Zero My Hero

Zero The Hero comes to school.

Zero The Hero, he's so cool.

Zero The Hero saves the space,

So all the other numbers can stay in their place.  *yeah*

Today was our 100th Day of School.

I see it as a personal victory of 100 days without a tardy.  However, we have 80 left, so I can't get too cocky.

Back to the matter at hand.  Daisy decorated her shirt with 100 pictures.

10 blue raindrops

10 purple grapes,

10 orange carrots,

10 green apples,

10 turquoise rings,

 10 white snowflakes,

 10 yellow flowers, 10 red hearts, 10 rainbows, 10 white letters,

 and one hot mess who's growing up way too fast.

The 100th Day of School holds a spot near and dear in my heart.  Twelve years ago I was prepping for the 100th day and there was this cute boy in Axis who agreed to be so cool and come to school to be 

Zero The Hero.

He's still Zero My Hero.

Valentines At the Most Exclusive Place in FW

Star Hill Cottage was the place to be;

A candlelit dinner reserved for three.

The meal was so fine,

The servers divine.

A perfect way to celebrate the V(Day).

My big love and I teamed up to make our little loves feel special on Valentine's Day.  We gave our kiddos a date night at home.  We promised a candlelight dinner, their choice.  Spaghetti was the entree chosen by them, steamed veg was the side chosen by us.  They asked if they could use real glass plates and cups (poor things are used to plastic cups and paper plates…they have butter-fingers, don't judge).     They really enjoyed the champagne glasses.

They were easily impressed with my serving skills and wondered how I learned to do it so well.  'Sirs' and 'Ma'ams' were being thrown around from both servers and patrons.  After being served his shaved parmesan cheese Eli replied, "Thank you, Ma'am Mommy."

After dining they pulled up their cooking chairs to help make dessert.

It appears the fudge was a hit.

Happy Valentine's Day!

This Thing Is Legendary

leg·end·ary

 adjective 

\ˈle-jən-ˌder-ē, -ˌde-rē\

: told about in a legend  : very famous or well-known

I'm "fixin" to tell y'all about the Fort Worth Stock Show, of course.  Where real cowboys meet city cowboys.  {I'm stealing a few facts from a friend's blog for a few moments.}  I had no idea that the FW Stock Show and Rodeo was the original indoor rodeo.  I didn't know it has been around for 118 years.  Shoot, I didn't know the Stock Show even had a tag line, let alone what it is. "This Is Legendary," by the way, is the official tag line.

I just know that every January Stock Show brings an off Friday from school for Stock Show Day.  I also know that every year or so I bring my kids there to have a look-see.  This year Zeke had a field trip scheduled, so Elijah and I tagged along.

Wouldn't you know the temperature a few days prior was in the 70s.  The morning Eli and I arrived on the show grounds it was 20 degrees.  NOT my idea of a good time.  For those of of you who have never been to the FW Stock Show, there are lots of buildings, but there is livestock in most of them, so doors are open and it was as cold inside as out.  We saw horses, chickens, rabbits, baby pigs, goats, sheep and cows.

Then we went into the rodeo arena to warm up.  We watched the llama obstacle course.  It was pretty comical to see these llamas being led painfully slowly through obstacles.  I decided llamas must have a mind of their own, because most of them were a little persnickety.  But it does look kinda fun to own.

By the time Zeke's class arrived it was a little warmer.  The school buses were greeted by the cows, which Lijee gladly shared a hug.

The boys were glad to find each other.

After Zeke's class left Lijee and I hunted down the hugging cows like they were our prey.  We followed them into here, where Lijee was sidetracked by the tractors.

And that concludes our Stock Show experience until next January.

Or the next time we go to Kansas.

My 3rd is 3

Celebrating 3 years of our sweet little Lijee.
This little guy is 100% boy, as ornery as they come, thinks the sun rises and sets on his Daddy, cracks us up all the time, and is loved like no other.

 birthday breakfast #1

birthday breakfast #2--Mommy and Lijee treat

 look at that little angel face

Eli and Grannie went shopping

every now and then I can pry him from Daddy
to get some love

cutie pie

"3" (we gotta work on that)

preshy little boy on his new rug

topping it off with some birthday dessert

Happy third birthday to our Lijee!

Start Your Engines Be'Cars' Eli's Turning 3!

 Fasten your seat belts, we're rounding the final turn to three at an astounding speed!  This year Eli got to choose his party theme and his guests.  Cars it was.  

The guest list consisted of Grandma and Grandpa, Grannie, Daddy, Zeke, Daisy, and his gym friends Asher, Lincoln and Ashlyn.

First we decorated the sidewalk and got the race track ready.

After the guests arrived we took them to Ramone's.

Then we helped Guido stack some tires.

And then they were off to the races.

Time to get the cars clean.

Next we refueled.

"Happy birthday dear Eli.  Happy birthday to you!"

Prezzies!

Thanks for coming, friends!

Oh, wait.  We'll walk you guys home.

What a great party!