Apr 02 2012

Very Late Wedding Post

So, you know about 3 weeks ago I posted this about preparing for my friend’s wedding? Yeah…I totally slacked off on posting about how beautiful the wedding was! Here on Snips and Snails, that is.

I did get this write-up done for the Texas Health Moms Momblog, which really sums up the whole day nicely. But, for those of you who NEED more adorable pictures to look at, I’ll oblige.

Rehearsal Adorableness

Wedding Day Adorableness

I apologize for not having more pictures of the wedding day, but I was kind of busy trying to be helpful to the Bride. You’ll just have to ask the newlyweds for those pictures (and there are some PRECIOUS ones!)…or check facebook. 🙂

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Mar 20 2012

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Published by under Samuel Lewis

Can you guess what song they’ve been singing in school lately?

(Okay, that one has some Itsy Bitsy Spider in it, but I couldn’t resist posting it because of his bouncy baby move there at the end)

See? He CAN be sweet and quiet when he wants to be.

Now, you can’t tell me that didn’t make your Tuesday night complete and that you won’t go to bed smiling.

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Mar 11 2012

Blowing Bubbles Tutorial

Published by under Family Time,Samuel Lewis

We’ve had some lovely weather lately; perfect for blowing bubbles. Sam will now take us through proper bubble blowing procedures.

Now, to blow bubbles, you first need the right gear.

And then you need MORE gear.

Then, of course, you must test the bubble solution. . . with your bare hands.

Next, you must practice your technique.

And practice. . .

And practice some more. . .

Until, finally, you perfect your bubble blowing technique!

**We hope you’ve enjoyed this bubble blowing tutorial. It was brought to you today by the letter B and the number (almost) 2.

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Mar 09 2012

Aces First Tournament, First Championship

Jacob’s baseball team, the Keller Aces, had their first tournament this past weekend. They played two games on Saturday resulting in one loss and one tie. (He had already played a basketball game Saturday morning and Friday night, and Caleb had played a basketball game on Saturday, so to say it was a full sports weekend is an understatement.)

Sam, rockin' the shades and baseball cap, watching game 1 with Daddy.

The games on Saturday meant the Aces were the #11 seed, with a 2pm game in Plano to start the day. Now, we knew that if they won the 2pm game, they’d play at 4. If they won the 4pm game, they’d play at 6, and if they won the 6pm game, the tournament championship was at 8pm. All the games were in Plano at Enfield Park. Now, we all know these boys are future Major Leaguers, but this was the first tournament they’ve played as a team. So, well…we sort of wouldn’t have been surprised to be driving more than we were at baseball games…

Boy, did they show us! The Aces played (and beat, in order) the #6, #3, #7, and #1 seeds. Yes, you read that right. They played FOUR games, back to back to back to back, and won the tournament championship! It was 10 hours of baseball, but I think every parent and ballplayer and sibling will tell you it was WELL worth it.

A very tired, but happy Jacob

Look at that joy!

The team with their 1st place trophies!

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Mar 08 2012

Pretty Fingers, Pretty Toes

Published by under YAY things

A dear, dear friend is marrying the love of her life on Saturday. Today, the bride-to-be, her bridesmaids, her mother, aunt, both future sisters-in-law (one of them is a bridesmaid, also), and her future mother-in-law got together this evening for some wonderful pampering! We met up at Hollywood Nails and Spa. First, let me say the salon is REALLY nice. There are several separate areas for spa parties like ours, the staff was very attentive and personable, and the work, well, see for yourself!

Pretty fingers!

Pretty Toes!

And, of course, we can’t talk about a bridal spa day without a picture of the bride-to-be! Love you, Mel, and can’t wait to share in your and Charlie’s special, special day!

Isn't she beautiful?

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Mar 08 2012

Haircut #2

Published by under Samuel Lewis

I resisted as long as I could. I really, really did. Sam looked so cute after his first haircut, but he also looked so grown up that I hated to keep it short. And I admit to being too lazy too busy to get to the barber shop any sooner.

When Sam looked like this in early January, I resisted:

Really, who would trim this adorable hair?

When he looked like this in mid-January, I resisted:

His hair is part of his look, his style

When he looked like this in early February, I resisted:

Mommy's little rooster.

When he looked like this in mid-February, I resisted:

Mommy's little devil.

But not for long, since just two days later, we went (in the pouring rain, no less) to get a hair cut.

"I don't know, Mom...this doesn't look like my normal car seat."

Several shots from the process. He was actually quite enthralled with the Wiggles video the stylist put on.

Bubba wasn’t so sure about how Sam’s new ‘do looked – he said he looked too old (Mommy agrees!).

But at the end of it all, he’s still my sweet angel. I mean, really, does it get ANY sweeter than this?

Feel free to melt from the cuteness overload.

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Mar 07 2012

Budding Artist and Activist?

Published by under Caleb Lee,YAY things

Yesterday was Open House at Caleb’s school. We didn’t know about it until the last minute (literally, I was driving home from work). Sam and I didn’t have time to make it up there (:() but Daddy went. He sent us these pictures of Caleb’s artwork on display:

Isn't his use of color wonderful?

