Another Day Out in Houston

We went into the Natual Science Museum today to see the IMAX show on Greece and then the Rome exhibit. Rome was OK, but they mainly had busts and household artifacts, no swords or shields. Luckily they had some live Roman re-enactors in the lobby with stuff to share and great costumes.































We went to the ground floor in the exhibit hall where there are lots of hands on science things.
Here Laura is experiencing clouds.
























Then we walked over to my favorite place in all of Houston - the train.











We use to live 5 minutes from the zoo area and if we had nothing going on I would read whatever kid's train themed books I had and then grab a snack and take the kids over there and ride the train. I did this even when Matthew was my only child!The ride is not too long, but somehow I always feel happy on it. No matter how hot it is the breeze is lovely and I feel like I am really being a good Mommy, like this is what being a mom of little people is all about, I can't really explain it. Anyhow, today I had 4 kids on the train and my wonderful husband. I was a happy mommy.

Lily is 5 today!

Time really flies. I remember the day I had her. The birth was so easy and she never fussed, she fitted right in to Mark's political campaign which was consuming our life at the time. She was so beautiful and good and has been such a joy ever since. Lily has made my life better in so many ways. She is so forgiving of my flawed parenting, generous, creative, colorful and fun to be around. She wears costumes daily with utter seriousness, she is either a cat, Ballet dancer or Princess, often a combination of all three. She loves to do school and excels at all her subjects. I am so excited to be her momma.

Planting time again

The kids helped Mark plant more wildflower seeds again this year. I hope they bloom as nicly as last year. Don't you love Lil's Ballet costume with Kelly green tights?

My new blog

I have started a new blog called A Picture Per Day. I was inspired by another artist blogger Misty Mawn to do it, and now my friend Amy Barnes is doing it! Doing what? Posting a picture per day! No comments, no explanations. I take photos of the kids daily anyhow and it takes seconds to upload to blogger. The hard part for me is not writing a title or a little caption! I like to talk, at least a little. But hopefully the photos will speak for themselves. I plan to capture our life at home on the new blog. Cole World News blog is designed to capture our family life in general and to document the kids growth for the extended family and friends.

It has been fun seeing what the other ladies are taking photos of. Anyone else want to start? Email me your link so I can add it! Shonacole@aol.com

New territory

For the first time in 2.5 years of living here I went exploring the front part of our forest. I have a whole new respect for my dogs. They have some wild countryside to roam in there! It is made up a series of mini streams (drainage) that have cut little valleys up to 8 feet deep in places. It would make an excellent place for toy soldiers staging a civil war. We ventured out there today with Ricky Welch, whose family goes to church with us. Needless to say there were guns involved.

Just for fun

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 2 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

There are:

1130 Mark Coles

791 Matthew Coles

20 Lily Coles

612 Laura Coles

259 Annie Coles