Happy Birthday to Me!

The kids and I spent my birthday in Houston with my dear friend Katie and her daughter, Ashlyn!  It was super fun.  My mom and I did our annual joint birthday tradition of FaceTiming with cupcakes!

From my mom's point of view...

And here's the view from mine.  We couldn't find a birthday candle so we lit a Hello Kitty on fire.  I love my mom's face in the background!

The kids painted some pottery for me, which I love!

Katie took me out to the Melting Pot for my birthday dinner.  Mmmmmmmmm...!

We had a lot more fun that weekend, including water balloon fights...

...and seeing James and the Giant Peach in the park!

Who could ask for a better 39th?

Conversations With a 5-Year-Old: Money Money Money

CHLOE: Mom, come here. I have to give you a present. I can't bring it to you because it's ginormous!

ME: Ooh, what is it? A car?

CHLOE: Yes, It's a Lexus.

ME: Wow, you bought me a Lexus? How much did it cost?

CHLOE: Five hundred dollars. But I got money back.

ME: How did you get money back?

CHLOE: Taxes.

Man, I wish I lived in her world!

Chloe's Kindergarten Graduation

Chloe graduated from Kindergarten!  She celebrated this event with her adorable little boyfriend, Mason:

I can't believe she'll be in 1st grade next year (and Chase in 4th)!  Phew!  Where is the time going?

Bubble Run!

My friend Celeste and I ran the Bubble Run 5K and I am so proud of myself!  I have done the Couch to 5K running programs for years, off and on, but this is the first 5K I have done where I have run the whole thing!  I was sssslllllooooooowwwwww....  But I ran!  It was tons of fun and we were covered in colored bubbles by the end!

Wortham Weekend Workouts!

The kids and I have started working out together on the weekends.  There's a trail by my house with exercise stations along the way, so we walk to the trail and then run from one station to the next.  As Chase says, "We are BOSS!!"

Some of the stations we totally get:

Other stations we just try to look like we know what we're doing:

And at the end of our route there's a playground where the kids and I can chill before starting the walk back home:

Yeah....  We are boss!  'Sup?

Word.

Principal Certification

I did it!  I completed my Principal Certification program at Texas State University!

Go me!

Brace Face

Chase had to get braces, and it's all my fault!  He definitely has my mouth... big teeth, small mouth, pointy jaw.  Lucky him!

And just for comparison's sake, this was me before getting mine:

Yikes.

He was excited (HA!):

Step 1: An expander to round out his jaw....

The reward: Ice cream!

Step 2: Braces on the top (front 4)...

The reward: Ice cream!

The rewards almost make me want to get braces all over again.  HA!