pre-Mother's Day

At our house, we like holidays and birthdays to last as long as possible...for example...we take up a birthday MONTH, not just a day. For my Mother's Day, it was a 2-day affair. Saturday, after getting some stuff out of the way (dance class and James' haircut) we headed over to the AMF bowling alley in Irving. This was our first time bowling, but it was a load of fun....the place wasn't busy at all, which was good, since we take up about 3 area's of seating. This is the best contraption...we didn't have bumpers, but the girls still did pretty good (better than mommy AND daddy to start, but daddy's Wii practice helped give him that extra edge).

Bella has become the best helper, always right by Aube's side to make sure she's doing things right ;).

As you can see, Mommy lost. lol. I used to bowl all the time in high school. I dunno what happened! ha. Wii bowling is much easier!!

While the girls napped, I treated myself to a pedicure and a trip to the bookstore for some books on my list.

For dinner it was a toss-up between Pappadeaux (which I still haven't been to), Razoo's (which James always goes to without me) and Texas Roadhouse. The craving for a good steak won out, and we waited 50 min for a table at Roadhouse. The weather was beautiful, if not a little chilly...so the wait wasn't too horrible. We are getting to be those people that won't leave a restaurant even if the wait is long. We figure by the time we get to another restaurant, we could have been seated at the first one. So we wait. And wait. lol

And what's Mother's Day without flowers? For the record, these are from the girls, not James...since I am "not his mother." I get a kick out of it when he says that to me.