Pflugerville Waterpark

A friend from Truett's preschool had a birthday party at a small waterpark in Pflugerville--so we all loaded up to go and have a little fun in the sun. Notice tweedledee and tweedledum-- the twins on the waterslide. The place is great for smaller kids, there is a small "lazy river", small water slides, and water spouts that spray water everywhere. There is also a little bigger slide that Owen really liked.
This is Truett's friend Bella from his school. He talks about her all the time, how she tells him he is handsome, she is the princess, and he is the prince. One day, Truett said, "I just don't want to marry Bella." And when I asked why not, he said, "because I don't want to bring her flowers and dance with her." Oh the make believe that goes on at that little preschool.

Little waterslide video.

Lego camp and Summer Playdates

Here is a picture of what I like to call popsicle island. We had a few friends over to swim and hangout, and this was the calmest time--when everyone stopped moving and enjoyed a cold popsicle.

Truett honestly believes he is a power ranger. And this group of "superheros" dressed in tight spandex are some of the cheesiest on the planet. Anyway, here is Truett dressed as a power ranger while watching a power ranger movie and acting out all the karate chopping fighting scenes. It really is quite comical to watch.

Also during this busy week, my Dad--aka papa--turned 61. So we went to Pappasitos to celebrate. Here Truett is singing to him right before he takes over blowing out the candle (notice there are not 61 candles on that lone cupcake).


Owen had lego camp this week, which combined building legos and robots. He was so excited about the whole deal. He buddied up with a boy named Oscar, so they named themselves the "O team"-- for Owen and Oscar. It really was cute. All these mini-men creating and building-- I sure hope Owen stays on this path and becomes an engineer or something. That way, when alzheimer's fully takes over his mother, hopefully he can afford a good home to put me in!

It was difficult to get a good video of the robots destroying the city, but here is what I got.

It's officially SUMMER!

Well, we have spent everyday in the pool for about the last month. Finally, I took some pictures and decided to post them. Both boys swim like fish, and would stay in the pool until they shriveled up.
Anyway, Owen bought a waterproof stop watch with the money he made at the garage sale. He is so funny, and decides to time everything. He will randomly holler out "That took 2 minutes and 17 seconds." And I will have no idea he is timing something.
Now he wants to buy an art kit-- which costs about $18-- so he has been begging to do chores that earn him money. He has washed dishes, put laundry away, and even helped mow a little of the yard. Of course, it looked as though a drunk driver had done the mowing, but nevertheless, the grass got cut, and he earned a little cash.
The downside is Truett now wants a watch, and he only has about $2.50. I will have to come up with something for him to do to earn some money.

Owen tried singing underwater. Not sure what the song was-- but here is some video of it.

School's Out For Summer!

Well, 1st grade is officially over for Owen. And I must say he is sad to be leaving his teacher Miss Hendrix. We got lucky to have her for kindergarten and first grade, so Owen has had a really good experience with school so far.
But on this last day, energy was flowing and the kids were pumped up and wild.

First Grade Awards

The first grade awards were handed out yesterday. Owen received an award for participating in the Science Fair (which they did as a class), and then he received an award for Around the World Champion--which is a math and facts game. His class voted him an excellent reader, and that if he could read and write all day at school, he would. I find this funny, because some evenings, it is hard to get him to read to us. Guess he is tired from reading all day.
Miss Hendrix passing awards out to her class.