Obviously, they were studying Van Gogh with this one.

His class has also been studying recycling, and they were asked to write a letter to the mayor about recycling. Here is Caleb’s letter:

Clearly, he’s a budding activist as well as artist!

And, oh yeah, he’s doing stupendously in school! His teachers adore him and wish they could clone a whole classfull of him! Aren’t we lucky to have such a great kid?!?!

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Mar 03 2012

Dr. Seuss Week

Published by under Samuel Lewis

At Sam’s school this week, in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, each day had a theme. So, for your viewing pleasure, I’m sharing them with you.

Monday: Crazy Sock Day

Tuesday: Backwards (or inside out) clothes

His shirt says "Mischief Maker"

Wednesday: Crazy Hair Day

Yeah, he was less than thrilled with me.

Thursday: Crazy Hat Day

He wasn’t so interested in crazy hat day. So he wore his Rangers hat instead.

Friday: Green Eggs and Ham Day (wear green)

Clearly, this was taken after school, at Bubba’s playoff basketball game (yes, the game where the teammate broke his arm in two, if you were watching FB)

So, there you go Dr. Seuss. Happy Birthday! Oh, and Happy Texas Independence Day, and most importantly on March 2, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT LYNNE COOKIE! 🙂

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Feb 29 2012

Junk Room to Office

Published by under Daneman Boys,General,YAY things

Don’t judge; we all have a “junk something” – junk drawer in the kitchen or bedroom, a junk bucket at the foot of the stairs or in a spare room…you know, a place that holds all the stuff you don’t have a better place for, but can’t fathom getting rid of yet. Well, in our house, it was the dining room. Yes, I said the dining room. We haven’t had a dining set in there in a long time, and the room has long been wasted space. It’s really too small for the type of formal dining set I’d like, and its location is less than convenient to the food prep/serve area in our kitchen. So it became the “staging area” and then just flat-out Junk Room. No, really, it was so full of stuff that it gave me a headache to look at it. Oh, and did I mention it’s the first room you see in the house? Yeah…we’re classy like that.

Bryan and I have talked for quite some time about turning the dining room into our office, but we hadn’t really committed to it (i.e., we hadn’t found time to do anything about it). Until last week. President’s Day, to be exact. The boys were home and pleasantly playing Legos (notice I did not say “quietly”) in the game room with the TV on. Have I mentioned that Bryan had his work-from-home workstation set up in the gameroom? Oh, well, he did. You can see where this is going, right?

I could tell Bryan was hard at work in the dining room, moving things around and occasionally asking Jacob to help move this or that to the garage (including Sadie’s crate – I was shocked!). I had no idea just how hard he was working, until I peeked in and saw this!

Even Sadie likes being in the room now!

Unfortunately, I don’t have a “before” picture, so this picture doesn’t fully do justice to the work Bryan (and Jacob) did. But let’s see if I can explain a little bit what was done.

  • See the piano? It used to be where the computer table is now. I don’t know how Bryan moved it without help, and I don’t think I want to know. I’m grateful he’s not in the hospital with a hernia.
  • The blue chair in the corner? It used to be in front of the window (just to be stashed out of the way when the new living room furniture arrived) and COVERED in dog hair, because Sadie had decided it was her perch to watch the world outside the windows. (Note: the blue exercise ball is in the chair now to keep Sadie out of it. And it makes a pretty good ottoman.)
  • The two end tables (one in the back corner opposite the blue chair, one in the bottom left of the picture) used to be stacked on top of each other, doing nothing but collecting dust and holding junk.
  • The card table (that you can’t tell in the picture, but is holding my sewing stuff) used to be in the middle of the room, because that’s where I left it a month ago after making a few blankets.
  • Things that you no longer see in the room: Sadie’s crate, our file cabinet, and a whole bunch of other junk that I’m embarrassed to say we had stashed not-so-out-of-sight in there.

Clearly, there’s still some work to do – a real desk instead of Bryan’s sad folding table, possibly a ceiling fan (or at least a different light fixture), the blue chair will eventually make way for one more fitting of the space (but hopefully just as comfy), and maybe a real sewing table for me? (I had to toss that out there, right?) But I think it’s a great start, and I’m just SO glad that the first thing you see in the house is no longer the Junk Room.

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Feb 28 2012

LilySara

Published by under Samuel Lewis

Sam is very into labeling lately, and not just straight labeling of objects or people, but also possessive labels: Mommy’s seat, Daddy’s coffee, Bear’s baseball, Bubba’s basketball.  (in your head, you should hear those in his little squeaky voice and the words sound more like teat, toffee, beeeessball, bas-eh-ball).

But his latest label is one of the cutest so far, I think. He has started calling his friend Lily’s Mommy, LilySara. And he gets excited when he sees her (or other ladies with curly, brown hair that he thinks are her). Now, his other classmates’ parents are “Logan Daddy,” “BellaGrace Mommy,” etc. Lily’s Mommy is the only one with a special name. Clearly he’s a genius child and knows how special LilySara is. We think she’s pretty special, too.

Sam's LilySara. BeeYouTeeFull!

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