Happy Valentine's Day

Avery had a project to make a mailbox for
her valentine's day party at school. I am thankful
that JuJu loves to craft so she helped Avery
create this awesome castle.  It even survived
the bus ride home so I put it up on her shelf
to reuse next year!

Mardi Gras Break in Lafayette

The last few years the kids and I have spent Mardi
Gras break in Lafayette since Andrew has tax season
and studying going on.  This year was a lot warmer
than last year thank goodness.  Avery and JuJu worked
on her school project. Uncle Jake, Jackson, and his new
friend and son came on Tuesday to visit.  We enjoyed
spending time with everyone.  We also enjoyed a very
expensive 30 minutes at SkyZone trampoline park. The
kids and Pop Pop loved jumping!

Throw me something mister!!

We aren't big into Mardi Gras but the Port Allen
parade is one event we like to attend. Our friend "Uncle"
Glen invited us to lunch and to watch the parade.  Glen
knows everyone in Port Allen so he was able to get the
best parade throws.  Thanks Uncle Glen for the 2 bags of
junk from the parade!

Go Tigers!

We got some very cheap tickets to the LSU
men's basketball game and we brought
Aaron's best bud with us. Avery spent the
night with Jackson's little sister as well. Go
Tigers!

Kindergarten Mardi Gras Parade

The kindergarten Mardi Gras parade is one
of my favorite things about the schools in our
town.  The kindergarten students decorate
wagons (floats) and walk down the street to
the pre-k and 1st and 2nd grade schools to
throw candy.  Each class has a different
theme.  All the kids have a blast! Avery
can't wait for it to be her turn in the parade
next year.

Happy Saturday!

We had a full Saturday of activities this week.
Started with Aaron's Upward game then
Elizabeth's 9th birthday party and we finished
it off with beignets at Coffee Call.

Happy 11 Years!

Andrew and I went on our 11th anniversary
celebration trip.  This was the first time we
had been away by ourselves since Aaron
was a baby.  We did a three day Disney
cruise to the Bahamas.  We had a great relaxing
time... though I did get a bit seasick the first night.
We also spent 6 wonderful hours in the Magic
Kingdom the night before the cruise left.  We had
a great time but it was good to come back home
to our babies.

Our Star Student

Our girl was picked as Star Student in her
class for the month of January.  We are so
proud of her! She was anxiously awaiting
star student day so that we could come
eat with her. 

Avery's Christmas Party at School

Another post a little out of order.  Avery had a great
Christmas party at school.  The kids enjoyed stations
with games and crafts...manned by the parents... I had
the messiest station which consisted of ice cream cones
and green icing! We were also treated to the kids doing
the reindeer pokey and they each had treats and gifts
from their teacher Ms. Crawford.  I am so happy that
Avery is really loving school! 

Mom and Dad Party

This post isn't about the kids but a night
for the adults.  We were treated to dinner
and games at a friends house while the kids
were at Gram and Paw Paw's house.  We
had a great time.  We played a game where
you had to unwrap this huge ball of treat wrapped
in saran wrap and you had to wear gloves too.
It was hilarious!  Hope we can do it again next
year.

Donuts with Santa

This post is out of order-- should have been early December
but I forgot to post it. The kids enjoyed donuts with Santa that
our local charity league put on.  We met up with our best
buds to enjoy the event.  They had lots of stations to go to
including writing letters to santa, making reindeer food,
meeting santa, story time, and even a snowball fight.
The kids had a great time.