Central Market Crash

So Friday night Troy and I decided it would be nice to take the family out for a nice dinner and some shopping at our lovely Central Market here in Fort Worth.....Can you tell where this is going?



We pack up the car, Charli is in a cute little dress, the twins are in matching outfits, and we are ready to have the perfect family evening. We arrive at Central Market and head off to the salad bar, I make the $15.00 salad and Troy gets some yummy goodies and we find a nice seat. Of course we get a few "freak show" stares from onlookers but things are going great. The twins are laughing, Charli is making conversation, and we are having a nice family meal!



Charli begs to go out to the playground and with some hesitation we come up with the plan that Troy will take Charli out to play, and I will shop with the twins. As soon as we put Libbi in the buggy I knew something switched. I couldn't tell if it was the way she was sitting or simply the change in location but I knew Libbi was not happy but I ventured off into supermarket heaven.....or what was about to be the complete opposite.



I head in the backwards direction through the store to the bakery, Libbi is beginning to fuss and upon my arrival a sweet Central Market employee asks me if the twins can have a cookie? And I'm like "Hell Yes, they can have a cookie! anything to keep them from fussing!" I thank the lady for the cookies, and I see a coworker and friend, we chat, but all the while I am thinking of my ticking-time-bomb twins that are about to explode at any minute...


Sidenote...anyone out there who attempts to have conversations with mothers of infants please do not judge them or comment about how crazy or disconnected they were even if their children were perfectly behaved, for it is unknown if that mother is working on 2 hours sleep, just changed her 18th diaper of the day, or just finger-swiped her toddler's mouth because they decided to shove a whole half of grilled cheese down their throat! We are working with all we have, so if we struggle to carry a good conversation please try again later.



Back to the Central Market Bakery...

I finish my conversation with my friend and then move on through the bakery only to notice that strangers are staring even more heavily on my girls. I look down and discover why.

Libbi is completely covered with chocolate. She looks like she's been rolling in it. I resort to grabbing those wax paper donut grabber things from the muffin area and try to wipe off the chocolate! It's like a chocolate BLOW-OUT! But all over her face and legs. She gets flustered at this point and starts to scream and I flee to the corner of the bakery and get her out of the buggy.

Time to bail:


I text Troy: "I need you in the bakery STAT"

His response: "Serious?"

My inner response....Are you BLEEPING kidding me?????? Get your BLEEP in here!"

My real response: "YES, I am in the milk section now"

I made it to the dairy area and Josi notices Libbi is free so she begins to scream. I am now on the floor of Central Market getting Josi out of the son-of-a-buggy and trying to keep my cool. I notice out of the corner of my eye another Central Market employee coming up to me. I grab Josi and he asks, "Mam' you look like you could use some help?" I just say, "Yes sorry I just need to leave my buggy, my girls are not happy and I need to leave." I walk away one way and realize I need to walk back the opposite direction in hopes of seeing Troy.

My phone rings in my back pocket but with no hands free to answer I am like a walking alarm with a ringtone and two screaming babies!

An older man and his wife see me and say, "You got yer hands full!"

I reply, "Literally!" and the man responds, "You looking for something?"

I said, "My husband." and he replies back, "I bet he had something to do with those two...haha"

At this point I snickered and thought to myself where in the BLEEP is Troy!!!!!!


I see my Central Market employee friend again and he asks if I need help finding something and at this point I think I may have yelled, "MY HUSBAND!"

With every muscle in my arms burning from the 25lb twin in each I think I just told myself over and over, "GET TO THE CAR!!! GET TO THE CAR!!!"

I made it to the grassy area by the car and then I am in a predicament: Call Troy with the phone in my back pocket or try to find my keys in my purse. I decide to call Troy and hold each twins' hand while squeezing the phone in between my shoulder and ear....Ring.....Josi starts flopping on the ground.....Ring......Libbi starts screaming to get away....Ring....Mommy is about to have a mega-momma-freak-out!! No answer...

I hold the girls down for a second and then get my keys out of my purse. I get them strapped in the van and Troy walks up. Nothing needed to be said, but he chose to ask, "Why didn't you answer your phone?"

"Because I had 2 BABIES in my arms!!!!!!"

Enough said.

He knew to choose silence until we got home.

We were almost home when I looked in the back of the van and jokingly sarcastically said, "The next person in this car that laughs is getting a spanking!!!"



All three girl cracked up laughing! Even though I was still high strung I really did feel better.

And after telling my mom what happened she and my dad came over the next morning and watched the girls so Troy and I could "replay" our Central Market Crash minus the munchkins. Thank you mom and dad! I love you!!!

Two words about sum it up:

TWIN LIFE!

Here are some pictures I took this morning while enjoying coffee and hanging out on the back porch...Twin Life is not always crazy!

10 Year Anniversary Getaway!

This was me Tuesday the 11th before I left for Austin.

It's now Sunday night and I'm sitting here in bed typing next to my sweet sleeping Charli Kay. The twins are fast asleep in their beds. This last week has been quite a change for me since I hadn't seen my babies for 5 solid nights!

Tuesday, I left home for Austin to go the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association Conference. There I stayed with my assistant principal and principal for the three day conference. I learned so many things and can't wait until I get the opportunity to become an assistant principal one day!



