Making room

Dave and I moved the giant train table up in Theo's room yesterday to open up more space in the playroom. Theo LOVES playing with it up in his room and we LOVE having him upstairs. He is saying "cheese" in the picture with his eyes closed. We've evolved from him covering his face at least.

Party of two

We got a ceiling fan put back up on the patio (had one put in last July and Gustav destroyed our patio....... less than a month later), so we've been spending a lot of time outside. Dave and I grilled on the barbeque and the boys had a nice picnic. Then they proceeded to get filthy dirty and needed a bath before nap time. Oh well, Jack napped so we must have done something right!

Anna Jayne's birthday

Dave took Jack to his friend Anna Jayne's birthday party today. She had a princess tea party, complete with karaoke! Jack and all of the boys dressed up as their favorite super heroes while the girls were all various Disney princesses. Jack had fun and decorated a crown with dinosaurs (his obsession lately). Thanks for the great time, Anna Jayne!!

Katie's graduation

Cousin Katie graduated from Tulane medical school today and I drove over with Bitsy and Glynn to help celebrate this accomplishment. Katie will be starting her preliminary year in Internal Medicine next month and then will go on to specialize in Dermatology. She and her husband, Arnaud, and baby Elise of course, will be traveling to France tomorrow for a month-long visit with his family. She'll come back and immediately start up her residency.

Katie's parents, Dianne and Mike, hosted a wonderful reception for Katie at their house. Mike and Dianne's home looks amazing and they have spent countless (years) getting it back in order following Katrina.

Katie, we are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. You got your Master's in Public Health and your MD, on top of having your first baby. You are amazing and we're all so proud of you!!!

Yummy yogurt

Theo loves, loves, loves yogurt. Too bad he makes a terrible mess of himself when he eats it. I only give it to him on bath nights!!! And yes, still covering his face when I say "cheese". So now I say "macaroni"!

This n' that

Here's a pic of all of the wonderful Mother's Day cards that I got this year! I call our mantle the "celebration mantle" when we put cards up there. It's a fun place to showcase birthday cards and what not.

I took the boys to the pool at our gym today. I usually put Theo in childcare and take only Jack but I've been having mommy guilt about leaving Theo out. My main concern is that Theo has tubes in his ears and no plugs as of yet (going Thursday to have some made). Well, I gave it my best shot today and will probably not do that again any time soon. Theo hated the pool, probably b/c he has had very limited exposure (all of it being last summer when he was too young to recall going), and ended up swinging the whole time there. Jack is self sufficient in the pool and is a fish, so he's always easy to manage. The hard part came when it was time to change out of wet swimsuits...... changing swim diapers just plain sucks. Jack is too old to change in front of people at the packed pool but too young to get out of wet clothes all by himself. There was a lot of me going back and forth between the bathroom by the pool and putting Theo back down on the bench outside of the bathroom. Life would be so much easier on me if I had a clone!!!

Mother's Day

Dave was a saint this weekend and really gave me a great Mother's Day. I got a hot stone massage yesterday (heaven!) and then was surprised with pink roses (my favorite). Jack came in this morning and gave me his present from school. It was a calendar made up of his art work, handprints and footprints. So cute!! We headed to Baton Rouge early this morning to meet Gigi and Dada for brunch. Here is a couple of pictures of Gigi with the boys (remember, Theo covers his eyes when he says "cheese") and of the flowers that we brought Gigi. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!!!