spring break

this past week was spring brek for paul, but this present week seems to be spring break for everyone else... that means we get two spring breaks for me and the girls (i know, there's not a whole lot we get a break from, but it's a nice idea anyways!). anyways, paul still had to work the first three days of his spring break, but we took thursday and friday off to go visit katharine's family in austin. we had a great time despite the cold and rain... really i liked that i could take a break from figuring out what's for dinner, and i loved that afton was so excited about playing with her cousins, she couldn't have cared less that it was rainy and cold... she got to play at the botanical gardens and see the big fishys (koi pond), she got to ride on a bus and see some fun things at UT: museums, fountains, rocks (we're fairly easy to please at this stage of life), she got to play blocks and jumping and who knows what else in the cousin's room, and she got to eat some yummy food (we didn't have to bribe her to finish her meals)! thanks katharine and joseph for opening up your home to us!
about 20 minutes after we left to head back home saturday morning, afton was asking if we could go back to katharine's house and play some more. i also thought it was noteworthy when afton started saying 'auntie katharine's house' because i think i only referred to katharine as 'aunt' once, and she put that together with auntie em (paul's sister) and added the 'auntie' all on her own, she's still asking at least twice a day to go to auntie katharine's house.

i thought we could make up for not taking her back to austin (a mere 4 hour drive) by having a special park day this week. we always have park day monday and friday, but we had an extra one tuesday, at a special park with extra friends that usually don't come because of school, including grandma, nicki, and naomi--sorry guys, she still wanted to go back to auntie katharine's house :). some how, i doubt that any of our other fun and exciting ideas for the restof this week will compare either.

ps, i forgot my camera, so no pics of spring break :(