Springing Forward to Summer!

Our Red Oak Tree actually blooming!!! 

Well I'm beginning to think spring has blown in and out with the winds!  We had 2 nice days in the mid 70's but today is already supposed to be in the 90's!!!  That's pretty typical for Texas though.  It's one of the many things I miss about living in Iowa.  We actually had 4 seasons there.  In Texas we usually have summer and then sometime in November a cold front will come down and WHAM!, it's winter.  Then March will come and it will rain for a while and then we're right back into summer.  Good times.  Guess I'd better get to the gym today and get working on that "beach body". LOL!  Speaking of the gym, I'm actually feeling somewhat like my old self today and I might really go!  Unfortunately just dressing for the gym yesterday didn't get me the results I wanted! Ha!  

I started feeling noticably better yesterday afternoon (thank goodness... I was dreading the walk-in clinic option!  This is only because the last time I took one of the kids there I basically did everything but fill out the presciption for the antibiotics - it was ridiculous!)  I decided to cheer myself up with a little sunshine and surprise the kids with a picnic and trip to the park after school. 

In my personal opinion junk food always tastes better outside (and especially at the beach)!  My personal favorite are Cheetoes and Oreos.  I can't go to the beach without them. LOL!  I did manage to pack some apples as a healthy option, and to my plesant surprise that's what the kids ate!  I guess I should confess that both Colby and Madeline have loose teeth so apples are on both of their "favorite foods" list for the time being.  I think they're competing who can get theirs out first.  Madeline's two bottom teeth are both just  barely hanging on, and Colby has a wiggly top front tooth (he's already lost his 2 bottom front teeth).  Chloe of couse has "loose teeth" as well just so she can be like Sissy & Bubba. LOL!    

This picture just cracks me up!  Chloe is determined to be a "big girl" and swing like Colby & Madeline, but this is the only way she'll "swing" on a big swing.  They had the best time and we could have stayed for HOURS, but Madeline had to go potty and we had to head home.  Why oh why do they build parks and not put some kind of restroom nearby???  I told them we could go again today!  We're all looking forward to it!