Friendly game of chess

Jack's friend from school, Landry, lives one street over.  He and Jack play together a ton, so yesterday they busted out the chess board.  Landry seems to love all of the same things that Jack does.  They play piano together, build legos, ride bikes, and even play chess.  Landry is such a polite little boy.  I hope he rubs off on Jack so I start hearing more "yes Ma'am".

Miller Time

Uncle Miller drove down from Memphis on Friday to get our old riding lawnmower.  He stayed in Baton Rouge that night and came over for Jack's baseball game on Saturday morning (his team won!). We took him for a good seafood lunch and then he played piano with Jack.  He taught him "Love Me Tender" and Jack still plays it from memory :)  It was a quick visit, but we sure did enjoy our time with Miller!

Pub Crawl

Dave and I went to a pub crawl on Friday in Old Mandeville that was organized by some friends of mine.  There were close to 40 people who came out and several wore the official shirt.  We had the bartenders sign our shirts.  The last picture was me posing with my friends, Sara and Betsy.  We were all in different sororities and were mocking the silly poses we did for pictures at sorority events.  Betsy was a Theta and their symbol was a kite (she's making one with her hand).

Last Day of PPK

Theo is off enjoying his last day of PPK today.  Seems like just yesterday I was posing him with a sign for his first day of PPK.  Theo has come so far this year and has learned an unbelievable amount.  He loves going to school with his brother and seeing him throughout the day! I'm so proud of what a big boy Theo is turning into. He's curtailed his finger sucking in just a couple of short weeks, he showers independently and rinses his hair and body with body wash, dresses himself from head to toe, and is still as loveable as ever.  I can't wait to see how far he soars in Pre-K next year.

Addition

Theo's class has been doing +1 addition for a few weeks, so I thought today's homework would be more of the same.  Nope!  He counted it all in his head.  I started out making him draw dots to count but he didn't need to do that.  This is Pre-Pre Kindergarten.  Hold on to your hats for Pre-K!

Just like riding a bike!

Jack is finally riding a bike!  We just could never get him to have much interest at all in trying, as he preferred his scooter. Dave took him out yesterday and pushed him around the backyard.  He rode in small spurts, but today..... he's off!  Go Jack!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!  My boys let me sleep in and gave me these beautiful tulips.  We went to church and then met my friend, Tara, out for brunch.  Gigi and Dada were here but we somehow didn't manage a single picture of them :(  Her hubby is out of the country on a work assignment and we just couldn't have her being alone on Mother's Day.  She hosted us at her subdivision's country club for brunch.  We took the boys swimming with Tara and her kids after brunch.  It was a wonderful day!