Preschool Easter Parties

Anna loves being "in charge" of taking the lunch boxes from the kitchen to their school bags and asked me to take her picture.  :)   

 Jacob wearing his bunny ears at his party.

 Jacob had on his "game face" for the hunt.

 Jacob and his friend, Gentry

 After Jacob's egg hunt and party we headed over to Anna's classroom.  Jacob was very excited to be the "Big Brother" and loved pointing out the eggs for Anna to find.

 Anna had "Baby" along for the ride in her basket. 

 Back to the classroom for some yummy party food!

More March Memories

Anna loves her Hello Kitty slippers and she looks so cute in just them and a diaper! 

I love baking with my babies! 

 Jacob and Uncle David loved building a big fort....

 ...and using their "telescopes" to look out!



 

Jimmy made beignets the weekend following our trip. Yummy!

 

 

 

Church Easter Egg Hunt

The Sunday School class we've been attending held an Easter Egg Hunt at Granny White Park.  We had a great time with so many wonderful families!  

 

Anna was quite intrigued to find treats inside the eggs and took her time during the hunt.   

Jacob, on the other hand, was very excited and placing eggs in his basket at top speed.

 

New Orleans

Jimmy surprised me with a weekend trip to New Orleans!  We had a wonderful time exploring the city, eating delicious foods, listening to jazz, and relaxing at the spa.  The kids also had a fantastic time with their own "trip" to Nana and Gramp's house. 

Our first stop Thursday was lunch at Cafe Amelie's outdoor courtyard for some delicious shrimp and grits. 

Next we wandered around the French Quarter and saw Jackson Square.

We enjoyed "afternoon tea" at the Ritz and then went on a carriage ride around the French Quarter. This is obviously not us in the carriage but it looks like the one we rode. 

Our carriage made a stop at the oldest bar in America for carriage side drink service.  We had more yummy seafood for dinner at Arnaud's.

 

Friday morning we enjoyed some delicious beignets and coffee with chickory. 

After plenty of sugar and caffeine we tooked a trolley to the gorgeous Garden District.  It was perfect weather and we had a wonderful time walking around and eating lunch at Commander's Palace.  We were amazed at all the Mardi Gras beads hanging from the trees!

We headed back to the French Quarter for relaxing spa appointments and later, dinner at Muriel's and live jazz at the Ritz. 

Saturday was spent eating more yummy beignets and seafood and walking around the French Quarter.  There are so many characters milling around the city!  We thought it was so funny how bands were playing in the middle of Royal Street. 

This guy really made me laugh.  His sign says "Pick a Subject, Get a Poem".  Really?  Really?  Does this guy really make a living doing this?   His services didn't seem to be in high demand.... 

These guys really made us smile.  The tuba and trumpet players were making their music and two other men just started dancing along and having a good ole time.  So many characters! 

What a wonderful trip!  Thanks to my sweet husband for the getaway and for my wonderful parents for taking such great care our precious kiddos!



Final February Fun

The kids received books for Valentine's Day and wore their favorite red outfits to school.  They both had so much fun showing me all the Valentines they received from their school parties.

I love that we've entered the "dress-up" stage.  Nothing like a warm hat and gloves to take off the chill of our house and cool shades to protect from those light bulbs and windows.  :)

I came into the playroom to find sweet Jacob helping Anna put on her socks and shoes. 

Jimmy took a day off of work and we headed to the zoo.  Anna was scared to go in the "meerkat tunnel" until Jacob took her hand and led the way. 

Anna wasn't scared of the really big tunnel slide at the zoo park!  She had so much fun and we couldn't believe she wanted to go down it by herself!