Field Day

I had the great pleasure of accompanying Elise to her preschool's Field Day last week! We had a great time. It was nice to get to know some of the other Moms, as well as her classmates that she talks about often...
There were various stations, and we participated in most together! It was so much fun! We did an obstacle course, bean bag relays, jumped in a big jumper, played duck duck goose, shot soccer goals, had a snack, and then finished it up with a race!



Above you can see Elise getting ready for the "race" around the gym...



Doing the obstacle course...



Lining up for the bean bag toss!

As always, I enjoyed spending quality one on one time with my sweet girl!

On another note, my little brother is officially a husband! We spent an adventurous weekend in New Orleans for the wedding and are back home attempting to recover. Everything was beautiful and we saw lots of family and friends! In addition, the kids were GREAT as flower girls/ring bearer! Lots of posts to come....(maybe after some sleep!)

Happy Happy Birthday to Aimee! Love you!
Also, happy 12th birthday to our cat Tiger! You are a blessing and a curse! :)

Popsicles...then puke!

We were so excited Friday to have a fun play date with Erika, Abby, and Nicholas (Nickel) Rase on Friday. They live right down the street from us. The kids' school schedules conflict, but it was a school holiday so everyone was off. We look forward to getting together with them more this summer! The kids had a great time playing and were worn out!

After nap time, we continued enjoying the great weather by playing out in the backyard. I decided it was warm enough to be a "Popsicle" day! Our first one of the spring! (We don't really have spring in Louisiana- we just skip straight to summer!)



As you can see, this went over VERY well! Kids are so great because the littlest things make them SO happy!


(*Side note: The dress Lila is wearing is one of my absolute FAVORITE from Elise. I always loved it. It is just a cute little Old Navy dress perfect for "transition" weather! I am so sad because Miss Lila Sue is about to outgrow it! Bye-bye dress! I am finding more and more that I struggle with my babies getting big! They are growing up so fast! We'll have to send this cute little thing to Myrt the Squirt so someone else can enjoy it as much as my girls have!)

(*Side note#2 :Elise is very into doing her own hair these days. She likes lots of accessories. And always a headband. Sometimes she even incorporates a bow by clipping it to the headband first. Don't want to stifle her creativity, so I let her go for it! )

A fun Friday turned into a not so fun Friday night when Elise woke up around 11:30 throwing up. Poor thing. Then I joined in on the fun around 1 a.m. Yikes. No fun! Lila and Bennett never threw up (THANK YOU GOD!) but were definitely not themselves all weekend. In fact, we are all still moving a little slow after the weekend sickness.... Takes a lot out of you! Thanks again to my Mom for helping out during the super rough moments since David was out of town....

David partied it up with Jared and his friends in New Orleans this weekend for the bachelor party. I think he was feeling a little old. Kind of hard keeping up with guys 8 years younger who are used to still staying out late on a pretty regular basis. Or at least I would imagine...

I got the night off last night as payback and enjoyed a nice long bath and some Dancing with the Stars while he took care of bedtime with the kids...Was NICE!

This was Bennett Saturday morning have trouble staying awake DURING BREAKFAST. A definite sign that things are not 100%...breakfast is always their biggest meal!



We have lots to look forward to this weekend with the BIG wedding coming up! I am definitely kicking it into manic mode trying to cross everything off my numerous lists to get ready! And the packing....the hotel staff is going to think we are relocating there permanently!! Should be lots of fun though, and a little bit of preparation stress never killed anyone. Right?

Ladies Man

Elise and I stopped by the Brister house for a little while this morning to visit with Suz and Jacob. Someone was coming to look at the house and Suz opened her house up to us!

Jacob is precious!! He was having lots of fun smiling and flirting with Elise. He is also at that adorable age where they reach for everything....and he kept reaching for Elise...it was soo cute!

It was great to spend some relatively low key time with them...I feel bad even saying this, but without Lila and Bennett there (they were at school, not locked in the car with the windows cracked or anything), I was able to actually visit with Suz, and play a little with cutie pie Jacob! Soon enough he'll be running around causing trouble just like his older friends L & B!

Also, We want to wish a HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kimberly!!

We love you!

And I got some very special and exciting news from a super special friend today! I can't wait to reveal it, but for now I'll keep you guessing!

Goodnight! (Got to go recover from Britney. She's BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

We like Mike!

Last Saturday morning David took the kids to Baton Rouge to visit his parents...they had a great time, and it allowed me to get the house ready for an Open House our agent was having that afternoon. For David, a trip to Baton Rouge would not be complete without a trip to see Mike the Tiger at LSU...

He caught this cute picture of the kids on the way home..A full day of visiting and seeing Mike wore them out!

No naps, No posts

Life has not been running oh so smoothly in the Parnell household the past few days. A certain 21 month old little girl thinks she is too old to nap, and therefore doesn't think her brother should nap either! In addition, Elise thinks that hearing Lila's screams means it is ok for her to sneak into their room and climb in bed. Then they gang up on Bennett together! I don't think I realized just how much I need the time to decompress until it has been gone. Yesterday I was really struggling to stay patient, and not doing a very good job of it. A Mom with no patience left, and 3 kids who are extremely over tired does not mix well on a Monday night at 6 o'clock! Solution- a ride in the car to kill some time until my reinforcements (aka Daddy) arrived home.

Thank you, thank you, David, for convincing me that we DID need the DVD player in the car when I thought it was an unnecessary extra! A little Elmo goes a long way!

But, today has been a new day. Sweet Aunt K came over this morning and we enjoyed chatting, playing, and folding some clothes. She named two of the squirrels that play in our back yard and Lila and Bennett had a blast looking for "Jack" and "Bob" out of the window. (Still a little too cold for outside). Always helps to have another set of hands here for a little while and she is a big help with house work as well. I think there was a sense in the universe that I had reached my limit, and today all THREE (even Elise- MIRACLE!!) are napping!!! In addition, I get the great reward tonight of going to see BRITNEY in concert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sooo excited. Looking forward to a little escape!

YEAH!!!

I forgot my camera at Mimi and Grandpa's on Saturday, so I'll post some pics when I get it back!

Hope ya'll are surviving your weeks as well!

Love, Nic