We've been busy...

We braved the crowds during spring break with uncle's & cousins to visit the aquarium.

Jerry & Taylor check out the dolphins in the under water viewing area.

And then acted as cousins often do...

Liam was mesmerized by the big fishies.


Our neighbor's rabbits had babies and one came to VISIT.
Brady & bunny

Taylor & Pappy (or Pop Pop as Haddie sometimes calls him) fed the bunny lettuce from our garden.

Our garden is growing like crazy with 3-4 kinds of lettuce, 5 different kinds of potatoes (including blue), a variety of radishes, cilantro, dill, basil, spinach, green onions, carrots, jalapenos, cayenne's, banana peppers, green beans, snow peas, beef steak tomatoes, jelly bean tomatoes and 4 rows of corn. We also planted giant sunflowers along side the fence. And tiny seedless water melons along the back fence.

The Budweiser's Clydesdale's were in town - the kids were more impressed with the Dalmatian.

This weekend we went to the airshow - very HOT. Hadley stayed cool at NaNa's house.

Jerry Air Show 2008

Air Show 2010 - I love this one - the guys will recognize this look as the F-16 gawk.

On Sunday we watched the Blue Angels fly from the comfort and SHADE of our back yard. We may be off of the dolphin obsession and onto jets - which pleases his father very much.

He slept with the very expensive air show toy Blue Angel that night & at nap.

Haddie says "HI-Eeee Does" Translates to "Hi Ducks". We visited the baby chicks & ducklings at Tractor Supply.

Christmas Program Blues

Jerry was OK for the first song - Jingle Bells -

except for the extreme look of fear.

But for the second song...not so good. Big giant tears.

Well the video was suppose to go in this spot...

but, I've tried all day to upload it and it's just not happening.

Jerry & Haddie all snuggly warm at the La Posada parade.

Jerry in his mohawk hat & with his light up sword that his Poppy bought him.

Santa is my friend.

At least that is how the conversation started one morning on the way to school. "Santa is my friend. I yike Santa. He no bite." I guess, that in the toddler world, a true measure of friendship is not biting. We started the season off right-at least Kingsville style- first Saturday in December is breakfast with Santa and the La Posada night parade. We were the first ones at Linda's restaurant and had some private time with Santa. Jerry gave Santa a high five; and, Santa took his picture. But... when it came time to go talk to Santa- no one wanted to. Jerry tried to escape - Santa is holding him by his arm. And, Haddie kept trying to slide out of his lap.
Would you look at LOOK he is giving me! That evening we met Poppy & Meme and Harley & Taylor at the La Posada Parade. They changed the parade route this year so that it did not cross the railroad tracks twice - of course this year the train waited until the parade was over to come through town. We took our lawn chairs, blankets, warm cookies and hot chocolate. The kids had so much fun. They hardly sat down for the entire parade. The ladder truck from the Kingsville Fire Dept. is still a hot topic of discussion at our house. A few nights each week we have been driving around looking a Christmas lights. It is a very exciting event. Excited screams from the back seat include:
"I see yights Mom!"
"I see more yights Mom!"
"Santa!"
And my favorite, "They're bwinking! Bwink, Bwink, Bwink!"

It is hard to believe that this is going to be Jerry's 3rd Christmas.

Breakfast With Santa 2007 - Jerry's first Christmas

2008 Santa at ESC2 - Haddie's first Christmas

Breakfast with Santa 2009

We wish family and friends home & away a safe and joyous Christmas.

Merry Christmas from the4mcqueens!

Early Scholars Academy

With the help of Jerry, Taylor and my friend & co-worker's son Daniel - ESC2 finally broke ground yesterday for our children's interactive learning center. They were featured on the front page of the local section of the Caller Times. Taylor was actually on the front page of the paper! http://www.caller.com/news/2009/nov/10/childrens-educational-building-groundbreaking/ This is going to be an amazing place for the school children of South Texas to visit. Think about boarding a submarine for story time with your teacher, exploring space via a space ship with video screens for windows, playing in tee pees and stage coaches, climbing a Mayan temple, pretending to be a paleontologist, building a city, releasing butterflies into the rain forest, hearing the supply plane fly over while you are in your survival tent in the Arctic - oh, I could go on & on forever. It will not be open to the public - it will be for organized school trips only - for children 3-5. But there is talk of summer camps.Taylor is assisting our Executive Director, Dr. Linda Villarreal. And Jerry is helping one of the ESC Board members. That is the Caller Times photographer down in front.

Jerry with the chairman of the board.

They were allowed to keep their hard hats - He wore his to HEB after the ground breaking.

Halloween Fun

Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treating is the greatest invention ever!

Look Taylor. I have a tail!

2008 Halloween Parade Day at Jerry & Haddie's preschool.

2009 Halloween Parade Day at Jerry & Haddie's preschool.

Sister is just a little bit harder to hold this year!

Getting Ready for Halloween

This weekend we got the house ready for Halloween. We have about five of these 3 foot spiders crawling all over the house. Lil' Jerry was having a blast playing with the spiders before we put them up. He was throwing them and kicking them - but in all of his playing and moving them around - the spiders ended up encircling him. He suddenly realized that he was surrounded and began to panic. He needed a quick rescue from the spiders.

Growing up in a pumpkin patch....

2007

2008

2009

2008 2009 Tomorrow is her 1st birthday!!!

Jerry was holding her - you can see his fingers!

Haddie's First Up-Do

Yes, Haddie has taken a her first step in to little girl stage - The Palm Tree Up-Do. Here she is ready to go to school this morning. Her teacher Ms. Lupita, one of her most favorite people, exclaimed as she came in the classroom, "Her first chongo, my little baby is growing up!"

She is growing up too fast - only a couple more weeks of BABY - then it will be full toddler mode.

Last week was open house at the kids school. They served cookies and the brightest red punch I have ever seen. Jerry says "CHEESE!"