Oh boy...

Paul was babbling in the back of the car today on the way to church about something, and without pausing, said, "That's a luxury car." then kept right on with his story.  I don't even know what luxury car he was referring to, but he does like to point them out.

We're also going through a Mythbuster's phase right now, so as he is playing with cars, I hear a lot of reenactments of car crashing/exploding myths being tested right in our home.

And finally, presenting Pauly Knievel

And Paul Cat, ready to go to the veternarian

Home Sweet Home

 Our new home

 Standing at the front door looking into the living room

From the living room into the kitchen 

Super awesome kitchen 

 White appliances - yay!

From kitchen into living room 

Master bedroom 

 Master bath

Love my new vanity 

 Wide ledge in master bath

 Master closet

 Master Closet

Game room 

Which may be where I start my preschool 

 Utility area

 Guest Bathroom

 More guest bathroom

Paul's room 

More Paul's room 

 Window seat! 

Paul'closet 

Paul's closet - he's going to be sad when the air mattress is gone after we move in. 

 Third bedroom

 Which we are replacing with carpet

 Guest closet

 Big!

 Did I mention poolage?

And spa? 

 And covered patio with fans

Enough backyard grass to play 

 Looooong driveway - where the grass is where the garden will be

From the driveway to the pool, no time flat. 

Yep, we'll be doing this a lot!

We will close on November 22, 2011. (11-22-11) For fun!

Go Speed Racer!

With helmet and gloves at the ready, we headed to the park.

He did pretty well, never crying when crashing, and getting back on when he did.  For me, it was one of those "He's getting so big!" moments.

He's still got it

Paul has taken his groovin' to a whole new level, by building his instruments now.  You might remember my little man doing nearly the same thing last year .

Party at the Lodge

As part of my birthday celebration, we stayed a night at the Redwood Lodge in Whitney, Texas.  It's sits on the banks of Lake Whitney. Sadly we got there pretty late, so we just took a walk, then went to bed.  We were please to find out that we had arrived for the town's observation of Pioneer Day.  There was a carnival in downtown Whitney with rides, face painting, etc. They had cowboys roaming around, and we were able to catch a shooting duel in the town square. Paul was finally brave enough to get his face painted, and wanted Batman - but the face painter said it was too hard to do on small kids.  Try as we might, we did not win a free night at Redwood Lodge while visiting their booth. It was so fun, and next time we'd like to stay longer. The lake itself is quite low because of the drought and time of year, but we explored the rocks anyway. (Paul channeled his inner Dallin, and threw rocks in the lake for about 1/2 hr.) I took my new camera and experimented with the settings - luckily I edited the number of pictures quite a bit!

The best part of the weekend for Paul was that we found a bike for him at one of the booths - that was what appeared to be a yard sale.  It is a two-wheeler with training wheels, and he LOVES it!  He rides it around the house, and it's been great for me to get back on my bike and ride together.

Ben's my best fwend, he just didn't wealize it.

We love Ben!  He's a sweet boy and he and Paul are stuck like glue at preschool. It was his birthday a few weeks ago, and Paul was very excited to go play with him on a stay-home day.  When we first arrived, Paul hid behind me, and wouldn't even talk to Ben - grrrrr.

Doesn't this look like the face of a kid having fun?

Then the sword fighting began...

Pizza and Ice Cream - yum!

Paul "helped" Ben open his present, then showed him how to use it.

Ben saying thank you for the present.

Yes, we did get him the obnoxiously large bulldozer, hope Ben's mom doesn't curse my name.

After cake and ice cream, we went out into the arcade for some games: 

First, Paul getting his groove on...

Then some air hockey, which both boys abandoned after about 30 seconds....

Then out to the go-carts! I couldn't believe they let these babies, excuse me, big boys drive!  

Paul and Ben liked to look at each other while driving, believe it or not, there were many crashes.

Exhibit A

One happy racer!

The boys and their dads went on the big go-carts for some more fun. I got to visit with Ben's mom, Laura, who is very nice and great to talk to.

As we walked back into the arcade, Paul insisted Ben hold his hand.  

With his balloon and party bag, he was soon out!