Sunday fun

My cousin had her baby shower today. I made these cupcakes which are the first since my cake decorating class oh so many months ago. Can you tell what they are? A baby in a stroller. It took Steve a while to get it too. I got the idea from the decorating book and thought I'd give it go.
While I was at the babyshower, Steve took the kids on a trip to......Home Depot of course.
Waiting patiently for the house keys to be made. Is it just me or does Lucas look just a little bit worried?
Next stop----Bed Bath and Beyond to get mommy a new cutting board.
And a few minutes later, the fun is over.

I don't have the exact story on what happened after this picture was snapped but I think it involved a tantrum of some sort.

On my end, the shower turned out great. My cousin came up with some cute games to play. I won the make-a-baby-out-of-playdoh game. Who said being a stay at home mom doesn't pay off?

Garden of Goblins

My parents treated us to the Garden of Goblins out at Lady Bird's Wildflower Center. They have Halloween related games and crafts for the little one. The kids dressed up as a princess and a bumble bee. They're "real" costumes weren't quite ready yet. Grace had plenty of outfits in her dress up bin to choose from and thankfully my cousin let us borrow the bee costume. Phew. I guess I need to start on their costumes in August.

At the gourd painting station.
My attempts at getting a picture of them together in their full costumes. Lucas did not like the hood at all but I'm sure you figured that out.
I love this picture. Her expression says it all.
Much better and sillier without the costume.
Another attempt at snapping a picture of them together. Almost..
Lucas's favorite part of pumpkin patches is trying to pick up the pumpkins.
In the gardens. We didn't see any goblins.
Smelling the flowers.
A game of bean bag toss. This seems to be the popular game wherever we go.
Lucas playing (cheating).Enjoying a push up together. I think we were asking "who wants a push up?". To which they replied "I do".

A day at Zilker

We took a trip down to Zilker park to enjoy the lovely weather. Such a nice day with clear skies and cool temperatures.

There weren't too many people there so Grace got to "drive" the fire truck by herself.
Lucas didn't want to get near the steering wheel which is surprising since he always tries to climb up into the driver's seat of the van.
Behind bars.
Showing off her climbing skills.