So busy...

It feels like we need to do less "stuff" so I can have less to blog about. It's only been a week, and I feel like I am WAY behind. Oh well...things have been VERY busy, but it seems they always will be so deal! Anywho...we went to the Children's Museum of Nature and Science down at Fair Park last week, and we had BLAST! Greyson had so much fun on the toddler floor where they have so much to do and experience. It's a definite must visit! The first thing that attracted stinker boy was of course.....DIRT! I was thankfully able to keep him entertained in this small sand table rather than the GIANT dinosaur exhibit sand room where I would surely never see the end of the sand in every available crevice ever created. He moved quickly onto farming...the kid loved it! He was busy gathering eggs...
He even milked a cow....Rode a horse...
We put him to work in the fields...
After this exhibit he was soaked from head to toe, but he really loved it.
He loved putting on the fireman outfit and "driving" the fire truck. Great Grandpa would be so proud!
We hosted our first playdate for the "Moms of Two" group, and it went great! Greyson was shy at first, but he warmed up after a little while. The house looked like a bomb went off in it, but Greyson slept for 4 hours so it was COMPLETELY worth it!

We had our first outdoor professional family picture taken on Saturday at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. What a beautiful place, and we can't wait to see how they turned out. Hannah and Greyson were looking super cute as always, and it was....entertaining.....to see how difficult it is to try to get two small children to cooperate for a pic. Three cheers for Linsey for being so patient. I didn't get a lot of pics since we were struggling to rush through the different areas to get some shots while we had willing participants, but here's a couple. Hannah and Daddy when we first got there...Greyson loved exploring the gardens....we'll never do inside pics again if we can help it. It was much easier to keep him occupied this way.We went out for a family lunch at Logan's Roadhouse, because Mommy was in the mood for some grilled chicken, and Greyson was requesting chicken a fries. For those of you not familiar with the establishment, they leave a big old metal bucket of peanuts on the table. You break them open and munch on them as sort of an appetizer after you which you just throw the shells on the floor. Perfect place for messy kids as the ensuing mess doesn't really show. The funny part was when Greyson discovered said peanuts.

Greyson: What those? (pointing to peanuts)
Daddy: Those are peanuts....do you want one?
Greyson: Yeah! I want penis....
Daddy and Mommy: What? (ROFL)
Greyson: I want penis....
Daddy: Those are peanuts (emphasis on the T).....
Greyson: I want more penus (ok....so the kid can't say peanuts)

He repeatedly kept asking for more penis (aka peanuts) throughout the meal. He then started stuffing about a dozen down his shirt, because they needed "cooking." He is nuts! haha!

Both kids were pooped after the photo shoot and big lunch so they took gloriously long naps....YAY! Hannah awakened in need of a wardrobe change and what better time to have yet another photo shoot? She's a maniac....maniac....on the floor!

James keeps saying she looks like a flash dancer...she just looks sickening cute to me! She even strutted her "Arkansas crawl" for the occasion. This involves a careful balance of crawling mixed with scooting so she doesn't slip on her knees. I think she looks sort of backwoods...hence the Arkansas crawl. She gets into EVERYTHING!
She looked high and low for all forbidden things....
We were supposed to go to a housewarming party for James' boss in the afternoon after nap, but the kids were just not up for it. Greyson slept right through it, but since we had used the promise of a party after the nap to get him to go to sleep, Mommy had to come up with something as a replacement. James and I were headed to another housewarming party (everybody's moving right now it seems) for Kim and Trevor so Grandma was coming over to watch the kids. I decided to throw something together so there would still be a party. We decorated using stray leftovers from other parties...
He didn't seem to mind...he was super excited. And what kind of party would it be without your party hats...
And no party is complete without some candles and singing. I threw a few candles in a muffin and we sang "Happy Party to you" to Greyson. He thought it was awesome!

Hannah has just added a new syllable to her ever expanding vocabulary, and I must say that it is by far THE most important one! She said......Mama......well, it sounded a little more like Meh-Meh, but I'll take it. It's a step toward Mama. They always say Dada but never Mama.

We went to the park today to enjoy the gorgeous weather. I had planned on meeting Grandma at a new park in between Garland and Plano. Unfortunately/fortunately, we couldn't' find it. I decided we should just go to Haggard Park where Abby had her wedding, because I remembered it having a train. We played on the playground for a little while before Greyson noticed the train car across the way. I had NO expectation of what would happen, but I was so pleasantly surprised. There actually is a small train museum, and an elementary school group had cancelled this morning so we got a personal tour! Greyson was so happy! He "talked" to the train conductor.
Got to watch model trains...
Hannah was pretty excited about the trains too!
He even got to be the conductor of the train!Learned about electricity and conducted experiments.
Admiring the train one last time...we had a great time, and we'll definitely be back. It's free and it was fun!Here's hoping for a great week in Shelton land!