Weekend writing

Dave and Jack went to the LSU game and Theo and I hung back at home. It's always amazing to me how quiet just one child is in comparison to the bustle of two! Theo found this little treasure out in the garage and has had a renewed interest in it. Only this time he wanted to write words! I can tell he's just soaking everything up now. He wrote out cat and run all by himself and can sound out each part of the words. I helped him write the "g" in dog ;) He gets homework a couple of times a week and enjoys it so far. Whew!!

Molly's party

Theo's little buddy from school, Molly, had her 4th birthday party today. All the kids decorated cupcakes with different icing and candy. Theo LOVED it and the whole thing made me think of Mimi and her cupcakes :) The party ended with a pinata pull (instead of batting). Thanks, Molly!!

Starting the weekend

We've been busy little bees over here (but it's great!). We went over to my friend Lana's house after school yesterday so the boys and her son, Liam could play. The boys rode all around the yard and played in the gorgeous weather! We couldn't stay long though since the boys started Art Time back up. Jack moved up a level since he's in 1st grade now and Theo is finally old enough (just made the cut off). Jack didn't finish his project but here's Theo's crab. I was blown away.

Dave and I went to the library and checked out a bunch of books for the kids. Froggy books for Theo and chapter books for Jack. Dave got an elementary football book that explains the game in a story format. Perfect timing since Dave and Jack are at the opening game for LSU tonight!

Both boys stayed on green all week for behavior so I treated them to powdered donuts this morning. Mmmm. :)

The great outdoors

Tropical Storm Lee left us soggy but he also brought Fall weather with him! The lows are in the 50's here and it warms up to about 80 in the day. Heaven!!! We've been venturing out after homework and enjoying the weather. Both boys shoot some hoops, ride bikes and scooters....... and play with a twirly thing (that the Gypsie's were selling at the base of the Eiffel Tower en mass) that Dave picked up at a hobby store that was going out of business. I guess I should have said "played" because I shot the twirly thing very far and high and it cleared the house.... only to land on the roof in the back (it' not just sloped in the back). *sigh* Sorry boys :(

Surviving Lee

Along with company for Theo's party this weekend we also had Tropical Storm Lee!! Lee dumped rain on us for 3 1/2 solid days. Not sprinkles......... RAIN. Our yard was turning in to a lake! Luckily Theo scored some awesome presents for his birthday and we played with those while we were stuck indoors :) Here is the contraption that Grandvonnie got them. Not sure who loves it most- Dave, Jack or Theo. Ha!!! It was hard to say goodbye to Mimi and Papa but we'll be seeing them soon at cousin Melanie's wedding next month. Yay!

T-H-E-O's Clubhouse

Sweet T had a great 4th birthday party at The Bounce House! He had a giant cookie cake (his request) and Mimi made a dozen chocolate cupcakes with fondant Mickey Mouse shapes on the top. I made jambalaya for the adults and we had pizza on hand for the kids. Tropical Storm Lee is sitting right on top of us so everyone was happy to be inside and letting their kids burn off some energy. The air was so humid inside there though that we sure were sporting some interesting hairstyles ;) The kids were covered in sweat from running around and playing.

Theo had a mix of friends from Cedarwood (his old school) and Lake Castle (his new school), as well as friends from Moms club. It was really sweet to see how bonded the kids from his new class are already. The little pack of 4 of them just ran everywhere together and had a great time.

Papa and Mimi made special trips over (Mimi drove and Papa flew) and we were so happy to have them with us. Mama wasn't able to travel over this year and she was missed. Gigi and Dada braved the squalls from Lee to drive over and even picked up the cookie cake for me! Champs! The rain was really coming down and hasn't let up much yet. Poor Theo always gets hurricanes or storms on his birthday weekends (recall Gustave?).

We opened gifts at home after the party and Theo scored tons of adorable presents. He chose to open his gift from Aunt Jen and Uncle Brian first :) He scored Mr. Potato Heads, rubber duckies (his favorite tub toy), moon sand, erector sets, hotwheels..... the list goes on. Let's just say our baby was LOVED today and had a fantastic birthday weekend. If only all children were so treasured.

Tea time

Mimi drove over last night to spend the weekend here with us for Theo's birthday party. We had the day to ourselves while the boys were at school so we did girly things like shop and enjoy high tea at The English Tea Room. Notice our fascinators?? Love it!