March 7, 2010

On February 23rd, neither new nor  used golf balls were flying over this golf course.  The reason is quite obvious…miracles or all miracles, it snowed in Austin!   We’ve been living in Austin for a few years now and this was the first time we’ve ever seen this much snow.  It was snowing the entire day and we loved it, my 5 year old most specially.  It will probably take a couple of years before it snows this much again.  Although, I certainly hope not.   Just one fine day of snow is all we ask…for the little kids to make their snowmen…and for us kids at heart.

January 19, 2010

Apparently, a good number of people had the same idea as hubby and I last Sunday.  And that was to head out to Lady Bird Lake (also known as Town Lake) and make the most of the beautiful weather.

I was pleasantly surprised with the number of people I saw at the lake!  At least, many are making an effort to get off their behinds and do something with valuable health benefits, us included!  People were walking, jogging or biking on the trail around the lake.  People of all ages from children, to adults to couples to moms and dads with baby jogger city strollers to groups to individuals were very well represented.  It was a good day all right.  And my family’s gonna be bonding like this a lot from now on.

These past few days have brought us beautiful sunny days and last weekend, we got movin’.  Late Saturday afternoon, hubby, little daughter and I spent an hour outdoors, just around our neighborhood.  The little girl was on her bike while hubby and I jogged/walked alongside her.  We did this for a total of 2.8 miles to and from our house.  We had so much fun that the next day, we found ourselves at the Lady Bird Lake in Downtown Austin.  We did a little over 4 miles on Sunday.  Soon, we hope to do the entire 10miles around the Lady Bird Lake.   If I maintain this level of activity, I dare say I won’t be needing hydroxycut after all. Hee hee.

February 8, 2009

Winters are mild here in Texas and last January 28, we experienced a freeze, which rarely happens.  Roads were slick with ice, which caused a number of vehicular accidents and which prompted some school districts to suspend classes.  In some areas, the start of classes was moved to 10am instead of the usual 7:45am.

I, for my part, was pleasantly surprised with what I saw when I took a peek out of our window.  The leaves seemed to have been laminated in ice!  Let me show you…

Frozen water droplets on leaves

This photo and the one above it were taken at the little patch of grassed land in front of our house.

This one was taken at the back of our house.

The leaves were frozen to a crisp.

I peeled the ice off some leaves.  I love how the details of the leaves were transfered to the ice.

Here’s another one.

And this, my handful of readers, is our neighbors downspout. 

Anything left outside overnight would have frozen. Even Hamilton watches!  This icey day was so much different from the flurries  we experienced in the earlier part of winter.

January 19, 2009

We checked out Ikea’s Winter yesterday afternoon with some friends and I’m proud to say that I was able to leave the huge store with very little damage to my (ok, hubby’s!) pocket.   After spending a good two-hours at Ikea, half of which was spent at the cafe, we all let the kids loose at a small playground just across the Ikea parking lot.

My little girl had a lot of fun, as usual, doing something she really loves….climbing!  (I have a feeling hubby and I just might get a little scolding after my Mom sees these pics!)

She got a little help from her dad every now and then and only when she asked for it.

Abby is so unlike me when it comes to these outdoorsy things.

She smiles triumphantly  for the camera after her successful climb!

It doesn’t seem too long ago that this little girl was wearing disposable diapers. Slow down just a wee bit, please, Time.

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