On Friday, Troy picked me up about 11am and we headed to Fredricksburg! Neither of us had ever been before and Troy surprised me on our anniversary with news of the upcoming trip! I was very excited but also nervous because I already missed my sweet babies so much. I knew how much it meant to me that Troy totally planned this and surprised me and I didn't want to be the "fun-ruiner" that just talked about how much I missed the girls every five seconds!!!

On our way to Friedricksburg we stopped at the Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood, TX. It was such a neat place and had great BBQ! I highly recommend splitting "The Rancher" like we did so you can save up for their delicious Pecan "PEEE-CAN" Pie! I think I can say it is the best I've ever eaten and they serve it warm! YUMMMM! It was so good I was practically licking the plate! P.S. They don't accept cards of any kind so make sure you bring cash!


From there we headed to Fredricksburg. The drive was the beautiful Texas Hill Country and I enjoyed every minute of daydreaming about living on a ranch in an old Greek Revival or rock farmhouse. I hate to drive and I am so thankful Troy loves it because it gives me more opportunities to dream about living on a ranch and raising our girls! I think we all dream about that, right? Everyone loves sitting out on a patio, listening to the cicadas buzz in the trees while drinking a glass of tea or drinking a cold beer, watching the kids play and enjoying the beautiful Texas sunset! ....If you didn't before you do now at least?

When we arrived in Fredrickburg, we went to the visitor center and then made our way to our Bed and Breakfast. We stayed at the Cottages at Limestone on Main. It was such an amazing place to stay because you are right on Main Street and you have your very own cottage complete with a jacuzzi tub, kitchenette, and cozy bed! The owners are delightful and greet you with dinner suggestions and local advice. We settled in and started walking down the street to see what all Fredricksburg had to offer. Such a sweet town with amazing stores, boutiques, and restaurants.


Friday night, we went to Hondo's and it was great! We enjoyed the Queso Fundido, I got the Green Chile Chicken Tamales (they only serve them on certain days) and Troy got a bacon cheddar burger. We enjoyed our meal and then us two tired folks headed back to the cottage to call it a night.


Saturday morning we were greeted with a delicious breakfast brought directly to our cottage on trays. Breakfast complete with spinach and cream cheese eggs, vegetable hash, and turkey sausage. Strawberry yogurt parfait with fresh granola and the most delicious scones I have ever tasted! "Hill Country" Scones!!! Coffee and pomegranate orange juice :)

Needless to say not a morsel was left uneaten!



After breakfast we started our trek down Main Street, shopping and wandering through the old buildings. So much charm I could barely contain myself. I love the feeling of walking down the streets of a town that has such history imagining what it would have been like to actually visit Dooley's Five and Dime when it opened.



Meeting my dad's grade-school sweetheart! and shopping at her lovely store Henfeathers!


We walked all day until we couldn't walk anymore so we took a rest at our cottage and then headed out to Santamaria Cellars, as recommended by our B&B owner. We enjoyed our first wine tasting and ended up buying two bottles of wine, their Merlot (my pick) and Cabernet Sauvignon (Troy's pick). It was a little of a splurge for us so we are saving the wine for special occasions!

Next, we headed to dinner at the Doss Country Store (another suggestion from our B&B)...you feel like you're driving to the middle of nowhere but it's only about 30 minutes west of Fredricksburg and it's a beautiful drive. The story about the Doss Country Store is that the chef there was trained in New York, he followed a love interest to the town of Doss, and ended up staying there. We walked into the store which also doubles as a gas station and we were asked if we had reservations (of course we didn't! its a gas station!!!) but clearly everyone else does because most of the tables were reserved!!!!
The drive to the Doss Country Store.

The dinner was a 4-course meal which can be seen in this picture.


After dinner we headed back to town, rented a red box "The Dark Knight Rises" and called it a night!

After watching the movie I think reality had set in that I was ready to be home with my babies, because I had a total meltdown! I cried like a blubbering baby and thought I was having an anxiety attack. Troy said we could leave first thing after breakfast and calmed me down assuring me that the sooner I went to sleep the sooner I would be headed home to my babes. I tried to fall asleep and eventually I did because the next thing I knew it was morning.

We were greeted with our second delicious breakfast which was Sante Fe Egg Enchiladas, a homemade chocolate and golden raisin granola bar, and coffee and pomegranate orange juice. My favorite part is the details taken in prepping the breakfast each day such as the miniature salt and pepper shakers that were different each day and the china that changed each day too. It was exciting and different and made the stay so much more warm and unique.
YUMMM!

When we finished breakfast, we loaded the car and headed home!

We took Highway 281 which I highly recommend because its beautiful which also means I got to do more "Ranch Daydreaming" 4 hours later we arrived home to our sweet angels! I enjoyed their hugs and kisses so much more!!! I was so happy to be safely home with my 3 bubble guppies.

Thank you so much to my mom and mother-in-law for keeping our babies safe and well while we were gone. I am so glad to be home and highly recommend anyone looking for a weekend getaway to book a trip to Fredricksburg and stay at the Cottages at Limestone on Main!!!