Easter

I am a little behind on posting..we had some major computer issues and I really thought it was a goner, but it recovered and so I am back in business!

We had a great, although quite different, Easter. After waking to see if the Easter Bunny had come, and attending church we headed over to my parents house. It was very low key, as it was just us, my parents, and Jared and Erinn. Mimi and Grandpa were supposed to join us, but he wasn't feeling up to it. So, after lunch we took the party to them for a little while. But before that we attempted to get a decent group pic of the kids....

which didn't happen...

But, David did get this sweet one of Elise...

The Easter bunny always brought us bathing suits growing up, and that is the case at our house now too. I guess he know we all love the pool! The kids also got precious suits from my parents as well! The girls were so excited that they changed into their suits before hunting for eggs at SuSu and G's.

Elise was running so fast that she ran out of her terry cloth shorts!!

They guys spent the afternoon watching The Masters, and so my Mom, Erinn, and I took the kids to swim for a little bit. We missed Phillip, Mo, Mae, and Mac a lot, and look forward to the Mize duo hunting for eggs next year!!

spring break 2012

We are having a great spring break so far! It is actually flying by, can't believe it is already Thursday!

Here are some highlights:

Elise picked out a tulip plant (tulips are my favorite) at the grocery store for me, and then wrote me this note to go with it when she got home. Got the week off to a good start. :)

We have been watching this mourning dove, which we named Josie, and her nest in our hanging fern on the back porch. At first we saw her and her two eggs...

And then the other day I was able to catch a pic of the first hatchling!

Just realizing these pics are kind of out of order, but oh well. Yesterday was a pretty rainy day and so we hung out inside and played some games.

Elise cracked me up with her answer to the above, and so I had to take a pic and send it to Aunt Mo. People have been telling her non-stop, and honestly stop us all the time, that she looks like Reese Witherspoon's child (or a young Reese). She had no clue who that was, so I showed her a picture. So, yesterday when she picked this question her answer was, "Well, since Reese Witherspoon isn't in our family, I guess I'll have to go with Mo."

Pretty funny. And true!!

Tuesday night we took Grandpa on an outing to Times Grill. He isn't feeling well at all, and so we were thrilled he was up to going out. I think it was hard for him, but hopefully worth it to get a change of scenery and some time with the kids...who were in very entertaining moods that night. We topped the night off with a snoball, which he had been craving!

The girls had friends spend the night Sunday night, and had breakfast all together on the patio Monday morning. Think it is pretty obvious that they had a great time!

Lila and her friend, GiGi.

Elise and Constance.

We have mostly spent all of our time at the pool and the kids (and me) are loving it!! They are all swimming great and so it is a pretty enjoyable outing for all of us. They beg to go each day, and so I have a feeling, like last year, that is where we will be spending most of our time this summer! Looking forward to it already!!

pre-spring break prep

We had a super busy and fun week leading up to spring break! I must say, I think it is perfect timing and I am definitely looking forward to a low key week next week...I think we all need it!

Thursday my Mom and Dad watched Lila and Bennett for a while so I could go to Elise's class Easter party. We had a great time doing an egg hunt and decorating these bunny masks! I know she is really going to miss her class next year; and I am too!! We still have a few fun things to look forward to coming up though...

David and I squeezed in a fun date night on Thursday night. We were invited to a wine dinner with some of the guys (and wives) that he plays golf with. It was fun to get dressed up and do something different!

I am still getting used to my much darker hair...but a nice change (and better for the budget) and I am was happy that deShea made us pose for a picture. We have so few!

I avoided drinking most of the wine at the wine dinner because I knew I had a fun morning ahead of me Friday with some time in Elise's classroom and the Lila and Bennett's Easter party. Elise's class is hatching chicks and I was mesmerized by the egg candling we did Friday morning. We could see the little chick moving around inside of the egg. So amazing! The kids are having a blast learning about and observing the process, and Elise has plans to read more books about raising chicks over the break so that she will be prepared in case we get the opportunity to chick-sit! :)

Lila and Bennett's party was tons of fun and super busy- so much so that I didn't even take one picture! We also did an egg hunt, made thumb print Easter cards, and played games. The kids had a great time!

Friday was the grand opening of Posh in Covington! We are so excited that Jared and Erinn opened a store here and plan on moving back. Looking forward to that! A group of my girlfriends went to the store Friday night, shopped and then grabbed dinner. It was lots of fun and I was so appreciative of the support they showed the new store!

Yesterday morning was the annual Easter Bunny Breakfast at Beau Chene, and we were thankful that we were able to squeeze it in before our first soccer game of the day. It did make for quite a long day, but we wouldn't have missed the breakfast for the world, and are glad we at least got to spend some time there before heading off to the ball field. Kate made the reservations for us and we had a great time catching up with them and watching the kiddos have fun! There were lots of other friends there and I do wish we would have had a little more time, but at least we got to go, right?

Lila and Bennett were super cooperative before hand, posing for pictures!

Lila and Myrt had a great time discussing sandals and chocolate milk! HA!

The balloon man is always a hit!

Fun with friends....

Getting too big to all fit on the bunny's lap! :(

The rest of the day was spent at soccer games. It was pretty brutally hot (already!), but the kids had a great day and good games. Lila was on fire with at least 4 goals, Bennett still loves to play defense, and Elise is getting better and better and we were so proud of her hustle yesterday! Needless to say the kids were wiped and so David and I had them in bed by 7 and then enjoyed a glass of wine and early bedtime ourselves!! What a week!

our march madness

Our March madness has been lots of fun. My lack of posts doesn't do it justice at all, but all I can say is that I thought it was hard to find time to blog before...well, now....hard. But, I am definitely committed to keeping this memory book going, and so it is catch up time again!

March has been most importantly filled with a long visit from Aunt Mo, Mac and Mae; plus lots of soccer, fun things at school, throw in a few stomach bugs and ear infections, visits with Grandparents and Great Grandparents, a crawfish boil with the family and summer-like weather!

Here are some of my favorite moments from March so far:

SOOOO much fun with Elise and her class on a field trip to Longue Vue Gardens in New Orleans.

Bennett modeling his awesome cowboy pjs from Shelley and Gray-

and Lila modeling her fancy legwarmers from them as well.

Lila and Bennett playing Mommy and Daddy and practicing for their first meeting with their cousins.

Uncle David getting to finally meet Mae (and Mac).

Bennett enjoying some time with his other cuz, Howie.

Sweet Mac in Mandeville!

And little peanut Mae!

Twins!!!!!!!!!! One of my favorite pics of all time.

Grandpa excited to meet his newest great grandchildren.

Elise being a sweet older cousin.

Mae's funny faces. (Can you be sarcastic when you are 2 1/2 months old?????)

More snuggle time with cousins.

Fun at the ball field.

The Legendre girls' girls. :)