Paiger-Rager

Gotta share a quick little story about Paiger-Rager (I've never written this nick-name....I guess that's how you'd spell it!)....

Yesterday, she was having a typical fit over "whatever". Then, she acted like she was about to throw a book.

Mommy - "Don't throw the book. Do you want to go to time out?"

She threw the book.

.....then walked into the living room & sat in the time out chair. (I was already about to crack up laughing!)

Mommy - "Do you know why you're in time out? Don't throw....."

Paige - "....books!"

Paige adds - "That's dangerous!"

Then, she looks at me and says, "I'm sorry Mommy!"

......and waits for me to say she can get out of time-out.

Hmmmm.....you think she's getting the hang of this 'time-out' stuff? I think Super Nanny would be proud!

Too funny!!

SNOW!!

Only in Houston, TX do the kids stop what they're doing to jump for joy over falling snow! Yesterday, it was 78 degrees. I almost turned the air conditioning on. Tonight....it's snowing! Crazy Texas weather!

It has been nasty all day - windy and rainy all day. The temperature hasn't gone above 35. Tonight, we pulled into the gymnastics parking lot and the snow had just started to fall. All of the kids had come out of the gym & they were all running around cheering in the parking lot! It was pretty neat - big flakes of snow coming down. I let the girls 'take it all in' for a little bit before we went into the building. It was still coming down when we left an hour later.

When we got home, the girls wanted to 'play' in the snow. Luckily, there was a little bit of accumulation in the back yard. Taite was able to make a snowball to throw at her dad. Then, she made a SNOWMAN! Yeah, it was only 4" tall, but it is indeed a snowman & she was very proud of it.

IT STUCK! I really can't believe that the snow continued into the night. Lewis ended up waking Taite back up to see the snow falling and on the ground in our yard. Pretty cool!

What a cool little treat tonight. Something that is a nuisance or no big deal to many people in other places is going to be a great memory for lots of kids, and adults around here!

By the way - the forecast is in the upper 70's again next week! Crazy!

Thanksgiving

Taite was off the whole week of Thanksgiving. It was a nice break for all of us. She had a few friends over at the beginning of the week. She hasn't gotten to see several of her friends since school has started, so that was fun.

This was our year to be with the Magsigs for Thanksgiving. That means we go to our friends, The Trykoski's for Thanksgiving. 25+ years ago, when we first moved to Houston, Mom & Dad became friends with the Trykoskis & Fiores, two families who were also from out-of-state. None of us had family around, so Mrs. T invited all of us over for Thanksgiving. We've now been celebrating Thanksgiving with them for 25+ years! How cool.

So, we went out to the Trykoski's ranch in Huntsville. It was a really fun day. The girls got to fish & run around and ride on a tractor thing (I forgot the name of it) to see the cows. ALSO, they had a SNOW machine out there! The girls had a BLAST in the 'snow'!

The girls enjoyed fishing. Paige caught her very first fish! She thought that was pretty cool!

And, the guys enjoys a time-honored tradition of playing a few games of bocce. Our dads used to play this when we were kids. Now, I think all of us 'kids' have a set of our own. It's just a fun game - especially out on a lot of land!

I wanted to include a video clip of the girls playing in the snow: