Gone Fishing

Thomas turned 7 on Friday, this morning we took him down to the river and he tried his new fishing rod for the first time.  Did not catch a fish but he got the hang of throwing the lure out in the water and reeling it in.  We saw some snakes swimming.

Just 1 1/2 more weeks of school!

Last weekend, little road trip

At Round Rock express baseball game.

Old houses in Smithville, Texas

This house below is from the movie "Hope Floats".  I was reading one of my favorite blogs Hooked on Houses a few weeks ago and have been through Smithville a few times, but wanted to check out some of houses and the downtown while we were on our way back to Houston from Austin.

we found a nice little park for the kids to play

and looked at the downtown area - it was Sunday morning so the shops were all closed or not yet open for the day 

Drove through Round Top, Texas too.  I hope to go back there for the antique fair in the fall.

Mommy, can you put this picture on blogger?

proud girl with her trophy - her team lost their championship game - so were 2nd place for the season, but she has had a great time this year.

playing catcher at Metro tournament

with tournament medal and muddy shoes after 3 games on a rainy day

Happy Mother's Day

It's a busy time of year with school for me and the kids, softball season is almost over and we're all looking forward to summer and swimming and Nana coming to stay from New Zealand.

I made a nice little craft with the kids in my class for them to take home for their Moms for Mother's day.  Another teacher gave me these boxes that a parent had donated.  I painted them at home and then had the kids make a fingerprint ladybug, or some did caterpillars.  On the back I printed a little paper that says "Home is where the heart is, with love and kisses this Mother's day......."
Inside I cut a picture to fit (printed on regular paper) and glued it in using modge podge to seal it.  Then each child put a few Hershey "kissses" inside and wrapped it up.  They were very excited to take these home.

Thomas brought home this cute book, a few things in it like:

My mom can do many things!  I think she's best at
"workig at importint thigs"

My mom is as pretty as a
"Butterfly"

My mom is smart!  She even knows
"how to teach"

I like to tell my mom
"Shes the best mom in the univers"

And the funny one:
When my mom has free time she likes to
"lay on the couch"

"She is butiful and hugiebel"


To Nana / Mum in New Zealand - Happy Mother's Day!!!
And to my other friends and readers of this blog who are Moms, enjoy your special day.

Thrifty Treasures

I have a couple of new things to share - this patio set was a FREE find - one of our neighbors had this out by the curbside a couple of weeks ago.  It has a few rust spots - I need to touch up the chairs with some black spray paint.  I had some white paint that I sprayed the table top with.

Molly approves

And yesterday I got this nice table / desk from a yard sale for $20.  I am using it in Thomas' room for a bedside table.

I'm sharing this on Rhoda's blog Southern Hospitality :

The good and the bad of this week

The good - I took a day off work and got to go with Thomas on his class field trip to the zoo:

The bad, we had to have our sweet cat Ally put to sleep - she had been hit by a car and had too many injuries to fix. We are just happy we found her and were able to say goodbye, even though that was very sad. We will miss her so much.

Ally was a good and loyal cat, she was wild and loved the outdoors and eating lizards and more, but she was also very loving and followed us everywhere - down the road to the mail box, walking with the kids to the bus stop, and she was always here waiting for us when we came home, so it is so different to drive up and her to not be here anymore.

Gray paint, again.......

Last weekend I bought more gray paint and painted our bedroom too. I think this is my new favorite paint color (Stonington gray).

This is the first before picture, just a few days after we moved in last April - still a lot of boxes to unpack.  Wall color was a sage green.

here is take 2 - a few things on the wall, and new lamps.

and now today - clean and simple - the upper part before the white molding around the tray ceiling I painted "china white" it is an off white with a little gray in it.  The main wall color is Stonington gray.

I switched out this picture I had in the living room with the other tiles I had above the bed before.

And I have no curtains right now, just the mini blinds for privacy at night - during the day I love the green of the trees and the view of our yard.