New Playground

We have been waiting for 3 years for this
new playground and splash pad to be built
and I must say it was totally worth
the wait! This playground is incredible! 

2nd Grade Music, Art, and Biome Night

Biome night was this week at Aaron's school.
We were first treated to a music program in
which they incorporated the areas they have
been learning about into a musical program-
The deep sea, the dessert, and Antarctica.

In past years the animals, plants, etc for the life
sized biomes were created at home using only
recycled materials. However this year they
were all created at school and parents sent
materials to build them there. This was sooo nice for the
parents since we did not have to help them and
it was sooo nice for the kids because they
were super excited to show us what they had
created.

Aaron made a prickly pear cactus with
another boy in his class. We were so impressed
with it! Each student also researched their plant
or animal, did a report, drew a picture, and
wrote poetry.  The teachers used bar code
scanners so that we could listen on our smart phones
to the children reporting on their subject.

Cub Scout Family Weekend Campout

This weekend we enjoyed the district
family campout for cub scouts. It rained
cats and dogs on Friday - even though we
drove all the way out there to camp it was
just raining to much for us to want to stay
so we came back home and went out there
Saturday morning and camped that night.
We thoroughly enjoy these campouts as they
are great for both the boys and their siblings.
Avery loves it just as much as Aaron does. For
this campout the boys had the opportunity to
hike, bb guns, archery, and plain just get really
dirty in the woods.  
We love our Pack 46!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

A little green for school! Don't they look so
cute!

Lafayette/Anniversary Weekend

We celebrated our 11th year of marriage
with dinner at our favorite crawfish place
in Lafayette.  We stopped by Bub Bub's
favorite bakery on the way in so the kids
could pick out a few treats.  We had a
great dinner and Aaron tried some crawfish
again this year... Avery didn't.  Maybe next
year for her!

Pinewood Derby

The cub scouts had their annual pinewood derby
last weekend.  The kids created 2 great cars
this year - The Dazzler and BB8's Revenge.
Aaron's car did way better than last year but
did not win any awards for speed.  Both kids
did win for design though so that was exciting.
Avery won 1st place for design in the sibling
category and Aaron won 3rd place for design.
Daddy is already planning his strategy for next
year.

My Wolf Scout

We had Blue and Gold banquet for scouts
this weekend.  This is when the boys make
their rank and get their awards.  Aaron is
proud to now be a wolf scout. We are really
enjoying our year in scouts and the pinewood
derby is next weekend which will be exciting.
I am now serving as pack secretary
and Andrew is now assistant cub master. 

Photo Shoot

We had a short photo shoot last week
with a friend who is a photographer.  I wanted
to get some shots of the kids in their
activity outfits.  I love the way they turned out.

Spirit Week at Pre-K

In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday this week
the pre-k had a spirit week with a theme
each day.

Monday- Crazy hat day- Thanks to Uncle
Tim for making the balloon hat unfortunately
Avery deemed it "way to crazy" and refused
to get out of the car wearing it.  I did capture
a picture though.
Tuesday- green day-- in honor of green eggs
and ham
Wednesday- Crazy uniform day-- she
also refused to participate in this because
she said she didn't want to wear her uniform
"crazy"
Thursday-Story book character day-
she went as Wenda from the Where's Waldo
Friday- Free dress/Crazy Sock day 

Mommy/Daughter Date

While the boys were gone to the USS
Alabama the girls had a date day. Avery
choose the mall and target with a stop
for lunch at Chickfila.  We also got her some
"coffee" at target just like mommy.

USS Alabama

Daddy and Aaron went on a cub scout
trip to the USS Alabama in Mobile, AL to
stay overnight aboard the ship. Jackson and
Spencer went as well and everyone was
able to ride together down there.  The boys
had a great time and so did the dads.  The
sleeping...well that is another story... there
was not much sleeping for the dads.