Princess Pictures

I do hope the Prince will dance with me!

Ready for the ball!

This is how I used to dress up - I am fancier now that I have some actual ball gowns to put on!

Playing Princess

Julianne has become rather keen on dressing up like a princess lately. I am not sure if Halloween inspired her or if it is her new Sleeping Beauty Dress that we sort of acquired from a garage sale. It is not enough to just put on the dress - she has to have a crown, a wand, click clacks, and a purse. I usually play the part of the prince and ask her to the ball. We sing and dance through the house and I do things I would never do in front of anyone else in the world like sing opera and twirl around like a bafoon. Hey, if it makes Julianne happy - why not?

Winners for the week:

Daddy asked Julianne - What's wrong?
She replied - I don't feel so good.
Daddy asked - What hurts?
She replied - My feelings.

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Julianne told us that if the big bad wolf comes to the house we should, "kick him in the face." No idea where she heard that.

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Sometimes when we pass the Anadarko Tower on I-45, Julianne exclaims, "That is where my Daddy works (or lives)" and lately she has been saying he works "in the distance" because I told her that Dad's office building was farther away.

Pics from Birthday Week

Dinner at our new local Tex Mex joint, Rico's Hacienda. Yes, there is live Tejano music.

At lunch - remind me to never eat at Cafe Express again - that place is sick.

My birthday cake.

Watching Addison for about an hour - notice Julianne's baby dolls lined up. This was Julianne's idea - rather artistic, I think.

We all love when we hear Daddy's car roar up the drive way at night. He always place chase upon Julianne's request. They also play "My Little Ponies" and tickle and Niff (sniff). June practically hyperventilates from happiness when she sees Dad. He is so much fun.

Birthday Week and Weekend

I had a great birthday week - Justin and I went to one of our favorite haunts here in The Woodlands on my actual birthday. Some girlfriends took me to lunch and my parents (along with the birthday check from Gamma and Gumps) took me shopping. My clothes had gotten so incredibly dumpy looking it was not even funny, so I am thrilled to have a few new nice clothing items. Thank you Mimi, Papa, Gamma, and Gumps. My Dad made me a fabulous key lime pie from scratch which is my favorite pie in the world. On Saturday night Jenny, Lauren, and Andrew came out and went to dinner with us and then we saw the movie Changeling. A dream night for me, of course.

On Sunday, our neighborhood had a Chili Cook Off and it was a great event. We tasted some of the best Chili we have ever had and Julianne got to jump in a bouncy house, eat cotton candy, and get her face painted. There was a live band and we met some really nice neighbors.

I am really enjoying my time off from work and hope we can make this arrangement work through the next pregnancy and newborn stage (no, I am not pregnant yet). :-) Jules is loving gymnastics, pre-school, play dates, and I am wanting to sign us up for a class called Kinder Music, but we will see.

I will post some more pictures soon. Today I am really tired for some reason - maybe the weather, but I can barely keep my eyes open. Ughhh. Jules is still in her diaper and it is 11 am. I think it is time we hit Chick Fil A and the library or something. Over and Out.

June Chatigny

Ok, most people will think us insane, but I promise, we are not. Leo is no longer with us and we now have a new dog named June. We have given months of thought to this decision and without going into a ton of detail, we needed a hypoallergenic dog which we found in June (she is a wire haired terrier mix), a smaller dog, a dog that does not shed, and a dog that does not have bark that shakes you do the core! Leo is living on an estate called DogWood with some wonderful people with 5 Acres of land. We rescued June from the Pasadena Shelter and she is 1 year old. She is a complete joy so far and we are very happy with our decision for our family. Julianne and June are already best buddies.

Pictures of Fall

I got a new laptop for my birthday, so stay tuned for more frequent blog posts. Here are some pictures of Julianne this Fall. We used my parents Halloween decorations (they don't decorate for Halloween anymore - Baa Humbug!), but we really had fun with the spiders, witches, and ghosts this year. We hosted a play group for Julianne's class at our house a few weeks ago which was the inspiration for the decorations. Our neighborhood went crazy with Halloween decor which is one of the reasons we love it here - the front porches lend themselves well to holiday decorations, so most people had great stuff out including orange lights!

We have had a few Halloween events to attend (one play date at a park with school friends) and a birthday party, so it was fun to get to see Julianne dressed up 3 times this year. She was a white fairy princess this year and we used her cute Ladybug costume from last year as well - it is so darn cute.

We visited a Farm called 7 Acre Woods in Conroe complete with a pumpkin patch, a petting zoo, an old timey town for kids, and a huge playground. We went with Leslie and Emma and had a blast. Emma did eat some dirt, but she did not seem to mind. She is a darling, sweet friend! I am thinking this may be a good spot for a birthday party in February, but we will see.

On Halloween, we trick or treated with our new friend, Jack, who is Julianne's age (he is the pumpkin) and the kids had a great time. Our neighborhood had all the kids meet in the park and then we went on from there.

A few cute things to remember:

*Julianne and I were looking at the stars the other night and she said, "they are soooooo cute."

*When Julianne spent the night at my parents house the other night, she woke up singing, "Oh Susanna, on won't you cry for me" which she calls "Mommy's song."

*I was fussing at Daddy for something and she pointed her finger at me and said, "Be Nice to MY DADDY!"

*When she was mad at me she said, "You are not..a good...idea." This comes from us saying things like, "let's not touch the oven - that is not a good idea." I started to pretend cry and she ran over and said, "mom, it's ok, you ARE a good idea!!"