The Morrisons: July 2013

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Birthday with Claire's BFF!

What a sweet 6th birthday celebration for Claire to experience with her best friend, Addisyn! American Girl Bistro!

Sunday, July 28, 2013

8am Mass= 9am Arboretum!

Trying to beat the heat and take advantage of our early risers, we headed off to mass and then the Arboretum. Not much was blooming, but the kiddos had fun with bubble and posing for pictures.

Friday, July 26, 2013

Our dear friend, Koebe, let us use her pool while she was away, and we had such a great time! The kids LOVE the diving board and did well with their jumps. I worked with Claire on diving-- Jude was in the stroller and the boys were bobbing about in their floaties. It was so nice to have a private pool to make use of our skills!

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

S-T-R-E-T-C-H!

Jude has this funny lil' habit of dropping things behind the couch cushions-- plastic rings, cars, anything! Today I caught him dropping Thomas the Train behind the cushions. He didn't know I was watching. His determination and stretching of that little torso was too fun to watch!

Caution: No kid photos here

Playing around with the camera... Trying to get the hang of focusing and its features...

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Asher and Avery's 4th Birthday Party

Another year older! The twins are done with the threes! I would love to get all sentimental and reflective, but I am whooped! Here are some pictures from today's party. It really was indeed a fun birthday. The tae kwon do instructors were terrific and the boys had a lot of fun. I asked the twins what their favorite part of the party was and they said... "Running around in the room." :) Not the board breaking. Not the cupcakes. Running around the room. Ha!

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Lorikeets Feeding Success

I figured with the rain we would only be able to make it to one side of the zoo-- the covered side with the reptiles, Australian animals, and carousel. The kids LOVE feeding animals so they had to "settle" for feeding the lorikeets, which surprised me b/c those stinkers are loud and aggressive-- the birds, not the kids.

Rainy July day

"So what?" Say the flooded Floridians.

But for this Texas contagion, rain?!? All day?!? In the middle of summer???

We hit the zoo this morning and did all of the indoor activities which was fun. All the big kids fed the lorikeets too!

For dinner, we walked down the street to Dickey's BBQ and on the way home, splashed in the puddles. Jude loved his dinner, and I just thought Avery's bottoms were too cute.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Gotta beat the heat...

... so off to the Arboretum we went... at 7:15 am. Yay for early risers!

Monday, July 8, 2013

Let the wild rumpus begin!

With Scott's departure to CA this week and a bunch of craziness leading up to it, we began Jude's birthday celebrations a lil early. I made him car cakes, since a typical boy, he immensely enjoys the wheeled vehicles. He didn't eat much of the cake-- went straight for the oreo cookies wheels. Getting all 4 kiddos to gather round was a bit of a challenge so I had to settle for this candid group shot.

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Our newest pets

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Swimming Lessons Success!

Swim, baby, swim! This week we dove into the world of swimming lessons and had a great week with Rosey, the go-to-gal here in Richardson, who gives lessons in her own backyard. 30 minutes. 4 days a week. 4 kids. 2 adults. Success!!! Claire was right on the cusp of independence before lessons, and now she swims beautifully, hand over hand, on her back, and under water. Yay!!! Today she passed the swim test at the public pools and can go off the diving boards and slides!

Asher did very well for himself too! He swims underwater with his eyes open and enjoys just floating around under the surface, like a buoy. He needs more practice with arms and legs, but he's getting there!

Avery started the week full of enthusiasm and continued that joy and excitement all. 4. Days. Miss Rosey was quite "impressed" with his eagerness to hit the water.