Family Fun Day

Jack's school hosted a Fun Day (like a festival) and his class performed to "I Like to Move It" from Madagascar. The kids were impossibly cute out on the grass, dancing around. They even busted out The Robot!!

There were big inflatables for the kids to bounce on, typical fair-type games and then some novel ones (taking a sledge hammer to a car!). We had to rush on to a birthday party and couldn't stay for all of the fun. There is always next year though :)

Baseball kick-off

We've switched gears from being a soccer family to being a baseball one (until June). Jack's team is the Paw Sox and we learned that there are about 3-4 other boys from Jack's school on his team! His school is known for strong academics and BASEBALL :) The principal used to play pro ball for the Red Sox and has two sons that are pro ball players as well.

Jack had a great time fielding balls with his coach and was the last to bat today. He had to be prompted to run after hitting the ball. Made me laugh ;) Theo was really in to the game, as you can tell...... ha ha.

Backyard fun

The boys and I had fun after school with Juliet and Scott. Theo and Juliet are two peas in a pod. So cute :)

Last name

I love doing "homeschool" Tuesdays with Theo after Jack goes off to school. I keep our schedule really light on the days that Theo is home with me so we can just do as we please :) Today we did more writing from the uppercase workbook and really worked on our last name. Theo is getting there!! The "k" is the trickiest part but he'll get it in no time, I just know it.

He is also a stamping and drawing machine. His teacher says that he spends most of his free choice time in the writing/art center. I'm not the least bit surprised.

I moved Theo on to the computer after writing practice. We've been easing him in to Jumpstart Kindergarten! and now we've gotten him hooked. He can still play music, color things and have fun but there is definitely more of a learning component than Disney.com. That's his hands-down favorite. I can't wait to take this boy to Disney one day....... he loves the Mouse.

Camping

Here's a picture of Jack riding a horse up in McNair, Mississippi this weekend. Dave met up with his cousin, Jerry, and two friends. The men handled all of the child duty for the weekend and had a great time! Dave even threw the nasty camping clothes in the wash and bathed the kids by the time I got home today :) Go Dad!!

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Dave took the boys camping this weekend so I drove over for French Quarter Fest and stayed with cousin Cameron! We met up with some of her friends on Saturday and then lots of other cousins later in the day! I just love Dave's extended family :)

Today Cameron and I volunteered at the fest working a beer tent with two of my friends. We got t-shirts, food and drink tickets and lots of thanks for pouring beer in the shade! We had a primo location and were right next to the stage in Jackson Square. It's disheartening how hot it already is here in April :( Summer is going to be HOT this year! Thank you Betsy, Cameron and Deb for being a beer wench with me!

New friends

Jazz in the Vines started up last weekend here. It's an outdoor concert held on the grounds of a vineyard. Everyone has a picnic and the kids roam around in a field behind the picnickers. We invited a family from Theo's preschool class who just recently moved here from Scotland. Adults and kids alike had a great time!