The Ainsley Concert in San Antonio

John, Colleen, and their babysitter/nanny, Mary came to San Antonio to see the George Strait Concert this past weekend. I got to stay home and have an "Ainsley Concert," which was great fun. We always go feed the fish in the park. Ainsley had to wear her sunglasses, because even though it was a beautiful, cool spring day, it was very sunny.

We fed crackers to the fish, walked around the little park, and went through one of the model homes. We saw a big squirrel, a purple dragonfly, and lots of tadpoles sunning on rocks. We are going to have a bunch of frogs in the neighborhood soon!

Ainsley loved playing with the doll house this trip, and then she played with Molly and the baby doll. Here she is, in the doll cradle! I suddenly realize how fast she is growing and how big she is now! How did that happen???

A Trip to Houston for Spring Fling

Every spring, John's neighborhood has a Spring Fling, with all kinds of fun things for kids to do plus lots of food and music. The last couple of years, Julie and Sean, Macy, Marshall, and I go. This year was especially fun, because Ainsley is getting bigger and she really seemed to enjoy it. The picture above is the kids playing in the grass the night before.

Here is Sean holding the barbeque pit as he and John left to go set up our area. John grilled hot dogs, chicken fajita meat and sausage. We also feasted on fruit, cheese, chips, cookies and plenty of sodas and beer! His friend Jaime set up a huge awning for us and we enjoyed a beautiful, cool, breezy spring day!

Ainsley loved playing with all the bubble wands her mom brought!

Macy enjoyed the big, inflatable water slide the best!

Marshall enjoyed the face-painting! He sat patiently for about 20-minutes to get this masterpiece on his face. We can't wait for next year's Spring Fling!

Fiesta Parade

Here comes King Marshall in the Kinder Fiesta Parade at his school. All the kindergartners participated in the Fiesta Parade which was held in the halls of the school. Marshall's "float" was decorated with a "Toy Story" theme. Buzz Lightyear and Woodie were both sitting on donkey pinatas.

I stood with Macy in the hallway and I loved listening to her as each float came by. She had been told by her mom, that some floats were prettier than others and that it would be very rude to say something negative to anyone who had a float that wasn't very pretty. So, as EACH float came by, she'd yell, "Oh, that is the BEST float so far. I love your float! Great job!" Honestly, she must have said something like that to every single float, and there were about 100 of them.

This was one of our favorite floats. It was a replica of Kyle Field! Gig 'em, Aggies!

Surprise from Seattle!

We knew granddaughter Megan and her fiance Ryan were coming to San Antonio from Seattle for a weekend visit. It was wonderful to see them and to congratulate them in person! But, what we didn't know was that Megan's brother, Sam and their mother, Larry's daughter, Sally, were also coming. What a great surprise!

Sam is a junior in high school this year (in the first picture on the left) and here is Sally with Larry's other daughter, Carol.

The two Sam's. Sam Gee and Sam Sweeney.

Four of Larry's five kids!

Nan, Carol, Sally, and Larry

Two more grandchildren, Barbara Jane a student at UT Galveston Nursing School, and Wesley, a freshman at Reagan High School, with their mom, Nan.

Four Gee grandsons (two missing)

Roses

Although recent rains have damaged my rose bushes, these two were begging to be picked!

The New Marriott Hill Country

The new Marriott Hotel in San Antonio is really beautiful. My favorite part is the Jeni Garcia hand-blown Texas wildflowers hanging from the ceiling!

Pinkalicious Weekend!

It has been a long time since I've blogged. More time than I would like has been spent in doctor's offices with Larry, and there's just not a lot of bloggable material there! This past weekend, Colleen had a Girls' Weekend planned in Kerrville, so she and some friends came through San Antonio from Houston, and dropped off sweet Ainsley, now almost two and a half years old. "Pinkalicious" was playing at the Magik Theatre and Julie, Macy, Ainsley and I had tickets. Julie took some great pictures of the two of them before we left.

Ainsley sat like a big girl throughout the play and seemed mesmerized by the fun on stage.

Once she saw everyone sitting and watching the stage, she got super-excited! She didn't even get scared when the lights went out! Our favorite actress, Becky King, was the star of the show, and she lived up to all our expectations. She was absolutely adorable!

Here she is when she had turned pink from eating too many pink cupcakes!

It was such a fun, fun day! Thank you Julie, Macy, and Ainsley for another great memory!

Before she left today, I captured a few of Ainsley's various moods. Here, she looks angelic...

Here she is, being a little mischevious, trying to reach something I had put up out of her reach (the "parade bunnies" as she called them.) Luckily, the stool wasn't quite high enough.

Here she is, being funny, unintentionally, when she put her sunglasses on upside-down before we went on a walk outside.

Sweetest little girl walking "George" in the stroller. She took this job very seriously.

Don't ask me why this photo flipped sideways when I downloaded it, but this is an example of her unpredictable, "typical two-year old" mood! She was moving the little stool, and she accidentally set it down on her foot. She cried a little and I went and got a bandaid for it and then put her sock back on. Within about 5 minutes, the sock was off as well as the bandaid. She started crying again and wanted the bandaid back on! I put it back on and put the sock back on. Again, five minutes later, the sock and bandaid were off and she was crying. I told her there were no more bandaids. She walked around the house for about an hour with one sock on, one sock off.

Once again, she amazed me with her verbal abilities. Everything is complete sentences. When Aunt Julie asked her if she was excited about going to see "Pinkalicious," she answered, "I sure am!" When she decided she needed to move the little yellow rocking chair from the play room into the living room, she said, "I want to move this chair into the living room," and she did so! When we were driving in the car to get something for dinner, I must not have heard something she said and was quiet, and she promptly shouted, "Mimi, I'm talking to you!" But the most amazing thing she does, is when you tell her it is time to go "Night-night," she gets her blanket and George, and goes to bed. There is not even a whimper!! She slept both nights almost twelve hours, and woke up once each night about 5:00 AM saying, "My Mimi, my Mimi..." and I went in and covered her up and said, "Night-night," and she went right back to sleep until about 7:30 AM!!