Screen time???

Everybody now limits their kids' screen time. There is so much technology out there, that if you weren't careful, your kids could be staring at some type of a screen all day...




Does reading on Mommy's new Kindle count???



Justin gave me this amazing piece of technology this past week. Unfortunately I need a babysitter to actually have some time to sit down and figure it out. Give it to Zach for five minutes, and he already understands it better than I do!



I downloaded a book for him my one of his favorite authors...he was finished with it and reading through it a second time by the end of the day!!

Sickies...

A fun little trip into the doctor for Seth and Eli today! This part was a highlight for Seth...the "astronaut" mask! We walked in and we walked out with "walking pneumonia" for Seth and ear infection for Eli! Seth has been pretty puny for a while, I guess now we know why!!

Mardi Gras

It's Mardi Gras season! I think that quite possibly the Mardi Gras section at Target is almost as big as the Valentine's Section??!! Everywhere you look there is purple, gold and green, fleur de lis', and beads, beads, beads! Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday is the Tuesday before Lent....the Tuesday before thousands of people "give up" something for the days prior to Easter...a day that is then historically filled with indulging in the things you plan on "giving up!" The celebration here is certainly not as large as in New Orleans, but there are numerous parades, balls, and other activities you can take part in. We haven't participated much in all of this...maybe due to the hassel of crowds, or the hassel of finding a "family friendly" section, or the hassel of shielding the boys' eyes from certain things...etc. We will, however, this weekend share a King Cake with our friends....hoping that they get the dreaded piece and have to buy another one of these yummy cakes for us (more to come on that in another blog). But for now...Eli wanted to try on this Mardi Gras hat...he looks great - and begged me to buy it, which I declined...but either way Mardi Gras looks good on him - but what doesn't!!

"Hold You!"

Every child says it...or at least all of mine have! They reach up to you, with big round eyes and say "Hold you...hold you!" I guess that after months of hearing their Mom or Dad say "Do you want me to hold you," they figure out that it is a pretty good thing to learn to say! I LOVE it! It's one of those statements that I would love to hold on to just a little bit longer. One of those terms of endearment that I hope no one try will correct or fix. I can remember when Zach was about Paige's age that he would use his pointer finger and emphatically give everyone a thumbs up...just without the thumb. I was sad when the day finally came that someone kindly showed him the "right way" to do it. Soon enough, Paige will figure it out, and "hold you" will disappear, and "hold me" will appear! All that to say, she is growing up fast! She is running everywhere, talking up a storm, and growing like a weed!

One year ago...



Now...



Chasing her around with the camera isn't all that easy...saying "Touch the fence..." at least kept her still for a minute!



Checking out the Bayou...



Hangin' with her brother (her buddy) Eli. On a side note, this is Eli's FAVORITE hat...it looks like a really bad wig, but he loves it!!