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    Houston Axe Throwing

    You guys, I am not one to pay much attention to ads. Especially not Facebook ads. But one day I’m just scrolling through my feed, minding everyone else’s business, when I came across an ad for Houston Axe Throwing. Read that again. Axe throwing. In Houston. If it wasn’t obvious after Goat Yoga, I am clearly down for (almost) anything. As much as axe throwing sounded like it was absolutely not my thing, I had to get in on this. First of all, we owe a huge thanks…

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    Goat Yoga Texas!

    Goat Yoga. Yep. It’s a thing. It’s a real thing. I read about it a long time ago in one of those crazy news stories that suck you in when you’re supposed to be doing something important. Basically, these west coast weirdos were doing yoga while some goats ran around. “People are so weird,” was my thought. Didn’t cross my mind again. Then a few weeks ago I happened to be watching another video that was completely unrelated, but mentioned Goat Yoga just to be funny. I decided…

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  • Oh, the Places I'll Go!

    Texas Road Trip

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    October 13, 2018

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    Our First Flytographer Experience

    If you know me at all you know I’m kind of obsessed with pictures. Yours, mine, people I don’t know, beautiful, blurry, all of them. I seriously don’t know what it is, but I just love to look at pictures. So when we happen to be doing something fun I kind of go crazy and take a million. While we were in Destin over the summer (read about it here), every day at sunset the beach would be covered with families and photographers. It got me thinking. Why…

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    Cue the Theme Music

    A few weeks ago someone contacted me on Instagram saying that she stumbled across my profile, @mama_cant_sing, which led her to my little blog and she was instantly inspired to write a song. I mean, I know I’m pretty amazing but I’ve never been someone’s muse before! Ha! She asked if I was interested in seeing the video when it was done and obviously I was. The whole idea that someone decided to write a song about my inability to sing was hilarious! As it turns out, she…

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    Harper is Two Hands Old

    Happy birthday baby girl! I probably say this every year, but I can’t believe you are already 6 years old. It didn’t quite hit me until the other day when you had to use 2 hands to show me how old you were turning. Two hands! And there’s no longer a spot in your baby book for your birthday celebrations. I guess this means you’re not really a baby anymore. I’m going to need a few more years to accept that. And just so you know, I will…

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    Camping Parties are S’more Fun!

    Every single year as I am prepping for Harper’s birthday party I swear up and down that the next year we are doing it somewhere else. Somewhere that requires me to do nothing but hand over my credit card. Having her parties at home I always go overboard. I always spend too much money. I always stress about decorations and food being ready in time. I always invite more people than could possibly fit inside my home. And I always, I mean always drive my husband crazy.  But…

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    An Interview with Grandma and Grandpa

    A few years ago I stumbled across an article (knowing me, probably from Pinterest) about interviewing grandparents about their lives. Ever the family archivist, I was shocked I hadn’t ever thought of doing this before and knew I had to get busy. Harper was just a toddler at the time, but this was something I wanted to do for my kids, and heck, for the rest of the family too. My Grandpa was just starting to show signs of memory loss and he and Grandma had recently moved…

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    Halloween Costume Themes

    If my family is known for anything it is for our Halloween costumes. And maybe that our house always reeks of stinky bulldog, or that we have a ton of pilots, or that the kids are… crazy… But we are definitely known for our family Halloween costume themes. I wouldn’t even say Halloween is anyone’s favorite holiday, but it has kinda become a thing with my family. Way back when our dogs were our only children, we started dressing them up for Halloween… okay we dressed them up…

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    Bayou City Art Festival

    Last weekend our plans got canceled so I decided to check out Jill B. Jarvis.com to see what else may be going on around town. First of all, if you have kids and live anywhere near Houston you need to be following her page. Jill does an amazing job of listing all the major (and minor) events going on every single week in Houston. I loved her site before when it was Big Kid Small City, but when she complimented me on the pictures on this little blog,…

