Happenings of the Week

This week we:

• Went to a kids carnival at the parkFound out Danelle is a domestic goddess and loves to do dishes just like her mom in dressy outfits. *she is all things water these days!
  
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• Played at Goin' Bananas, a place with inflatables for lil' kids.
  

• Introduced Danelle to (toddler) story time at the library. That's her up front with the teacher. Maybe going into nursery next week for the first time will help a little... She eats crayons too.
  

And had play dates at the park and the pool (forgot to take pool pictures- but come on I photographed everything else!)


* this really is for Lane in case he ever asks what we do all day.... :)

It's signing time!

(she does get a little distracted but I FINALLY got her on video- as Aunt Jensa requested!)

We started out teaching her a few basic signs (food, milk, all done and more) so that eating time wouldn't have to be so messy. She loved doing signs so much that we kept teaching her more... Believe me we never intended her signing to be "Hey look at how smart my kid can be!" It was just simply because we didn't want to deal with whining or tantrums! (and what parent does!)

Here are some of the things she can tell us now:
food
milk
all done
more
cracker
cheese
bananna
help
cat
dog
flower
bird
sleep
outside
shoes
ball
hi (bye)
eyes
nose
mouth
daddy

Any requests for the next sign we teach her?

WANTED: 1 boat (and willing to sell soul for it)

Oh how we would love to own a boat! We almost had one given to us, but after it not working out we have had to turn to some new friends to hold us over with theirs until we save enough $ (or win the lottery....) not sure which will happen first...
I'm mean for real- how many places can you go boating before Memorial Day? In the beautiful land of Texas it can be done! Granted it was a little on the cooler side (70's), it was still a nice day to be out on a lake- AND we learned to wake surf! Both Lane and I love to wakeboard but had never tried wake surfing- it was awesome!

Danelle loved the boat too! We had tested her on a short boat ride before but this was about 5 hours and she loved it! She even swam in the water with us!Snuggl'n with her daddy. (I think this was his favorite part of the day)Don't mind the paleness... it is only May...
Here's a clip of Lane channeling his inner child- using the rope swing... and at the end of the clip you can even hear Danelle giving her approval! :)

Swine Flu?

This is what happened to our poor little thing after taking amoxicillin for a few days (Dr. says she's ok- just shouldn't take "icillin" medications anymore).

Doesn't it make you itch just looking at it!?
Day 1:


Day 2:
Luckily for her- it doesn't itch though.

Any suggestions as to what we should say to others when we have to take her out in public? (she's not contagious and it will take several days to go away...) I know I won't be able to stay cooped up in the house with such nice weather.

We've already been asked if she has chicken pox... ;)

Happy Mother's Day

Wieners!

Over the weekend we went to the 12th Annual Wiener Dog Races/Fair!

Whats that you say!? You've never been to a wiener dog race? ... well, behold it in all it's (video) glory:sorry, the video once it's up on the blog is not quite as clear. *youtube it if you want to see some better clips.


Danelle loved seeing all the dogs! Her new favorite word to say is "Dutch" who is the long hair dachshund that Lane's parents have.

* over 600 wiener dogs were in the races that were all day sat. and sun.!


She also loves to eat banana pancakes on Saturday mornings... followed by a little dancing with her daddy.

Girls Trip

I have always wanted to go to PARIS! And who better to go with than a bunch of girls!

The Eiffel tower is gorgeous at night!
The architecture there is so beautiful- and the food is amazing!
But...until one of us learns a little more French (or Italian...Jensa) we'll have to just visit the one a little closer here in:
All girls trips should include:

• Good Food & late nights
  

• Waterfalls, palm trees and lots of sunshine
• Shopping
• Chocolate
• Entertainment/Shows Cirque Du Soleil was great!
• Games & Gambling what! there's gambling in Vegas!?

• Hanging out with fun girls! *and meeting new interesting people

A special thank you to my wonderful husband for being amazing and watching Danelle for 5 days while I was away!

Blue Bonnets & Wildflowers

We are excited about spring! (here are some pictures we snapped while Lane was out golfing!)

Easter '09

The holidays are so much more fun when you have little ones to celebrate with! At this age, Danelle knows enough to get excited but we can still keep things pretty simple which I love!
Friday we had an Easter Egg hunt with the other kids her age. She grabbed a few eggs and then was done.
Saturday our city had a bunch of activities- her favorite was the petting zoo.


Then we headed over to our neighborhood party and ate, played in the bounce house and hung out with friends.
She looked so adorable in her Easter dress- I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have left a hat on, but maybe next year. I love how cute her cousin Ava looks in her her "southern bell" hat and gloves!She was excited about her treats- all of which were given to her by grandparents and cute neighbors! It makes it so much easier on me!A family photo!She kept worrying that I was going to take away her treats... I think she felt it was too good to be true. And in truth they "disappeared" by the next morning, so I guess it was.
Coming soon... Blue Bonnet & Wild Flower pictures!!!!

My Dream Vacation!

Our trip was UH-mazing! Thank you Lane's work for sending us on yet another wonderful (adults only) vacation! I'll try and keep the details short and sweet as to not bore all 3 of our blog readers...

Our trip was to here in the Mayan Riviera in Mexico (it's south of Cancun on the Caribbean Sea). We pretty much did nothing but relax on this trip, and did one sightseeing trip to visit Tulum, one of the Mayan ruins. It sits overlooking the ocean and is breathtaking!
(this one below is off of google images to give you a better idea)
This is a picture I took from down on the beach looking up at one of the temples.

When I say the beaches there were gorgeous, this is what I'm talking about! Screen saver worthy! Lane and I had a blast swimming in the ocean here!
These are some of Lane's work friends that we had dinner with a couple different nights! Such cool people to hang out with.Our daily schedule would go a little like this:

• Wake up to the sound of the ocean waves
• yoga (yes Lane did it with me :)
• room service breakfast
• lay by pool/beach
• golfing for Lane, massage/spa for Elise
• more beach
• more food
• and so on... you get the picture!

Ok, no more bragging.... I took soooo many pictures, so family that want to see more let me know!!