Rea Vacation

In May we went on the "Rea Family Vacation" with Shawn's Dad, Steve, Shawn's Sister, Stephanie and a friend of hers.  We stayed in the Dallas, Texas area.  We had a lot of fun.  We went to the Dallas World Aquarium on Thurs. and saw all kinds of fish, ducks, turtles, monkeys, a sloth, cute penguins and a huge alligator!  For dinner we got to experience "Five guys burgers".  Glad I got the small hamburger!  The others had TWO patties on their hamburgers!  It was yummy!  Then for dessert, we found a frozen yogurt place- the boys fav.!  Stephanie had never been to a place like that and now she is hooked!  : )  We are spoiled since we have several frozen yogurt places in the city.  Friday we went to Gainseville for their Main Street Days.  The boys had their picture taken on an old fire truck, got a horsey ride and did a little shopping.  After that we made our way to the kid's carnival area and the boys got to ride a carousel, go down a big slide and ride the truck ride.  All of which took maybe 15 min., which was fine since it was way past nap time for the boys and Mommy, Aunt Stephanie and her friend were sun burnt, we were ready to head back to the hotel for some rest.  K passed out, but P woke up when we got to the room and didn't go back to sleep, so Mommy came up with the "great" idea to take P swimming while everyone else was sleeping/resting.  Well... did I mention that it was only like 75-80 degrees that day?  The pool was outside, so the water was EXTREMELY cold!!  : )  We got in though.  It took 10 min. just to get in all the way, but we did it!!  P had a blast jumping into my arms in the water and going in circles, but about 10 min. into it, he was shivering like crazy, so I decided we better get out and dry off.  Once we did that we were fine, sitting in the sun...  Luckily a guy came out to the tennis/basketball court, so that entertained P quite well for a while.  For dinner we decided to go to Rainforest Cafe in Grapevine.  I was a little nervous about how the boys would take to the moving and loud monkeys, elephants, lightning etc., but they loved it!!  Dinner was tasty, but we had enough left over to feed an army practically.  They could have easily divided the meal in half and charged half as much and would be enough to eat.  After dinner we did a little more shopping and Grandpa found Dallas Cowboys football uniforms, with the helmet and all, for the boys for their Birthday.  They love them!!  Saturday was a free day to sleep in and relax.  We got up and had breakfast with the fam., then played outside and in the room, then nap after a little lunch.  After nap, we ventured out again to the Indoor Safari Playhouse.  The boys had so much fun there!  I totally recommend taking your kids etc. there if you are ever in the area.  There was putt-putt, a slide with a ball pit, mini trampoline, mini train ride, battery operated animal ride and toys to play with!!  Endless fun!!!  And it was reasonably priced too!!  SOOO glad I was able to find info on this place online beforehand!!  We would go there again for sure!!  After there, we went to dinner and had hibachi.  YUMMY!!!  I just wished it didn't make Shawn's asthma flare up!  Sunday was the boys actual 3rd Birthday.  Since we all had a 3+ hour drive home we had to leave Sunday AM to head home.  Stephanie's drive was 6-7 hours. and she and Shawn had to go to work the following morning.  I took Monday off to get caught up on laundry and do a little cleaning, run errands etc.  On our way home we stopped in Denton and got to see Shawn's Aunt Deena, cousin Jimmy and his family for a couple of hours.  All in all, we had a great time.  Now if the boys can get back to their old routine and schedule, we would be great!

Play Time

We were doing the boys laundry in the living room the other night and Shawn was also playing with the boys.  All of a sudden we were having a Sock War!!  It was SOOOO fun!  We laughed SO hard and for quite some time too.  It was a blast.  We still have two socks that are MIA...
This past summer we went to the Jenks Aquarium with my parents and the boys got a large puzzle with sharks etc. on it.  It amazes me that they can already put the whole thing together by themselves.  Since my sister moved out in Aug., we have converted her room into the guest/play room.  They now can watch their movies and veggie tales in there and play with all their toys in there instead of having all toys in the living room.  It is nice to have my living room back!  We have considered moving the baby video monitor in the play room so we can watch them better while they are in there. 
The boys Love to play the Wii.  I think they play better than me sometimes.  They like to play tennis, baseball and boxing on the Wii.  They are ALL boy for sure!!  They love to jump off things, but they also like to help Mommy in the kitchen to fix dinner and bake. 
Now that Toy Story 3 came out on DVD, the boys LOVE Buzz.  I had a lot of Toy Story toys out in boxes in the garage from when I was younger, so I thought "the boys would love to play with all of those!".  Sure enough!  As soon as they get home from daycare or up in the mornings, they want to play with their Buzz and friends.  To help encourage the boys to potty train, I found Lightning McQueen and Buzz stickers.  So far they are doing pretty good for only being 2.5 years old.  I really don't want to buy anymore diapers or pull ups... 

Our First Blog.

Well, here goes our first blog post!  I can't believe it is December again already!  Another year is ending.  Just a couple more weeks until Christmas!  The boys have already had one Christmas with their Grandpa Steve at Thanksgiving.  They got these really cool Buzz Lightyear's that talk, move and roll on the kitchen floor.  They LOVE them!  Seems to be the theme in gifts this year.  They love Buzz!!  The boys turned 2.5 last month.  They are learning things so fast!  They know their colors and we are working on ABC's and counting.  They grow up way too fast!  They are such wonderful boys!  God has blessed us greatly!