April 8, 2012

Easter at The Veltman's

On Saturday, the night before Easter we dyed eggs, baked easter mini-Minnie cookies, and made bleach-pen shirts (or tried to)! Turns out that to correct bleach a shirt, it must be 100% cotton! Live and Learn, Better luck next time!

We (Me and Brooklyn, Richard's Parents, Carissa, and Nicki -Carrisa's Boyfriend) went to church on Saturday night!
We came back from church and dyed eggs, and finished our bleach-pen shirts.


 Brooklyn was so excited to dye eggs for the first time.
 Unfortunately, every egg she touched she broke. We had more eggs with cracks or crushed, than not.
 Here is our final result!
 The next morning, Brooklyn found the Easter basket that the Easter Bunny left. We then went outside and found eggs left y the Easter Bunny.





 That afternoon, we had lunch at the Veltman's and had an Easter Egg hunt and Confetti Egg War!

 Before the egg hunt, Brooklyn found an caterpillar! We had recently been reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". SHe was so excited to see a real caterpillar.


 We headed outside and let the festities begin!



 Some people (Vanessa) gave up looking for eggs!

After we counted all the eggs, each person received one carton of confetti eggs and were told the only rule is you must break the egg in your hand and not on the person!


 Some people (Richard and Devin) acted like it was war, rather than a game!



March 17, 2012

Brazos Bend

We have been going to Brazos Bend every Spring Break for the last 5 years. Brooklyn had a blast looking for Alligators. Every time she saw an alligator, she would say, "Mommy, I pet it?". That was fun trying to explain to a two and half year old, "No, you can't pet it. It will bite your hand off!"



 On our walk, we had to stop every five feet and pick up a new rock!
 At one point, she cou;dn't decide which rock to take. So, she sat down and inspected all the rocks around her.





 When Brooklyn got bored she started:
1. Sticking things in her nose!
 2. Staring at her nose and making her eyes crossed.

 3. "If my nose disappears when I cross my eyes, Will my finger disappear also?"



 Ron and Wanda weren't feeling well, so they both stayed back and people watched. When we got back, Brooklyn showed all her rocks to Nana and Pawpaw.

 No, this outfit was not her normal attire. She was trying to play with Brooklyn by hiding her hat and seeing if she could find it!
 Brother and Sister, sharing a loving hug!
Just like every year, we had a blast! Can't wait to go back next year!
Hopefully, the nephews will want to come as well!

March 10, 2012

Bobby and Linda's 26th Birthday

Happy Birthday to my little Brother and Sister!


I made my brother and sister a beautiful cake and of course my brother said it looked like someone took a dump on the cake.
Well at least it didn't taste like it!
So much for my hard work!
You got love your brother, especially for their honest opinions.