MADISON AND NICHOLAS ON THE ROPE SWING

Look at Madison pushing her brother on the swing with her broken arm

 They were having so much fun

Why do kids love to fly through the air......I guess that it's just so freeing and elating!!

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (AWESOME MOM DAY)

I just love when our Lord blesses me with something that I totally do not deserve....I guess that is most things in life.....He is so generous with His children and loves us so much....even when we are NOT our BEST selves.

ANYWAY....My wonderful friend Gisele invited us to the Children's museum (I am so thankful for my   gracious friends who go out of their way to think of me and keep me social.....I can be so introverted sometimes).  So, we ventured out to down town Ft. Worth and made an afternoon of it.  

These are the days when I "feel" like an awesome mom!! "I took my children to the museum and they learned so much through educational experiences and hands on activities!!"  Well, Gisele and I joked all day about how awesome we were for taking the kids to the museum all day and low and behold our Lord stepped in and surprised us!! (Our Father in Heaven has a way of always making us look so good, doesn't He?!?)

First of all before the big surprise, let warm up with some highlights from the day!

(Madison and Claire) 

How cool is that?!?!?  It is a giant "lite Brite"

 Savannah and Kileigh are such sweet friends!

(Nicholas training on a Flight Simulator.  This is the real simulator used by fighter pilots....so cool!!)

 It was Engineering week at the museum, so Lockheed Martin was there with some hands on exhibits for the kids to see and touch.

 Madison and Claire....precious young ladies

 Savannah's turn to land the fighter jet

 Nicholas building a structure with a Lockheed Martin structural engineer...so much better than school books today!!

Savannah on the "bed of nails" teaching the kids how surface area and pressure points play in to the world

 Here is Kileigh giving the nail bed a try

Here is Nick showing off his courage by his side positioning......He admitted that it hurt a little laying that way....again we need to review the laws of surface area and skim over the chapter on pressure points

I am a super fun mom, right?......(YIKES!!!)

Okay, here is where the big surprise comes in.....it was getting late and the museum was almost empty.  We were thinking about leaving, when.........Channel 11 news showed up with their chief meteorologist Jeff Jamison.

 Here is Jeff Jamison with all of the kids

 He not only talked to the kids about weather

He also answered their questions....we asked some good ones too!!  Those homeschooled kids are so smart!!

 And.....are you ready for the biggie?!?!?!

 He did a Live weather broadcast with the kids on channel 11!!  Wow, what a special treat that we did not even plan on for, that day!!  

Not only did Gisele and I brave the museum like good mommies should....our kids got to be on TV too!! All of the family got to see them!  What a memorable experience for them!! Finishing off with a mommy Grand Slam.....Slumber Party!!!  All the kids stayed overnight at our house!! 

God is amazing!! All that I can say is a humble thank You for this great day!!

(Me and Gisele)

Here are the 2 mommies back in Keller that evening.  Gisele is such an awesome friend and mommy!!  We ALWAYS have a lot of fun.  She always inspires me!!  I am so glad that we are facing homeschooling together!!  Yikes...our girls are almost in high school!!

Dare we say that we were awesome moms today?!?!  With a quick wink and a thank you to our Lord above for blessing us so greatly this day.......and everyday!

MY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL IS GROWING UP

Look how beautiful my little girl looks with her big girl face.....she leaves me speechless!!!

(Natalie and Madison)
(Such sweet and special friends)

My friend Angela and I took our 2 daughters (newly teenage daughters) and tried on make-up......not that either of them need any make up, but we wanted to celebrate their new titles as official teens and be a part in this most special experience. It was so much fun and special for us to do together!  I never want her to think that growing up is a negative experience or that I want her to be young forever (even though part of my heart will always yearn for that).  I don't want her to feel like she's disappointing me by growing up......she would be the type of girl to be sad that she was not pleasing her mommy by staying little forever.  She is just so precious to me.

We took them to a place in Southlake called, "Let's Makeup"

It was such a fun and girly place!!

Each girl had a personal make up artist show her what colors of make up looked good with her skin tones and how to apply it.....the girls were so excited and a little surprised to see themselves in make up for the first time


I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE IT

My little girl did really turn 13 and even though as a mother, I shutter to think of her growing older and leaving the nest (I want her to be with me forever), but she has a special mission given to her at her creation that I need to self-less-ly cooperate with.  

