The rest of Spring Break was spent having a garage sale to make money for the wedding. We had a good time and sold a lot of junk. We made enough money to pay for the cake and the flowers. We were so excited! We plan to have another in July or August after we get married to continue to sell some things that we will no longer need. We also played a game of Electronic Monopoly which by the way is one of the best inventions ever. There is no paper money...instead there are electronic debit cards...way cool. We also enjoyed dinner and game nights with friends as well as some trips to get frozen yogurt. All in all, our staycation was perfect. It sure does make us all ready for summer though!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Spring Break Day 5: Treadway Farm
Day 5 was by far the best day of Spring Break. The Treadways invited us to their farm/ranch up in Normangee. We spent the day outside and had a blast. We got to ride 4 wheelers and the boys learned how to skip rocks and split logs. Jim and Nolan became best buds. Nolan followed him around like a puppy dog. We played washers and catch and cooked out on the grill. It was the best day ever! Thank you so much Sherri and Jim for having us out to your ranch. We had a great time and can't wait to come back. I think the pictures say it all...enjoy!
Skipping Rocks
Playing Baseball
Having Lunch
Splitting Logs
Playing Washers
Playing the DS in peace
Riding 4 Wheelers...they were ADDICTED!
Nolan loved hanging out with Mr. Jim...
Brotherly Love
Spring Break Day 4: Brenham
On Tuesday, we got up and headed to Brenham. The plan was to eat at Must Be Heaven and then head over to Bluebell Creamery to take a tour and eat some ice cream. Well, our day didn't exactly go according to plan. We ate at Must Be Heaven and it was pretty yummy, but when we arrived at Bluebell Creamery, it was pretty apparant that we wouldn't be touring. There were signs stating "All Tours Sold Out" and there were more people there than I have ever seen before. An hour and a half for lunch was kind of silly so we changed plans and decided to go to Washington on the Brazos instead. This is the place where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed on March 2, 1836 by Sam Houston. We only ran around on the grounnds, but it was such a beautiful day that it was great to be outside. We stopped at a sketchy gas station to get small containers of bluebell ice cream on the way home. It was a fun day!
Practicing with the quill pen...
The following two pictures are just proof that Boys Will Be Boys...both Braden and Nolan "shoot" things no matter where they go. This was a perfect place for them to perfect their skills :)
Doing a little dance "on stage"
Monday, March 14, 2011
Spring Break Day 3: Strange Lizard
We went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science today to see the Texas exhibit and on our way out, one of the workers had this orange iguana outside to enjoy the sunshine. Apparantly he normally lives in the butterfly museum but he got to escape for a little bit this afternoon. He was a strange little fellow and was really enjoying the sunshine. Nolan (as you can tell by the look on his face...) wasn't sure what to think of him, but of course we had to photograph the moment. :)
By the way, the Texas exhibit is really cool. Lots of cool Texas memorabilia including the actual "come and take it" cannon all in one place. It is here in Houston until September....if you are looking for something to do, head on out to museum and take a look. Make sure you look closely at the artifacts from the La Belle shipwreck. Steve actually discovered many of those artifacts when he was an archaeologist. Pretty cool, huh? Bet you didn't know that I am marrying a celebrity!! :)
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Spring Break Day 2: St. Patty's Day Parade
We took the boys to the 1960 St. Patrick's Day Parade today....Braden told me it was the first parade they have ever been to. Not sure if that is exactly true, but regardless we had a great time catching beads and candy and watching all of the cool floats. Logan was a little moody at first because he didn't get what he wanted. So in typical Logan fashion, he wouldn't let himself have fun for about the first half hour of the parade. When he realized we were going to have fun without him whether he chose to participate or not, he quickly decided that it would be much more fun to join in with us. Ahh, the joys of having teenagers...although I don't think I realized that teenage boys are moody too.....I definitely thought wrong!
While at the parade, we had an interesting man wearing a kilt come up to Nolan and tried to get him to dance. Nolan wasn't having anything of it. He kept looking at me like "what in the world is he doing?" Finally the kilt wearing man put a necklace on Nolan's neck and moved on. I had to explain to Nolan that people wanted to see you dancing and having a good time so they could throw you beads and candy and they weren't trying to do anything weird. After that, there was no stopping him. :)
After the parade, we had some yummy frozen yogurt at Tutti Frutti's, one of our favorite treats. :) While sitting at the table with Nolan, he propped his elbows on the table and said "So, guys....what are we going to talk about?" That boy has some personality!! He just cracks us up...
Currently, Nolan and Braden BOTH have a loose tooth so I have a feeling the tooth fairy will be making a visit to our house soon. We'll post pictures after they lose their teeth.
It's Spring Break in the Baird household and since we are all either teachers or students that means that we are all celebrating!! We don't have any big travel plans but we do have some small day trips planned and are all looking forward to some R&R.
Happy St. Patrick's Day....Steve's FAVORITE holiday!
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