Friday Fragments #33 -- Mardi Gras and Rainforests and RVs, Oh My!
Put another week into the history books. It's time to frag...
It's Friday and it's a been a big week!We began with the Galveston Mardi Gras Children's Parade. It was a new and fun experience for our family.
Little Diva got a leg up literally for a better view. Daddies are awesome that way. Ice Cream at LaKings might have happened, as well.
Sonny-Bunny started out his normal "I don't want to do that" Tween Boy self until he wasn't. All of a sudden, those beads seem really cool. Being a tween is such a funny thing -- one minute he is way "grown-up" and the next minute he wants to cuddle and watch a Disney movie with me. He keeps my head spinning but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Tuesday, we went to Moody Gardens and ventured into the Rainforest.
As you can see, it's pretty gorgeous! To create the rainforest, the pyramid is set to the 80s and 92% humidity.Well, we are having weird weather here in Texas swinging between a normal winter in the 40s-50s to a high today of 79. It has made dressing the kids a challenge. This day, it was actually chilly and we all had coats. You can imagine that we were stripping off coats but not super cool Sonny-Bunny. Evidently, being too cool for school also means being too cool to get hot in the rainforest.As my daughter often runs around in just a sundress when it is cold, we decided that the two are like the characters, Snow Miser and Heat Miser, in the Rankin/Bass special "The Year Without Santa Claus". One loves hot and one loves the cold.
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The next day, we explored the Houston RV Show. The kids were ready to take a few out for test drive!
While we have taken a few months off the road and are trying to find a place to put down roots, we still enjoy checking out the possibilities. After a year and a half as our full-time home, we know what works and what DOESN'T in a trailer. There are things out there that amaze. We even saw a $400K RV. Wow, just wow!
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Today is Lincoln's birthday! Happy birthday, Mr. Lincoln. Thank you for fighting for liberty and the UNITED States of America.
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So, big week obviously. Still struggling with some health issues per usual but I keep trying. That's what we all have to do, right? I am thankful to my family for perpetually keeping me inspired to try more and keep adventuring.
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I'll leave you with my daughter's latest contribution to the English language -- "confuzzled" as in "I am totally confuzzled right now". I feel that way most days...
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What did your week bring you?