May Is Really April

Due to a combination of circumstances, Team Cohen decided to move our annual Mira's birthday weekend in Houston up 5 weeks. Good thing her name makes the perfect acronym (see blog post title above). Before getting on the long road ahead, we had to make the rounds towards the schools to pick up kiddos. Reggie was super excited to go!


As a "snack," we stopped off midway to Houston at Dairy Queen for "some" ice cream. They accidentally kept giving us cones we didn't pay for, and we accidentally kept saying "sure." {Shrug}

Bring on the weekend!

It was evening. It was morning. Saturday.

how to entertain 5 kids between the ages of 5-15

how to bribe 5 children to take 2 dogs on a walk

how to clean up the crumbs from said bribe

Jacob had decided he wanted to do a lemonade stand. So we did.

Some in the house were ready before others. So they found their own ways of entertaining themselves.




FINALLY, conditions were perfect, and we were ready to begin our entrepreneurial adventure.





Next up on our Saturday of fun, heading to the ballpark to cheer on Jacob and the Rangers!

My little readers found a sign that offered free snow cones to anyone who filled up a bag of trash around the ballpark. Wins all around!

NEXT up on our Saturday of fun: SMOOSH, freshly baked goodies that helped shape custom ice cream sandwiches!


Back at self-entertainment again:

A fun-filled, sun-filled day exhausted the best of us. Both nights, Gabi was put "to bed" on the twin mattress on Mira's floor. Both nights, Gabi took it upon herself to decide where she would, in fact, go "to bed."

Gabi was not the only one who put herself to bed wherever she pleased.

#guestbed - "But Jon, what big ears you have!"

Find all 7.

The next morning, the fake birthday girl demanded bagels for breakfast, and the constituents obliged. When the faction at the bagel shop saw these colorful beauties, we just couldn't resist!

The rest of the morning was mostly about these pousins (puppy cousins). They shared a peanut butter treat.

They joined us on a field trip to the dog park.

By Sunday afternoon, we had to say goodbye to our excellent Cohan Houston hosts.

Before heading back on the long road to Austin, we visited some of Mommy's old stomping grounds and a favorite bakery of Mommy's from back in the day.


The signs of a successful family weekend: