The Houston's Home: Surprise!!!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Surprise!!!

My 30th Birthday was a complete surprise! First, Shawn flew one of my best friends up from Arizona for my 30th birthday. We see each other rarely, but always keep in contact. The last time we saw each other was a year and a half ago. We've know each other since about age 14, so we've known each other for half of our lives. It was such a surprise to see her. Shawn said he had a late meeting one night, so I didn't expect anything, but that night when he came home Krista walked in with him. It was so unreal at first. I felt like I was in a dream, but I was so excited. We had a lot of fun while she was here. We went and saw two movies at the theater without kids (we put them to bed and left Shawn to make sure no one woke up). We got a massage. We went shopping and got matching shirts (cheesy-I know but BFF). We went to Seattle twice and to the zoo with our kids. It was so great to see her and her little boy Robbie. Since we don't see each other often this was such a treat to see her for a whole week.
Having Krista come and visit is surprise enough I think, but Shawn had other plans. Half way through Krista's stay Shawn sent us to the outlet mall on a Saturday while he ran some errands. We went shopping, but all of a sudden Krista got terribly sick. She said her back was killing her and we had to go home right now so she could lie down. I was so worried about her I sped home thinking we were going to have to take her to the emergency room. When we got home though there was another surprise. Shawn got a lot of my friends together up here for a 30th b-day surprise party! I walked in totally surprised. Krista wasn't even sick. She was just pretending to be sick to get me home quickly without asking questions. It all worked, and I was totally surprised! Shawn and Krista did a great job! And I had a great birthday! Here are some pictures of Krista's visit and my party!

Surprise!!!

Krista with our kids on a ferry ride!

Downtown Seattle at the pier. We just had the kids go on a carousel ride!

Matching Seattle shirts!

Downtown Seattle!

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Out Of The Mouth of My Kids

On Easter this year Will had his easter basket full of the little plastic eggs when he accidentally tripped and dropped his basket. When he dropped his basket the plastic egss broke open to reveal the candy inside. Will, in the most excited voice I've ever heard him use said "The eggs open!!!!!!" He couldn't believe there was candy inside- it was the coolest thing to him!
(Easter 2009)

I asked Will one day where the new baby was going to sleep. He said: " in a cage". I guess we now know what he thought of his crib.
(Winter 2009)

I was playing with Will one day. He was pretending to be a robot, so I decided to be a robot too, but he said:
"no you can't be a robot you are a princess"
I said:
"what do princesses do?"
He said:
"they just dance"
(Winter 2009)

We drove by a horse pasture the other day and Claire said:
"I really want a horse. If you don't get me a horse mom I will fire you... ... I mean I will fire Daddy!"
(Winter 2009)

We were talking about where we should go out for dinner one night and Shawn mentioned a new Terriakyi Sushi place. Claire got very excited and said, "Yes! Sushi! Shushi! Please! Please! Please! I love Sushi!" We soon found out she meant a Slushee (like a fruit drink) not Sushi. She does not like Sushi.

Claire: "Mom, I can't make my bed. Will is making me have too much fun." (July 2008)

Will's newest fixation is robots. Yes, we saw WALLE, and that's about when it started. Will can't quite say ROBOT though, so he says "Beebot" instead. It took us awhile to figure out what he meant, but now it's very cute - beebot! (Summer 2008)

William at age 2 still doesn't say too much, but some times he gets on a kick and repeats things over and over, and recently he has found bird poo very interesting. I don't know why, but when we go on walks lately he stops at every white spot on the side walk and says "bird poo- ewwww yuck" this happens over and over and over and over on our walks. I never realized there was so much bird poo in the world! (Summer 2008)

I recently walked in on Claire singing a song she made up to her brother. This is a rare occurance, so I thought I'd better write it here to remember that even though they fight they still love each other. Here is the gist of the song imagine in a very high drawn out soprano:
"I love youuuuuuuuu. You are my frieeeeend because you love to play with meeeeeee and you love to go outside with meeee. I love YOUUUUUU!"
She repeated this over and over and Will just sat there listening seeming to know the song was just for him. I will have to show her this when she is mad at her brother for playing with her "stuff". (Summer 2008)

Claire: "Mom, when I stretch my nose up my nostrils look like bunny ears." (Spring 2008)

Claire had a cough one morning. When she woke up she said:
"My voice is crooked" (Winter 2008)

Claire toes aren't just toes. They are "Weeny Toes" because they are so small compared to everything else. (Winter 2008)

Claire: "Mom, don't step on the cracks or you will get boy slime." (Spring 2008)

Claire (in disgust after we had a carpenter ant problem): "Why did Heavenly Father have to make ants on the Earth?" (Summer 2008)

Claire: "I want to be a cowgirl and a mama when I grow up, and I will have 6 babies and they will all be girls." (2008)

Claire (smiling): "Mom, I can't stand it, I'm so NERVOUS for Christmas" I asked why she was "nervous" and she explains how she can't wait to see what Santa brings for her. I finally figured out that she meant excited not nervous and couldn't wait for Chritmas . (Winter 2007)