Tutu Time with Maja

Enjoy the sweet sound of giggly little girls and ignore the sound of big brother crying. Don't worry if you listen really carefully you can hear Dad taking care of him.

For some reason a ton of tutus came our way in the form of hand-me-downs and birthday presents

We had a fun party for the twins at the park and once I get the pictures I will post them.

Now it was time for our little family party.

All the Halloween junk is still all over the living room

Jed and I decided that now that the twins turned 4 they were old enough to get an allowance like their big brother and sister.

So they each got a wallet!

They were quite happy about it.

This was something they had been looking forward to for a little over a month!

Big tank you hugs to Maja!

A typical Anna pouty face who knows why.

Pouty face soon erased by a big smile.

And a Hug from Astrid I think Anna opened Astrid's present to her and this is actually Anna giving Astrid a thank you hug. Heh!

Wives and Daughters

Another great show from girls night!
If you missed last time we watched episodes 1 and 2
all 4 are on here

wives and daughters

Queen of Apple Pie

and here she is! My momma!

Nobody makes pie that delicious! It's all in the crust!

this is how she makes it!

1.5 stick butter

3/4 cup sugar

2 cups flour

A couple or more spoonfuls of iced water just to help the dough stay cool and moist while working with it.

If you mix it by hand, you need the butter to be room temperature or even hand temperature. If you have mixer, the butter should be cold.

 

That's it! At least she did not just tell me her usual response which is "just add stuff until it is right" Heh!

Big BIG BIIIIIG Spider!

As we were getting ready to leave bull creek my most observant mother spotted this specimen.

It was most intriguing and ever so fascinating.

I know next to nothing about spiders so i have no clue what kind this is.

It was slow and timid

And Even though I have lived in the Austin area for 8 years i have never seen anything remotely like this around before

I had to constantly remind myself and the kids that if you do not know if it can hurt you just assume that it can.

We asked a random jogger if he had ever encountered one of these before and despite running there on a regular basic he had not.

He then brought back some friends of his who were in a different part of the park and one of them thought we ought to squash it.

My mom got quite defence on behalf of big creepy spider so as far as we know he did not get squashed

He mostly just froze and every now and then tried to run away.

as soon as he realized we were following he would stop moving again and just sit there

I found a long twig and carefully poked his leg then he would run away so I think this was not the attacking sort.

I was hoping someone out there might know what sort of critter this is

Do you think it is someones pet spider that they just left in the park?

Eventually we gave him more space and he just slowly made his way down to the water

After getting in the water for a little while, I'm guessing getting a good drink, he started moving back to the trees where he first came from

here is a little video for your enjoyment!

Behold the joy of flinging rocks

So after our first brief stop at bull creek we drove a few yards down the road and stopped at the part with the blessed accommodations also known as questionable public restrooms or porto pottys. After utilizing said public service facilities we then wandered through the greens and picnic tables and back down to the water. This stretch is allot more mellow and has an abundance of limestone rocks just begging to be played with.