B

So I need to backtrack a little because before the snow came to Dallas, Mom did. She flew down back in January, and for nearly two weeks, she cooked, cleaned, moved furniture, painted, and Alex-sitted. I was a big, lazy oaf while she was here, but she insisted that I take it easy and let her pick up the slack, and I always do what my mom tells me to.

We had a ton of fun and I wish I had a ton of pictures to show for it, but I kept thinking, "She'll be here for two weeks, I've got plenty of time to take pictures later". Well, those two weeks just flew by, and I had barely even picked up my camera by the time she left.

I did pick it up when Mom and A were stuffing their faces with pizza. I know Mom is so happy I did.

Alex showing B how to use her camera.

One of our Christmas presents from Mom and Dad was a membership to the Museum of Nature & Science which Alex LOVES, so we decided to take him one day while she was here. Probably his favorite thing in the whole museum was also the first thing we looked at - this big contraption with a series of gears that guide ping pong balls through a metal track. He's pretty obsessed with anything that resembles a Rube Goldberg invention, so this exhibit was right up his alley. He spent a lot of time explaining to B how it worked and demonstrating how the balls moved around.

He really liked playing with the "magic" floating balls, too. He probably would have spent a lot more time there, but technically, the exhibits in that wing were for "older" kids and the table was a little too tall for Alex to reach the balls himself. Luckily B was around to offer him a boost.

Then onto the bubbles...

And the pregnant lady exhibit...

The firetruck slide...

And a bunch of other stuff...

And then he discovered the sandbox. He hasn't spent a ton of time playing in the sand since we don't have a sandbox at home, and none of the parks we frequent have them either. But after we saw how excited he was about it, we bought a couple bags of play sand from Lowe's and filled his water table up with it - that's hours of fun right there, folks! Best seven bucks I ever spent!

We ended the morning with lunch at the Museum Cafe. Alex inhaled his organic PB&J, which means he must have been ravenous because the PB tasted...well...organic. Like dirt, to be specific. Not that I have anything against organic foods - they are great on the whole - but every once in the while, they just miss the mark. And this was one of those whiles. Bleecchhh. Not that Alex seemed to care. Case in point:

That morning was definitely one of the highlights of Mom's time here. She had to go home - too soon, of course - and we really missed our Mom, our B, our cook, maid, nanny, furniture-mover, painter, decorator, and personal assistant. Come back soon, Ma! I've got lots more work for you to do!