Happy St. Patty's Day!!

Well, we are all dressed in our green over here today! I tried to explain St. Patrick's Day to Jase and told him it was kind of a game, that if you do not wear green, then you will get pinched.  Not sure if he got it or not, but he's wearing green!!


Best one of them together...my little green machines! :)



Can she give some looks or what?!?!
And she's only 18 months! She's really a little sweetheart!



There's my pretty girl!!



The French Fam has been on the move!

These past few months have been busy for us.  Shawn has been to Brazil twice and is currently there.  We were talking about projects we want to do around the house the other day and he mentioned that he has only been home for 4 of the weekends this year...cuurraazee!! We sure do miss him!

Here are some things we have been up to lately:

• 01.28.11 - I took the kids to the zoo by myself...yikes what was I thinking? I think I ended up pushing the stroller and carrying Ally most of the time.  Thank goodness it wasn't crowded!



Here are my Superheroes at the zoo!

• 01.31.11 - Signed Jase up for soccer at the YMCA! He was so excited!!

• 02.16-20.11 - Shawn and I went to Cabo, Mexico.  6 weeks prior Shawn and Jay (best friends of ours) surprised Michelle and I with a trip...I could not believe it! It was a short little get-away, but we thoroughly enjoyed it!



Just another day in paradise! :)



On the balcony of our room!



Cabo San Lucas



Best Friends in Mexico :)

• 02.24.11 - Jase's first soccer practice!! He was sporting his Dynamo orange shorts and his Brazil soccer ball, courtesy of Daddy, of course!

• 03.05.11 - Cousin Dylan's 1st birthday party!! The kids had a great time playing with Dylan and watching him eat his cake and open gifts!  He's such a cutie!! :)

• 03.05.11 - Jase went to the Rockets game with Grandma and Grandpa French along with Aunt Kimberly, Uncle David, Seth and Coby (his BFF!).  Nanny saved the day and bought him two new shirts for the game...thank you Nanny!! :)  Jase even got to go on the court after the game and shoot a free throw! What a great experience for my sport fanatic!

All dressed up and ready to go!

 

Jase and Coby outside of the Toyota Center...LET'S GO ROCKETS!!

• 03.07.11 - Shawn had emailed and told me that the Dynamo was scrimmaging San Jacinto Community College down at UH, so I thought great, Jase will love this!! So, we got all ready to go and headed down there.  Wait...I remember taking the kids to the zoo by myself about a month ago and it didn't really work out...nah, this will be different!  Haha...who was a I kidding?!? LOL! We were there for an hour (after a 25 minute restroom break) and Jase kept calling it the old Dynamo since they were playing on a practice track and field and we were sitting in metal bleachers! There were only 75-100 people there for this scrimmage and you definitely did not get the full game experience.  So, we packed it up and called it a day!  I tried at least!

  

    

• 03.15.11 - Back to the Houston Zoo! This time we went with Michelle, Emily and Madeline! The weather was just beautiful...I am ready for it to be sunny all day long! We got to the zoo a little before 11:00 and it was PACKED! The main parking lot was full, so we had to park at the hosptial across the street, which wasn't so bad once we figured out what was going on.  The animals were out and about and the kids had a good time!

New baby giraffe, born 03.04.11 at 150 lbs and 6 feet 6 inches tall!

Allyson hanging out in her wagon...she did a great job!
Oh and her shirt says "Wild About Daddy"

The cheetah was enjoying the weather too!

 

The lions were very active this morning and were chasing birds!

 

Andean Bear checking things out

 

Michelle, Madeline and Jase stopping for a pic!



Jase, Emily and Madeline at the clouded leopard
Jase - LOOK at the camera!



Ally and Mommy together right after lunch! :)

Potty Celebrations!!!

As we were finishing up dinner tonight Ally was sitting in her high chair and said "potty poo-poo". I lifted her up and checked her diaper and she had poo-poo going all right! lol! Since she was already in the midst of it I let her finish and told her next time to tell me beforehand and she could poo-poo on the potty...I'm sure she got that! :) I let her finish, took her into my room and changed her diaper and started the bath water. 

I went ahead and sat her on the potty and made a "sssss" sound; I always do that with her and she'll make the sound back...it's cute.  Well, next thing I know she is going POTTY!!!! HUGE!!! I was so excited I started singing "Pee Pee in the POTTY!! Pee Pee in the POTTY" with a dance of course! She started smiling so big and was laughing too!! It was awesome!! What a big girl.  She even gave me five!  Here are some pics after her bath.

Man...she can give some looks!!



A smile from sister! Love her!

 

A serious moment...


Ok, I definitely know that Jase is his father's son! He was getting ready for his shower tonight and I can hear him singing in my room where he was getting undressed. [Parental discretion advised] "It's like wee-wee, wee-wee, wee-wee ohhhh..." in the tune of Justin Bieber's "Baby" as he's dancing around naked!!!! Oh it was funny.  I had to tell him "ok, enough!" Then in the shower it was "It's like Ja-Ja, Ja-Ja, Ja-Ja ohhhh!" Ally calls Jase "Ja-Ja". Then of course he finished it up with "It's like baby, baby, baby, ohhhh!" I asked him if he liked Justin Bieber and he said yes that he was cool! Funny.

Fly to Jesus

Chris Rice's "Untitled Hymn" (Come to Jesus, Dance to Jesus, Fly to Jesus) was on the radio and this was our convo in the car.

Jase: Mommy how do we fly to Jesus?
Mommy: ...
J: Mommy how do we fly to Jesus if we do not have a jet?
M: Well, when we get older and it is time for us to go live with Jesus then we will go live with Him
J: But how are we going to fly?
M: Maybe after we die Jesus will turn us into angels and give us wings and we will fly to Him
J: Well, you, Daddy and Ally can be angels, but I want to be a Jet
M: That is up to Jesus, it is His decision
J: Well, I transform and I will be a Jet

:)

I think that was the first in depth question that he has asked me about Jesus. It caught me off guard and I wasn't quite sure what to say at first. Thank you KSBJ radio for sparking that question to my son!!