Valentine's Day 2017

Valentine's Day this year was a little bit CRAZY!! Sienna was under a severe thunderstorm warning which quickly turned into a tornado warning! The kids' school went into lockdown & all the classes in the portables, including Addy's, were brought inside. Luckily I was subbing that day so I was able to check on my kiddos. They both did great & after about 2 hours, the threat passed, school resumed and the kids were still able to have their class Valentine's parties.

At Addy's party, they made Valentine's cards

and played a Minute to Win It game of how many conversation hearts they could pick up with a straw in a minute.

And at Alex's party, they made ice cream sundaes

and heart shaped Cheerio bird feeders.

And before Valentine's Day, I had lots of fun making lots of Valentine hearts.
Including some for Alex's class,

some Minecraft creeper Valentine's

and I helped mom make these cute Choose Joy ones for church.

Second Grade Field Trip to the Zoo

On February 9th, Alex went on his 2nd grade field trip to the Houston Zoo.

Here are a few pictures from the day...

the prairie dog tunnels

the swans statue

feeding the giraffes 

Zebras

Gorillas!

the fish tunnel

meerkats

and selfies!

The weather was perfect that day & the pokestops were a plenty! Which all made for a super fun field trip!!

Life As We Know It... January Edition

Here's what we've been doing the past month...

We said goodbye to 2016

and hello to 2017 at the Gladhills.

The kids had college day at school

and Alex had friendly lunch!

I went & saw The Book of Mormon

with Jessica.

Jerry Seinfeld with my mom & sisters

and Don Henley with Nick!

Alex entered his Cub Scout's pinewood derby. 

His car had a Minecraft theme & he named it the Zombie Zapper

It didn't win any of the races.

But it did win 2 awards!

And Addy & I went on a Girl Scout field trip

to the Armand Bayou Nature Center in Pasadena.

It was a fun but busy month!

Beaumont Children's Museum

On Thursday, December 29th, the kids & I went to Lego Day at the Beaumont Children's Museum.

They had several lego activities planned throughout the day, but we just wanted to free build with this giant pile of legos!!

Alex & I both made a Pikachu. His is MUCH BETTER than mine!

And Addy made Swablu

and her evolution Altaria.

Of course both of hers are great!

After building with legos for a bit, we made our way around the museum, checking out several of the exhibits.
Here are some of the fun things that we did...

We connected gears & tried to make them all turn at once.

And we made silly faces out of magnetic shapes.

We colored 

and drew pictures.

We played with sand

and air.

And dug for dinosaur bones.

And of all that was just in the hallway! 

Then we went inside the main room & we...

played music.

We built with small blocks.

And built with LARGE blocks.

And before heading out, we played captain of the ship!

It was our first time to visit the Beaumont Children's Museum & I have to say, I was quite impressed with it! (Especially considering it's in the hallway & classrooms of the Beaumont Community Center!)