Swim meet

Jack swims at our gym twice a week and is really enjoying it. Today his team and a "rival" gym's swim team has a swim meet. It was held at the other gym and it was serious stuff! Jack wasn't as fast as he was this summer but I think a lot of it is due to the fact that he swims with the fins during practice. We're proud of him regardless though and know he did his best! Theo rolled around in the grass, blew bubbles and built a "pirate" ship with shoes, keys and the fins. Ha!!!

Cousins abound

Christy took this ultra cute pic of her boys with Jack this morning! Cute cousins :) I snapped a picture of Theo with her before we left. The other picture is from dinner last night with cousin Ryley!

Aunt Leslie's Wild Hair trip

I fly by the seat of my pants sometimes. Okay, alot. Case in point: Called up Aunt Kittie and Cousin Christy at about 10 am on Friday to ask if we were to say, come to Memphis this weekend, could we stay with them? They said yes!, come!, so I called up my in laws and told them to pack a bag and meet me in Hammond at 6:30 pm. Then I called up Uncle Miller and filled him in. Poor Dave was the last to know since he was tied up with business stuff. Lucky for me that he's a good sport (and driver!).

The boys had Art Time till 6 pm so we got a late start on Friday. We stopped in Canton, MS for the night and headed out after breakfast on Saturday. We arrived at Uncle Miller's house around lunch time and brought Popeye's for 9 hungry people to eat (our 6, plus Miller, Sarah, and Sarah's mom, Ann). We all took turns holding sweet Rowan, who had just turned a month old! Poor Ann is still nursing a fractured hip that she got just the couple of days after Rowan's birth. She lives in New Mexico and has to stay until she's healed enough to drive home! I snapped so many pictures since poor Gigi didn't get one made with her youngest grand baby when she was there for the birth. Jack enjoyed holding Rowan but Theo LOVED it. He was kissing Rowan on the head and coming over to talk to him a lot. We brought Rowan a lovey and Gigi and Dada gave them a stack of old outfits that Miller, Dave and Jack had worn! Theo somehow missed out, guessing season didn't work out or something. Rowan gets to be the 4th Hadskey to wear those clothes :)

The boys made friends with the dogs and the horses and had great fun getting dirty and sweaty! We left after a couple of hours and visited with Uncle Bobby and Aunt Kittie (Gigi and Dada stayed over with them). We went out to eat with them and cousin Ryley was there visiting! Jack hadn't seen her in 1 1/2 years when they were in cousin Anne's wedding together. Dave and the kids headed over to Jerry and Christy's house after dinner and let the boys play with cousins Henry and Blake. They stayed up till late-thirty but just had the best time ever together. So did Dave and I as we visited with Jerry and Christy :)

We met up with Gigi, Dada, Bobby, Kittie and cousin Lucy for breakfast this morning before heading over to Miller and Sarah's to say goodbye. We all gave Rowan a kiss and got in some more snuggles. It was a lot of time spent in the car but it's time we'll all cherish.

Peas with your cheese?

Theo has a fondness for cheese. How he came from my body, I'll never understand....... Guess my mom feels the same way about me since she's a cheese lover. Maybe it skips a generation? Ha!! Anyway, Theo was reluctant to eat his peas for dinner this week so I asked him if he'd like to sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top. Well, he did. Not sure I define this as sprinkling though :)

More sneak peeks

Here are more pics from our shoot last week. Love these!!!!

Tiger Scouts

My friend, Lisa, took this picture from last night's pack meeting for Boy Scouts. Jack is a Tiger Cub and his den meets in our subdivision. Last night Dave and Jack read from the Tiger Cub workbook and recited the oath together. It was delightful watching father and son work together and share something that Dave grew up doing (he went up to Eagle Scout). Jack loves scouting so far and I love that it makes him happy!!

Yaira's party

Jack's friend from school, Yaira, turned 7 yesterday and had a party in her backyard. There was a bounce house, cotton candy, old-fashioned games (pin the tail on the donkey, potato sack races) and GIRLS! Jack was the only boy there ;) We told him in 10 years that he would think that was a good thing. He he. Happy birthday Yaira!!

Jazz in the Vines

We took Gigi and Dada out to Jazz in the Vines last night. It's a concert out in the vineyard of a local winery and everyone brings a picnic. Some picnics are more elaborate than others..... with candelabras and tablecloths. We settled for lawn chairs and a cheese tray ;) It did have presentation value, thanks to my friend, Kristen. Four friends from book club met us out. All of the kids frolicked on the grounds of the vineyard with flashlights. We managed to lose our flashlight and one of Theo's crocks. It was still a great time :)

Art Time

Here is Theo's 2nd art project from this week's Art Time (the cat) and Jack's completed flamingo. He's starting a lion next!

Grandparent's Day

Gigi and Dada came over for Grandparent's Day Tea at school today. The cheerleaders put it on and Jack won a raffle for a LSU pillow and book :) He was thrilled. Everyone noshed on tea and sweet snacks and just generally had a great time!

Fancy duds

The boys will both be ring bearers in cousin Melanie's wedding next month in Houston. I took them to the tux rental place near their school yesterday to get fitted. Love the "fancy shoes" they put on. Theo initially refused it, saying it was a "girl's shoe". Guess I kinda looks that way without the rest of the outfit!

Our fish

Jack is loving swim team at our gym! I'm loving having weekends free after a year of weekend games (baseball and soccer). The kids wear fins to help them glide and are in the water 100%. His summer team took a lot of turns in the water so he could rest in between. Now he's swimming laps for a solid hour, pretty much, with only a few breaks. The coaches are really helping the kids with technique and strokes. It's all coming together. Both kids are hungry and tired after practice though. It's from 5:30-6:30 pm and that's dinner time 'round here!

Sneak peak

Jack and Theo had pictures taken by my friend, Nikki, who has taken all of the boys' pictures since Theo turned 1!! Well, now he's 4 and here is a sneak peak from our shoot out in Abita Springs. More fabulous pictures to come......

2011-12 school pictures

The boys sure did take fine pictures this year! They have new photo ID badges with their pictures too. LOVE it :) I always just tell them to have "dimples" instead of saying "cheese".