The Donaho's

After Gus's birthday, we grabbed dinner at David's in Cedar Hill. Gus kept Nana busy.  Stella slept through most of dinner.  The next morning (Super Bowl Sunday) we had a post-church brunch with Mom, Dad, and The Hoppers. We attempted a Grandparent pic. It was a fail.   best one...  Gus was a mess following lunch, but we couldn't go home. We had a viewing to go to, which was pretty brutal. Funeral homes and fussy toddlers are never a good combo. We had plans for Superbowl, but opted out due to the boys being so tired. Good thing we have fun neighbors just a few houses away. We cruised over there for some crawfish instead of doing the party across town....the boys were in no condition for that.   they were amazed/terrified/interested.  The Percival girls always cheer this guy up...   Gracie the brave There was 35 lbs of crawfish for us. We ate about half and peeled about half so that El...

We had a pretty low key Valentine's Day since we have an upcoming vacation. The boys didn't not know about our vacation plans until Valentine's Day. Prior to the 14th.Garrett spent considerable time working on his Valentine cards for the family. He also had to write out all his invitations for his class party. He had to address them to a list of his classmates and sign his name on each of them. Luckily, there are only 9 other kids in his class. That alone took us 4 or 5 days to complete. I can imagine he'll look this same way in a few short years as he works on Algebra homework.  Gus was just there to make messes and make mama crazy. He's like a bull in a china shop some days, but he loves to do crafts.  On the morning of the 14th, the boys woke up to their passports (that just came in the mail) along with a DVD and brochure of the Disney Cruise, and some travel accessories (like sunglasses, "cruise hats", and Disney stuff). They were really e...