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“If I have one day left to live, take me to a sw “If I have one day left to live, take me to a swim meet. They last forever.” ~Blatantly stolen from the classic swim parent t-shirt⁣⁣
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Seriously though. Sometimes I question my sanity. In fact, I sent those exact words to my husband at 7:09 on this fine Saturday morning as I trudged a mile back to the pool from my second parking spot of the morning. I’m technically the one that signed us all up for this madness and I am 100% convinced it is more work for me than the girl who practices every day.⁣⁣
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Now that I’m home and showered and have FINALLY stopped sweating, I’m counting today’s meet a success. One kid shaved some time in every event, and the other didn’t get lost in the crowd even once. Can’t ask for more than that!⁣⁣
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Who else spent their Saturday doing all the sports things?!⁣
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I saw a meme recently that said something like, “Marry the man that orders your second choice at a restaurant.” I smiled because my husband does just that. Every time. ⁣⁣
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I don’t brag on him enough. There’s not enough space here to list all the ways he shows his love, but I never doubt it for a second. It’s in the big things, for sure, but even more in the small things. Like ordering my second choice at a restaurant so I can try a little of both. ⁣⁣
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Buuuuut I also blame him and all this food for me having to buy bigger pants, so there’s that. ⁣⁣
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Lots of things on my mind this evening.⁣ ⁣ Thi Lots of things on my mind this evening.⁣
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This is how I’m choosing to address them.⁣
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Hudson’s preschool graduation was tonight.⁣
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I knew it would be hard to top Harper’s outside voiced, open-legged display from her own preschool graduation, but he did his best. ⁣
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This is all we ask.⁣
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I worked the last 3 days which I’m sure sounds l I worked the last 3 days which I’m sure sounds like an amazing work week to most people, but if you are a nurse you completely understand this particular form of self-inflicted pain. ⁣
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So how did I reward myself on my day off? ⁣
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With a trip to the dentist!!⁣
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Except now I feel bad for the dentist/hygienist because this is the version of me they always get. ⁣
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We did it! The hubs and I have officially survived We did it! The hubs and I have officially survived that particular form of preschool parent torture known as letter show and tell (Because this is very much a parent assignment). And this was our second time around I might add. ⁣
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A couple months into this school year, one of Hudson’s teachers made a comment about how the kid “has a truck for every letter of the alphabet.” We didn’t even notice that all he had taken was some sort of vehicle, but suddenly we understood the assignment. Challenge accepted. ⁣
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A- Airplane⁣
B- Backhoe⁣
C- Car (or was it a crane? 🤔)⁣
D- Dump truck⁣
E- Excavator⁣
F- Firetruck⁣
G- Grave digger⁣
H- Helicopter ⁣
I- Indy car⁣
J- Jet⁣
K- Keys⁣
L- Log truck⁣
M- Monster truck⁣
N- Nissan (a picture of him next to one)⁣
O- Orange cone⁣
P- Plane (with propellers) ⁣
Q- Quilt (with airplanes on it)⁣
R- Race car⁣
S- Skid steer (doesn’t everyone have one?)⁣
T- Tractor⁣
U- Underwear (with Paw Patrol vehicles)⁣
V- Vehicle⁣
W- Wheels and a wench⁣
X- Excavator (close enough)⁣
Y- Yellow truck⁣
Z- Zamboni (a picture because surprisingly, we don’t own one)⁣
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I know I’ve posted about letter show and tell before, but today, after finally making it to letter Z, I feel like the rest of my life can begin. ⁣
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I know no one needs my list at this point in the year, but if you have littles, go to my blog and bookmark my letter show and tell list for the future (there are so many more ideas than just vehicles!). This is by far my most popular blog post, with good reason. ⁣
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Do it. Just trust me. ⁣
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If anyone is looking for a personal trainer I have If anyone is looking for a personal trainer I have a great one to recommend. Don’t let his age deceive you. He is truly the best of the best. Hudson constantly offers encouraging words, physical challenges, and pushes you to the outer limits of your sanity. 

Like any quality fitness instructor, he does each move with you twice, then walks circles around you critiquing your technique.

“Mommy, you aren’t going as fast as them.”

“I can do that better than you, Mommy.”

“They didn’t say water break, Mommy.”

“Mommy, they’re jumping higher than you.”

“Come on Mommy this is easy.”

“Mommy.”

“Mommy.”

“Mommy!”

To add a little extra challenge, he is constantly in your way trying to trip you. He hangs on you, crawls under you, and remains just far enough that he doesn’t get kicked in the face, but close enough that you’re certain he will. 

But what really sets him apart as a top-notch trainer is how he tests your focus. He tries to distract you by asking irrelevant questions until you finally lose your mind and use your very last breath to say, “GET AWAY AND STOP TALKING TO ME!” 

To which he always responds, “Can I have a Lunchable?” 

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I feel like I’m supposed to come up with some be I feel like I’m supposed to come up with some beautiful words today, but when the pressure is on I’ve got nothing. I love my mom and I love being a mom. That’s all I have at the moment. This is a Hallmark holiday anyway. ⁣
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I spent the afternoon with my mom, eating Chinese and doing a puzzle, while my children did whatever they wanted because on Mother’s Day I get to not care. This is our tradition. ⁣
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Also, I didn’t take a single picture today (rare for me, I know), so here’s a really old (really appropriate) one of us. ⁣
I’m sorry. You know I had to. ⁣ ⁣ May the fo I’m sorry. You know I had to. ⁣
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May the fourth and all that…
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