As a prayerful Christian mother, I realize that Madison is only mine to borrow for a time and it is my job through my precious vocation of motherhood to prepare her for her earthly ministry as she journeys toward our Lord Jesus in Heaven to live with Him for all eternity.  That is my most important calling in life......to return His sacred little children s' souls to Him.

More important than ANYTHING else we do as parents, is giving our Children faith in our Lord and fostering that faith in their lives.....SERIOUSLY.....that is the most important thing of all.

So, in light of this realization that time is moving faster than my heart can prepare for...I am bitter-sweetly celebrating her blossoming life.

We ended our evening with a girls dinner (at a seafood restaurant of course because it was a Friday during Lent) and a sleepover at our house, where the girls stayed up really late scrapbooking, visiting about girly stuff and laughing until they fell asleep!
GIRLFRIENDS ARE THE BEST

Dear Lord, please guide me as Madison's mother to help her grow into the beautiful and holy young woman that You have envisioned.    She loves You so much and wants to be Your delight!

FAT TUESDAY WITH OUR GREAT FRIENDS

GOTTA LOVE BEING CATHOLIC!!

I love how our beautiful faith is a daily experience full of meaningful celebrations and super fun holidays!!! Our Lord definitely wanted us to live a life filled with joy......all revolving around a devotion to His  Holy and Beautiful Life!

Majerus family" to celebrate Fat Tuesday, the day before we begin our solemn liturgical season of Lent (beginning on Ash Wednesday)  

Anyway, we always go to our favorite Cajun restaurant for a truly joyous SEAFOOD FEAST!!

PAPPADEAUX

 There is always a balloon artist at Pappadeaux on Fat Tuesday and the kids get such a kick out of it!!

Here's me and Ang!!  We got some really fun drinks!!  Ang got her favorite drink...."A Cosmo"
HAPPY FAT TUESDAY!!

 Here is my Fat Tuesday drink called the "Swamp Thing"  IT WAS HUGE!!

 Jeremy and Ron always order the Crawfish Trio Platter and always feel sick after......gotta love boys!!

Really guys.......did you have to eat the ENTIRE PLATTER!!
Of course they had to.....it's Fat Tuesday!! A day of celebration!!

 Natalie and Madison with their own balloon creations

 Savannah and Abby in Mardi Gras celebration mode

All of the kids when we got home after a night of total fun with our great friends!!  They are all showing off their balloon animals

 When we got home......even Max was tired from Fat Tuesday!!!

MADISON'S SUPER SWEET 13TH BIRTHDAY

Madison hosted a super sweet 13th birthday "JUMP" party for her and her friends!  It was really a great time!

We had her party at a new Trampoline Park in Southlake called "Urban Air"  It was so much fun!! It was all about being a girl......laughing, screaming, talking, laughing some more, eating, jumping more screaming, more laughing......well you et the idea!!

Here is how we decorated her party room....table clothes, mix and match paper goods, sprinkled with candy sweet tarts, and super fun girly party favors!

Here is a close up of the table.....we had multi colored pails filled with crazy colored knee socks and a cute watch!  Being a girl is so fun!!

We had such a great time picking out these darling socks for the girls to wear, to look super stylish while jumping....you never get too old for dress up....especially with your girlfriends!

Gabby, Madison, and Olivia

"THE GIRLS IN THEIR NEW SOCKS!"

Tons of jumping and acting crazy mixed with some dodgeball

Everything is more fun on "springs"

There is Madison leading the pack with her broken wrist!!

Even Nick and Savannah joined in the fun!

All of that jumping and laughing works up an appetite....for Pizza!!

LOTS OF PIZZA

More pizza than we could eat!!

Followed up with a super yummy Baby Bundt cake with cupcake "Buntinis" from our favorite bakery......"Nothing Bundt Cakes"

SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY NEWLY TEENAGED MADISON

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON!!!  DADDY AND I LOVE OUR OLDEST GIRL SO MUCH......LIKE I ALWAYS TELL YOU....."You made Daddy and I, a Mommy and a Daddy"

Your brother and Sister love you too

My kids are great!!

One more birthday pic in your new matching "Urban Air" Tee-shirts

ONE MORE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MADISON.....DON'T GROW UP TOO FAST