Here are some highlights...
Round 1 was my mother-in-law Evin & our 5-year-old niece Faith. They ventured to Oklahoma from Western (way South-Western...almost Mexico) Texas. This visit taught me a great lesson...kids like things simple. For 3 days we playing in water in some form or fashion...pool, water balloons, sprinkler, slip n' slides, bubbles, sidewalk chalk...simple people I tell ya...they love it!
So here we have Ms. Faith...thuroughly enjoying spraying herself. The valve for the hose is on her right. She very deliberatly placed the sprinkler in front of herself...ran to the valve and sprayed herself...by her own free will...multiple times! Hey, the girl was having a ball, so who were we to stop her!
During their visit, Faith brought her favorite game, Pretty Pretty Princess. Needless to say, we played this on multiple occassions (Great Game, by the way). My favorite instance was when she got to play with Tio. (Tio is my husband, her Uncle. Tio is uncle in Spanish) So here is the evidence of how grand my husband is in jewels...enjoy.
Next up was one of my best friends and her family. I have known Angie since we became lab partners in 8th grade. Ang is one of those friends that I get to see every couple of months and it seems as though not a moment has gone by. She knows all my stories, was there for most of them and we both are still holding out hope that we will once again live in the same town. Fingers crossed. So I was beyond excited to have them come visit. Highlights:
We visited the Tulsa Zoo...pretty good zoo. Not too big, but still quite a bit to see. Hands down best time at the Zoo would be Mya & Angie riding a Camel. Yes a camel: big hump, full of water, spits, usually found in the desert (which Oklahoma can be mistaken for the desert at times). Even better the camel's name was Angie which Mya thought was just hilarious!
When they arrived Mya was not too impressed with our dog Ruby. One thing you must understand about our boxer: she is 5, energy of a puppy when new humans come in the house for about the first 20 minutes. Crazy nubbin shaking, which intern creates the entire backside to "dance", excessive air licking hoping to make contact with anything, panting, sometimes drooling depends on the day. So to an almost 3-year-old who is face to face with the craziness that is Ruby upon entering our home...I don't balme her that she was not a fan. However, as proven by the photo below, she quickly overcame that, Ruby calmed down and they became the best of friends! And then there was Jackson. He just chills. Hangs off the side of his stroller and takes it all in. As his sister is the older of the two, I would say he has the right idea. Just take it all in bub!
Finally we have Ella, Jack & my sister Molly. What a grand time. Nothing like your sister; period. So the weekend began with getting things unloaded and settled. Of course when anyone from Kansas visits there is usually a haul of things that are sent with them. This go round it was items from my Grandparent's that had been passed down, to include: a gigantic snowman, my Gram's sewing machine (which I am SO excited about), Christmas ornaments, and one of the final hats that were made for my Papa's grain elevator...they were probably made in the 70s. So of course we had to get photos of the kiddos in their Great-Papa's hat. (Jack was named after him, so that only seemed appropriate!)
Recently I have found my inner Martha Stewart and have been dabbling in cooking and baking. Don't get too excited, it's nothing fantastic, but I have fun with it and helps to pass the time during my widowed moments of the summer. So it was decided that Ella and I would make Cake Balls. If you have not been introduced to Cake Balls, please pause - open another internet window - and go to http://www.bakerella.com/. She has the expertise in Cake Balls and Cake Pops. Hers are amazing and she provides directions for EVERY holiday, even the one's you didn't know existed. Anywho, that was the inspiration for our foray into Cake Balls. I have made them before and one of the steps involves smashing a cake into millions of pieces and then smoosing it with icing with your hands. What 3-year-old wouldn't enjoy that? Well now, let's not lie...I had as much fun as she did. We then dip the Cake Balls in melted chocolate and Ellas selected the decoration of sprinkles. And melted chocolate is NOT meant to stay in the pot...it's just a complete waste of fantastic chocolate if it doesn't cover some part of a face...which it did!
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