Lily on a big girl bicycle

Lily was very excited to ride a big girl bicycle for the first time. She is quickly learing how to use the bike, but she's so silly that riding correctly is much less fun than being a goof. She has to stop frequently to ring the bell.

Galveston

We went to Houston for a few days over spring break to visit Nana and Papa while Matt worked in Houston anyway. We tried to go to the zoo on Saturday, but the weather was perfect and the entire parking lot at the zoo was full. We decided to go down to Galveston instead. That worked out well since Camille needed to do a report for school on some town in Texas. We chose Galveston. We toured the Moody Mansion and the girls had a blast in the ocean. You can see from the picture series that first they got their toes wet, then a little deeper, then acted a little more wild, then became a bit wetter, and finally all muddy. Too bad we didn't have any change of clothes with us. I don't know why I thought they could wade without getting their clothes wet. Lily fell in a sat down in the ocean within a couple of minutes. Camille and Lily both had a blast, and that's what it was all about.

ANOTHER snowy day in Dallas!

We woke up to another snowy day on Sunday. It was impressively thick again. The temperature was warm, so most of it melted that day. After church, the girls went out to play in the snow and had fun building another snowman. We didn't see anybody else out playing (last time we had the big snow there were snowmen all over the neighborhood). The funniest part was when I looked out the and saw a pair of mallard ducks walking up our front walk. Apparently Mama Duck was looking for something because she walked all around our flower beds. Those are duck prints in the snow on the front walk.

I took some good advice from a friend (thanks, Lauren) for Texans who don't usually need snow boots by covering their shoes with grocery bags and rubberbands. It worked like a charm. Dry feet!!

YMCA pinewood car derby

Camille and Matt had a fun time building a pinewood derby car for the YMCA race. Camille's friend Madison was at the race too. It was a LONG day of waiting for races. Camille's car is the hot pink one with the light pink racing stripe.

The track

Camille at the end of the track during a test run.

random pics

Camille dressed up in Matt's childhood cowboy hat for "Texas day" in Kindergarten. She was very proud to wear that hat.

Lily's room finally got some curtains. To quote Lily, "The curtains are only for decoration, pink-white-pink-white-pink-white-pink-white."





Camille and Lily showing off in dress up clothes. Lily's skirt is loved by all as a bridal veil.

The happy family. We almost never have pictures of all four of us together. Except for the facts that I haven't been able to get Camille to agree to a hair trimmed and both girls are showing their gum in the picture, it's cute enough.

Grandma and Great Grandma Peg bought Camille and Lily new Easter dresses last week. When I told the girls they could go try them on and model them for me I didn't expect all the accessories!