Padre Island...Who Knew?!

We had an awesome time on our mini vacation in Corpus Christi and on the Padre Island National Beach. Honestly, I thought we'd have fun, but be done with it by the time we came home, but we really had a blast. The boys were SO much fun on the beach, where we swam, boogie boarded, and built sand castles every morning. Then, in the afternoons, there was always something fun to do. We got to visit an aircraft carrier full of fighter planes one day. If you know my kids at all, then you know they were beyond delighted...such boys! We definitely plan on going back sometime soon.

Art Cars, Natural Science, and Our Super Fun Kids

I ask myself a lot of question everyday...Like: When Brady is supposed to be "resting", why does he stealthily leave collections of objects at the foot of the stairs? Why do I love to make proper nouns into verbs (example - "I Martha Stewarted my house before the party")? Why do I love to make two words into one AWESOME new word ( for example, "fundies" - fun undies. I made that up myself years ago, so don't even try to take credit anyone)? Why do I look 4 months pregnant all of the time ever since I had the boys? Well, All of these questions might not have great answers, (although I am open to suggestions) but I have recently thought of an answer for the age old question "why do people want to have kids when they make everything harder?". And the answer is that they also make everything better, more fun, happier, more enjoyable, and new again...and it's worth it.

The Please Touch Museum

After slightly neglecting our child throughout the business of the wedding, we decided that we needed to make it up to him by doing something just for him (because, you know, Brady rarely gets attention or special treats). We took him to the "Please Touch" Museum in Philadelphia where he had a blast. He got to wear a costume while he participated in a tea party with the Mad Hatter, and he drove a tractor through an indoor farmland. He had a great time, and so did we. In all honesty, I hate to be told not to touch things, so it was refreshing for once not to have to wrestle Brady to the ground if he got too close to a Renoir. Obviously, there were no Renoirs at this museum, but there WAS a giant water table with boats and fish...life was good that day!