The Big Snow Storm

We woke up the morning of Thurs Feb. 11th to find it snowing and it DIDN'T STOP!!! Blake had school and Ben should have, but due to a catastrophe at the Baldwin house, he got to stay at home.

You ask what the catastrophe was? Well Ben was scheduled for school and Mom, Dad, and Brooke were set to go hear how wonderful Blake was doing in Kindergarten at his conference at 10 am. That was until Mom was trying to take Ben to school but couldn't find her keys. Totally panicked!! Couldn't find my keys and I couldn't take an almost 4 year old and baby to a conference. By the time Brent got home there was no way to get Ben to school and get to Blake's conference on time. Not how this day was suppose to go. Thank goodness for our wonderful friend, Kristy, who was at home and was able to watch Ben and Brooke at the last minute for us. Ben enjoyed playing in the snow with the girls. What a special treat.

Ben had fun playing in the snow, but he couldn't wait for Blake to come home.






After Blake got home, they both played in the snow. He was so excited to finally be home and play.





Brent made it home a little early and took the boys to toboggan and sled at Breckinridge park. We have stored the sled and toboggan in our garage for years and we could really use them this time!!! They were the pros at the park! They saw a few of Blake's kindergarten buddies there, Eric and Garrett.



And then on Friday, February 12th, after it snowed all night we woke up to find this. Who would believe that we would receive 12 plus inches of snow in Texas as of February 12th???? It was so amazing and we had many fun memories!




School was cancelled, so another fun day in the snow!


This is what the little princess does while her brothers are playing in the snow....



The snowman

Sick Boy

Ben was sick the other day. Poor thing. He was in the "Sick Chair."

Fort Worth Rodeo

We headed to the Fort Worth Rodeo on Sunday. This has been a family tradition in my family since way before I was born. It has been fun to continue it with my children. Brooke stayed with Grand and Pops and had a fun time receiving their undivided attention. We had lunch at Pappasito's before the rodeo, saw the rodeo, then headed to the midway. The boys had a blast and we enjoyed a great family day!

My big cowboy before we left

Ben would have nothing to do with this picture
Brent was laughing at this progression of photos

He made it!


Watching our crazy cousins on this ride


Giving a shout out
Blake with Papa Bob
The Tea Cups




Swings
My favorite picture. How sweet!!

Ben finally got brave enough to try a ride with me
We rode it many times, and then he wanted to do it on his own. Who knows how much money we spent on the slide. Definitely worth it, as Ben was so happy.

Headed home

Blake's MVP Poster

Each week a kid in Blake's class is selected as the MVP. Well Blake's turn was up. I called on Friday to say that I was on my way home and Blake was ecstatic to tell me he was the MVP and he already completed his poster. I was really happy he had personally done his poster, but of course the OCD side of me was terrified. What would I come home to find.


Blake had taken pictures he had downloaded from his camera onto the computer, put them into Microsoft Word, and printed them out. He was in heaven, but unfortunately most of the pictures were blurry and you couldn't tell what they were. On other sheets of paper, he had typed his address, phone number, and Miss Wolfe's name. I was proud of him, but also needed to think of a way to get a few pictures that told about him on his poster. It was a very fine line to not discourage the good work he had done.

Then he said he just wanted to take it all off and color the poster. I told him that was great, but I was going to print off a few pictures that we chose together to put on his poster. He was fine with that, so here is phase II.
And the final poster