Snow!! The kids have been dying to play in snow, well this
weekend they got their chance, well sort of. Our town had its Annual
Winterfest, we have not been able to go in years past due to other commitments,
so this was our first year. AND IT WAS A BLAST!! Of course it wasn't real snow
since it was sunny and 80 degrees, but the kids had fun regardless.
We got there a little early in anticipation of the crowds (about
30 minutes before the gates opened). The lady working said they will start
selling tickets in a little awhile, they it was just open for special needs
families right now. I asked her what constituted as a special needs family and
told her about Colin. So we got to go in AND it was free for special needs families.
Big kudos to the City of Pearland for that. So we got to do a lot before the
real crowds started coming in about 2 hrs later.
I had no idea how big of an event it was with so much to do,
and we pretty much did IT ALL! They had 2 snow hills to sled down (Katherine
was big enough for the big one, Colin was happy to be on the smaller one).
Colin LOVED it, he must have gone down that hill about 15 times! They also had
an arena for snowball fights.. this was a lot of fun for all 4 of us.
There was pony rides, petting zoo, carnival rides, carnival
games, about 40 different types of moonwalks, live entertainment, and yummy
food vendors (just had to get some funnel cake). The only things you had to pay
for once you got in were the carnival games and the food, all the rest was
included. We stayed for about 5 hours playing and when it was time to leave,
the kids weren't ready just yet. I even got a little sunburn at the Winterfest.
It will definitely be on our calendars to do next year.
Colin has talked non-stopped about the snow hill and snow ball fights.
Katherine loved the carnival rides the most.
Just an update on Colin's surgery.. Tuesday we got a call
from Texas Children's Hospital about looking at dates for his surgery. They had
in their notes for Spring/Summer and they are in the process of scheduling for
Spring. I told her we want to do July and she said she would call back after
Colin's cardiology check up on March 5 and we will discuss how the appointment went
and talk about dates then. JUST WANT TO THROW UP!! I know he needs it, I trust
in God and our team of doctors, I know he will do so much better, I know we are
strong and have great support and I am THANKFUL for all that.. But bottom
line.. my 4 yr old (he will be 4 by the time of his surgery) has to yet again
have his little heart worked on.. if they need to fix the valve (which they are
not sure about yet), they will have to actually STOP his heart from beating. My
sweet boy, my little stinker of a silly boy, my outdoors little surfer man. So
we are going to LIVE it up this Spring, so what the blog for all the fun trips
and activities before we are put on surgery lock down!
