Friday at the House

We had grand plans of returning to the zoo on Friday with school friends. Unfortunately, a nasty stomach bug reared its ugly head Thursday night (starting at 8:30 for Hannah and midnight for Hunter), so we spent Friday trying to recover.

Hunter was sick for two solid hours then fell asleep and woke up as if nothing ever happened.

Hannah was sick for 17+ hours and ended up at the doctor's office in an attempt to prevent dehydration; the intervention worked and she is starting to act more like herself today.

Naturally, Pete was out of town for the fun festivities. He has a way of always missing the really fun times:)

Thursday at the Park

On Thursday we met lots of our friends from MOPS at the park for fun and lunch; however, it rained before we had a chance to eat - at least we had a chance to play for a little while.

Life after Mardi Gras

Since Mardi Gras ended Tuesday and we still had the rest of the week off from school, we took advantage of our play time! Wednesday we met friends at the zoo.

check out the duck family

brushing the sheep

just being cool...

one of the big kids...

silly kids...

if only we could sit on a real elephant...

take my picture...

watch me climb

The Loot!

Hunter's super cool scissors - thank goodness they are plastic!

Just two of the dozens of cups we caught...

A bag of stuff...

more stuff...

The kids love just making piles like this all over the house. The beads will soon be put away!!

Pushing her new babies and old rabbit

Mardi Gras 2009: Our Final Parade

One of the families from our church lives on a West Bank parade route, so we take advantage of the great food, fun fellowship, and convenient restrooms! We loaded up and headed out around 10:30 this morning for some serious Mardi Gras fun. We ate, played, ate, played, played, and waited for what seemed like an eternity until, at long last, we could see the parade in the distance.

Hannah loves Mrs. Elisha!


The first catch of the day!

The third meal of the day.

Hannah and her buddy, Kaytlyn

Hannah adores the horses.

Hunter, the parade is the other way!

One of the floats

Let the stash begin...

another float

Hannah loved this alligator float.

They loved her too. Check out her new baby.

Just one of the bags we had to get to the car! Way too much stuff!

Mardi Gras on Base

One of the bases held its own parade last week. Several of the kids from preschool are from military families, so we all watched the parade together! We had a blast!


Here it comes!


The fire trucks are loud!


Cool catch!


The crew!

Muffin Thief

Apparently we have a bit of a thief living among us. Today, the kids wanted to make muffins for breakfast, so we did. As the day progressed the muffins continuously disappeared. And tonight, Hunter said, "Where did all the muffins go?" I asked him the same question. His response, "I don't know!"

Ironically enough, that's the same answer he gave me last week when 1/4 of a king cake disappeared while I was in the shower. I wasn't in there very long, but clearly long enough to devour some yummy cake. I can't say for certain, but I'm pretty sure the muffin thief and the king cake thief are one and the same since only one of my mischievous children is tall enough to reach the counter tops; however, I'm also relatively certain there was one curly-headed accomplice in on all the action!

What funny little monkeys we have!