PorkChop and Royal...

I love the Carney kids. Being able to hang out with them during mi casa every Tuesday is the highlight of my week. They are the most wonderful, adorable kids in the entire world.

Yesterday, Roy kept running around the living room in circles, laughing his head off. His laugh was the sound of what pure joy sounds like. Later him and I played fort under the kitchen table and he read stories to me. I also got a sloppy kiss before I left. =)

Lily kept pulling up my shirt, and I was like uhhh... Lindsey told me she wanted to see my bellybutton. So I let her pull up my shirt and stick her little fingers in my bellybutton...she laughed and laughed and laughed. For some reason she thought it was the funniest thing in the entire world and kept doing it. She also kept eating the brownies out of my hand...which was funny because they were hot and she didn't know what to do with hot brownies in her mouth.

Basically I am in love.

Back in town

For as much as I enjoyed Spring Break, I am overjoyed to be back in Waco! I do get homesick for Waco, oddly enough.

I did not realize how much I could miss buddy in just one week. But I do love being back with her! I also missed someone else a lot more than I expected. But they do say...absence makes the heart grow fonder. Very true.

Yesterday, was a gorgeous day. 77 degrees, and sunny. A perfect day for laying in the grass with a boy whose embrace I had missed.

Weekend in New York

Me sitting on the train to the airport, with my NEW rainboots!
Pictures from the cab. It was so hard with the rain. But I still think I captured some of the beauty from the day.



Our tea party escape from the rain!
She loves me
I love her
Guggenheim. We never made it in, but I enjoyed the outside, nonetheless.
We have been sleeping in the same bed since we were born.
We saw Phantom of the Opera! It was phenomenal!
We were like little kids in the gigantic Toys R Us.

Lunch
Times Square

10 things that make me terribly happy

Here is my Happy List:

1. The smell of fresh summer rain

2. The taste of warm homemade chocolate chip cookies just out of the oven

3. Being woken up by bunny kisses

4. Watching butterflies play with each other in the flowers

5. The feeling of moist grass under my toes

6. Picking strawberries in my garden

7. Christmas lights year round!

8. The feeling after a good run

9. Looking at wedding photos

10. Stargazing

What's your Happy List?...

Julia's day off with Cousin Maria

Most everyone on the Mashnouk side of the family calls me cousin Maria. Since there are two Maria's and I am the lesser seen one. Sometimes I am MK or Maria Knorr.

Aunt Rach woke me up early, and I got to play with Chris before he went to school. Since I made him peanut-butter, bananas, apples, honey, and granola yesterday for a snack. He insisted I make him breakfast. He loved yogurt, strawberries, and granola. We went outside early to wait for the bus and played in the snow!...This kid has the life...

Anyways, Julia took off school today and we went for a walk, watched Hannah Montana, had lunch at the Olive Garden -while complaining about silly things family members do, and how awful Maria Julian was to me!

Off to Wonderland with her and Dana. We had the whole theatre to ourselves. I got my LONG awaited Dunkin Donut fix!

When we got home, Chris and I were total buddies all night.

He loves baking, and helped me make lava cakes. Then after a dinner of Candy Bars!!!!! (a wonderful trick that was played on me) We played monopoly together. It was then that I realized I was absolutely head over heels in LOVE with the sweetest little boy in the world! We layed in his bunk bed and watched a movie as he fell asleep next to me. I am really sad that I haven't spent more time with him, since he is absolutely the greatest thing in the entire world!

Again blurry Julia pictures.

Hair Straightening...

I was showing Chris pictures on my computer and we came across ones of curly and straight haired Connor. So since he (as I do) hates his curly hair he asked me to straighten his brown locks.

Before (handsome in the middle) After

The gorgeous curls before...

During....As we learn Julia needs to stand stiller to take pictures...After....I think he looks like Max from Where the Wild Things Are....all he needs is a wolf suit!

Bubble Bath!

My day was spent: reading magazines, napping, eating, and taking the most amazing and Bubbly bath in the entire world! There was like a foot of bubbles! Lemongrass and rosemary bubble bath made it very relaxing. And of coarse I made bubble beards.

...I unfortunately did not have maria to play with this time in the bath! This picture must be 15 years old...or older. Nonetheless still effective.

Also Today I got to pick Chris up from the bus stop and we were total playmates all afternoon. PLaying foosball and looking around the basement, playing video games. He even made the exact same snack (apples, bananas, honey, granola, and peanut butter) that I made for myself...If only Julia followed how I ate too...half way there I guess. Chris is basically the most handsome little boy I have ever seen!

PS. I miss Bun Bun SOOOOOOO much! I showed my cousins and aunt the videos and pictures I have of her. And I realized how much I love her and miss her! She adds so much joy to my life.

Walking in the Woods

I went for a glorious walk in the woods for two hours today. It was spectacular. I was nice to be by myself. My company was the noise of squirrels running around, birds singing, and the sound of the snow crunching under my feet.

I sat by the lake and crushed some of the ice that was floating.
Bird feeder
There are super crazy vines! Kind of reminds me of my natural hair.
van's in the snow do NOT work well. I had a very cold squid and feet!
This was the sledding hill...so much has melted.
So pretty.
There are these trees randomly in the woods. They have dead leaves that have turned either peach or white. The leaves are a focal point where ever the trees are.
My Yoga bench! I was so fantastic doing yoga barefoot , and without a sweatshirt. Although there is snow on the ground it was a super warm day!

Mid-day sun
birds nest