! When it was time for dinner they were covered with sand and tired. I asked Lydia, George and Henry what they thought:

Sharkie claymation movie

Clara received a claymation movie making kit from Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas. This is the first film she created.

Video Montage Houston, first three months

Here’s a fun montage showing some fun clips from our first three months in Houston. The rain here is a lot of run because it’s warm. The kids love to run and get soaked. There is also some interesting wildlife here, like Armadillos.

This video plays fine in Chrome and Firefox. I couldn’t make it play in Internet Explorer (IE), but you shouldn’t be using IE anyway.

Downtown Houston aquarium

One Saturday when I had some work I had to get done, brave Rachel took the kids to the downtown Houston Aquarium. There were fun rides, including a train ride where the kids heard about a shark the aquarium had years ago that was never seen after a major flood and storm. Just at the peak of the story, water sprayed all over them and a shark jumped out of the wall (think Lagoon haunted house rides).