Snow in Louisiana!!

Yes it is true, a once in a life time event has occurred in Louisiana. It snowed! Baton Rouge has had snow flurries in the past but this time it stuck to the ground for a few hours. The kids were outside making a snowman and having snow ball fights at 7:30 this morning. Okay so they started making the snow man with me and I finished it. I had just as much fun as they did. We all came in for hot chocolate afterwards just in time for the power to go out for a few hours. It ended up being a fun late Birthday present for Mishonne who turned 11 yesterday.
THe kids gathering snow for the snow man.
Mishonne, Logan, and two neighborhood girls posing in front of the snowman.
Our front yard that just had a rose in bloom 2 days ago in it.
Denton, me, and Haley playing in the snow.

La Petite Village

Logan was in his school production of a tiny cajun village. Each year the third grade and kindergarteners get to perform the play. It shows how things were when the cajun settlers first came to Louisiana. Doesn't Logan make a cute little cajun boy?

The Cajun Village

I took Mom to the little Cajun Village while she was here. We saw their huge alligator and had a binet (kind of like funnel cake). It was fun to get some alone time with her since the kids demand Grandma's attention when she is here.

Yum Yum!

Aliyah explores a whole new world of food. Grandma let her have a sip of lemonade and Aliyah figured if one sip is good than the whole cup is better. Check out that toungue.

Loren and I got to go on a date while my Mom was here and Grandma realized Aliyah could hold her own bottle.

Grandma also got to feed Aliyah her first baby cereal. Aliyah thought it was hilarious.


Her newest thing to suck on is her feet. It is so cute to see this fat little thing reach her toes so easily.

A visit from Grandma

Grandma Maryann is here visiting. I have proof because the AC is on and it is 68 degrees in my house even though it is only 70 degrees outside. I am sitting here in my Grandma sweater, pants and socks while Mom is in her shorts and T-shirt. Although she comes with thyroid problems and quirks we would not give her up for the world. The kids love having family here. Mom helped me build shelves in my shed and we got an old desk that we made into a work bench for me. Now I can use my power tools in style.

Here is little Aliyah playing on Grandma. These are special moments that we wish we had all year long.

Halloween Fun

I am a week late getting our cute Halloween pics up. We had fun looking at all of y'alls Halloween pics as well.
Aliyah was the cutest baby tinkerbell in the whole world. It worked out that Uncle Chris' Birthday is close to Halloween so we could send him a fun e-card.



Logan was a tough fighting ninja, Mishonne was an indian girl which she finally said was Pocahontas because everyone kept asking "who" she was, Haley was the sweetest little Minnie MOuse, and Denton was none other than BAtman.

All A's

The kids just finished up their first quarter at school. Here they are in their lovely uniforms. It was crazy with the hurricane right in the middle of it. There are about 460+ students in their school and only 13 of them got all A’s. Mishonne, Logan, and Haley happened to be three of them. I am proud of them for being such good students. Logan had a low B on his progress report a month ago and so I went to talk to him about what was up with that. I told him it will turn into a C if he forgets to turn in homework or anything else. He said, “ Oh, don’t worry Mom. C’s are not that bad. They just mean average.” I am sure my eyes popped out of my head. I calmly replied with gritted teeth, “That is right Logan for most children. You are capable of much better. Besides you only get a dollar for the A’s, not the C’s.” I am not sure if it was the money or my wonderful prep talk but he obviously stepped it up and got an A. There was a Mom at the award ceremony that came up to me afterward and said that I should have gotten an award for raising such bright children. I did not have the heart to tell her that they are just wonderful kids and I only help them if they ask for it. I am a believer that having taught them to read at 3 and 4 years old was the key to help them learn to love learning and reading. I am blessed to have such wonderful kids.