Almost...

Okay, so maybe you were one of those wondering why I was so excited about the WWDC08 being here already. Well you see, I lost my personal cell phone back in March. All I have now is the company's cell phone. Dave and I didn't want to buy new cell phones because we knew that Apple was going to be upgrading the first generation iphone. So...we have been patiently waiting all these months for this keynote address!

Guess who is going to be camping out on July 11th in order to get our iphones? --Hmm yea, that will have to be Dave.

100th Post! No Better Way to Celebrate...

Ah...we've been waiting for this Worldwide Developers Conference for so long! - I can't believe it's finally here.

Almost a Perfect Day

It would've been perfect if Daddy would've been with us! We woke up early and ate a healthy breakfast ( no donuts this morning). Then, we went to the Kid Fun Run. This was the kid's first race. At first Natalia just wanted to do 1 race out of 3, but when she saw the trophies, she changed her mind. Before the race, I was talking with them and telling them to run fast once the man told them to go. Natalia turned around and said, "No Mama, I don't want to go fast at first or else I'll waste all my energy. I want to start slow and save my energy so that I can finish the race." Needless to say, she did pretty well, for being her first race. She ran 1/4 mile, then she participated in the 1/2 mile race. Poor baby, she had to run without me because I forgot my tennis shoes and was wearing flip flops. One of the men organizing the event, I guess felt sorry for her and ran with her. He was very helpful. She finished strong! There was one more race which she decided not to do. She didn't think she could run 1 more mile.

Carson and Luke were a little hesitant about the whole thing. About 2 minutes into the race, Carson fell and scraped his knee pretty bad and that was the end. Carson, Luke and I walked to the finish line. They all got a ribbon! Carson really wanted a trophy. Oh well, you live and learn.

This afternoon, after the kids rested a little, we went to the McNay Museum. The McNay Art Museum had been closed due to construction. This weekend is their grand opening so we helped them celebrate!

We looked for paintings and sculptures. Today, we concentrated on Monet and Picasso. There were also several paintings by Natalia Goncharova. I kept pointing them out to Natalia and she would say, "Ah, stop saying that, I didn't paint that!"

We also explored the outdoors, which is just beautiful! At 7:00 p.m. we finally sat down and enjoyed some Jazz Music. Luke & Carson were really eatin' that up. They loved it. Natalia sat and enjoyed every minute of it while Carson and Luke could not stop dancing around. ~What a great way to end our day!

No More, No More, No More

                                          

Today is "National Donut Day"!  I didn't even know there was such as thing.  Well, I've been listening to the radio and they keep talking about how bad donuts are for you.  I guess I knew that, but I was trying to ignore the facts in order to be able to enjoy them :0).  I really thing my donut days are over.  That means, no more "Saturday Morning Tradition"!

So...if you see me with a donut in my hand, just remind me about this post! (Don't these look great? - I will miss them...)

Fun, Hot, Weekend

We started off our weekend by going to the UT Health Science Center to run. The kids ran/walked 1/2 mile. Carson did more running than walking. Natalia, on the other hand, did more walking than running and a lot of talking too. She complained with every step she took. You could hear her saying, "I'm tired, I'm hot, I'm thirsty, I'm sleepy...." After jogging, they got to play in the sand. We also played some vollyball.

We were getting ready to play tennis, but all the courts were occupied so we had to drive to a park near by. Thank goodness both tennis courts were available! As you can remember from a previous post, I just got my tennis racquet, so Carson was teaching me some tennis lessons! He was showing me how we hit low to high. He said, "No Mama, look this is how you do it, first you put your left leg here and then you go low to high. Yup, that's what Daddy told me." (Thank you for the tennis lessons Carson.) Carson played the entire time we were out there, he never sat down. He would play at the wall, with me or by himself by practicing his serve. Now, as you can imangine, Natalia had other plans. She would hit the ball twice and then she would take a break. Then she would asked, "Mama, how much longer do me have to play?"

Since we were at the park, they got to play at the playground too. I guess they were worn out because after 10 minutes, they were so ready to go back home. This has never happened before. It takes approximately an hour before they semi-agree to leave...not this time!

We went home and ate lunch. After lunch, we turned the sprinklers on and this is what they did...







I thought we were going to end the day by going to the bookstore and getting a Starbucks dirnk but nobody was up to it. Natalia was feeling sick. I took her temperature and she did have a low fever, so we stayed home and read books and watched T.V. Which was nice because while they watched T.V., I was able to go and wash my car.

Sunday, we went to the zoo. It was so hot! We were there for about 4 hours and then decided it was time to come back home. The kids really enjoyed playing in the water at the zoo.

And for some reason, this is the only picture I took at the zoo. I guess, it was too hot and I couldn't think about anything else other than the heat!

So, what do you collect?

Natalia decided that collecting rollie pollies would be an excellent idea! Well, I just wanted to share with you her very own new collection. By the way, she named one. His name is Hewho (don't ask me how in the world she came up with this name.) I really think she needs a pet (something other than a pill bug).

"No...me no Dog Dog"

Dave has always loved to play with Luke by calling him "Dog-Dog", since Luke has always liked dogs, but doesn't like to be called "Dog-Dog". And that's where Daddy finds the humor. Well, I don't think Luke thinks that being called "Dog-Dog" is funny! Everytime Daddy calls him Dog-Dog he says, "No Daddy, me no Dog-Dog, me Luke." Last weekend, Daddy kept calling Luke "Dog-Dog." Luke left the room and came right back with his dog and said, "No, No, No, me no Dog-Dog. Dadda, this Dog-Dog (showing Daddy his dog), me LUKE!"