Girly girl in a Superhero world: March 2014

Mardi Gras 2014- Des Allemands parade

On Sunday we were able to enjoy the Des Allemands with some of our favorite friends!

This is another small town parade that we really look forward to.

It is close to home and the kids have a ball!

The kids caught SO. MUCH. STUFF!

I am talking an insane amount of stuffed animals.

They were all too excited with every single catch!

Here is our krewe waiting on the parade.

I caught Griff in the middle of his "jam."

Here I am with our little princess. This girl is so loved...

2 Mommas and our little people.

Now this is more like it!

Unfortunately this was our last parade of the season. Lundi Gras and Fat Tuesday was a cold and wet wash out. Until next year...

Mardi Gras 2014- Lockport parade

Our family really enjoys Mardi Gras.

Our kids are still so little that we especially love small town parades.

The kids are able to run around and play in a relatively safe environment.

They also catch SO MUCH stuff.

This spoils them.

When we hit the New Orleans parades they look around like, "one bead?!?"

I loved the Lockport parade as a kid.

This is the little town that I grew up in.

We always make a special effort to take the boys to this parade.

Such sweet memories for me and starting a beautiful tradition for them.

My little float chasers!

I love the perspective of this shot.

...and this one too.

Our beautiful family

I was able to sit with Cohen for 3.5 seconds!

Kinder-gators

Griffin's school has an annual Mardi Gras parade. The kindergarten classes are the only students who parade. The band plays and the student body lines the sidewalks in excitement waiting on the parade to roll on by. There is excitement in the air.

The theme of the parade was "Louisiana." Griffin's class was the kinder-gators. MiMi and I helped out with costumes. We picked up gator heads and MiMi made gator tails for all 18 students. Griffin was too excited to bring the costumes to his classmates. He was cute.

I arrived a little early to help dress the class full of gators. They were so excited to parade that afternoon!

I joined Kenton, Roman, Cohen, MiMi and Big Pop outside and waited on our favorite kindergartner in the entire world!

Griff and his classmates so excited!

How cute are they!?!

In support of the kinder-gators-
Roman-gator

Daddy and Cohen-gator

The littles with MiMi and Pop

Too cute to handle!
Roman LOVES parades.

Here comes Griffin's class!

I love his excitement and joy for life.

The sun was shining down on Griffin's school today. The students and families had such a good day!

911 what seems to be your emergency...

One evening Kenton was working late. The boys were all quietly playing and I sat down for a quick and uneventful dinner. I noticed Cohen playing with the house phone. The thought in my head was, "that may not be the best idea, but he is being really good. Leave him alone. When was the last time you had a meal in relative quiet?" So, I left him alone. He played with the phone for quite some time. (When Cohen plays with the phone he is really funny. He mimics me on the phone. He holds it up to his ear, chatters away, and walks around the house. Right.... just like his Momma!)

As I was putting the dishes away I saw 2 police cars pull up to the front of our house. There was also a knock at the door. {GULP...} I looked out the front door and saw 3 armed police men standing there and looking in.

Police man #1- "Ma'am is everything okay?"
Me- "Yes sir everything is fine."
Police man #1- "Someone from this residence placed a call to 911. Are you SURE you are alright?"
Me- (I was screaming in my head "LARRY!!!") "Oh yes sir. The baby was playing with the phone and must have called 911? (how in the heck does a baby call 911. It is not like he knows his numbers much less has the ability to dial the proper numbers in the correct order to notify the police to come to our home!! Perhaps he is a child prodigy? Are a major drama stirrer?!? Jeeze...)

As this conversation was happening at the front door I could hear Roman yelling from the bathroom. As the time spent with the police officer continued his voice began to elevate. The sound screaming from the bathroom was, "MMMOOOOMMMM WIPE MY TAIL!" I heard these demands loud and clear. I would have to believe that the officers did too.

Moments later Police man #2 busted out in a snorted laugh. He said, "Ma'am, he doesn't have any clothes on." At that point Police man #1, and Police man #2 joined in on the giggles. I turned around to see Roman standing in the living room fully in the nude. Awesome...

Police man #1 proceeded to say, "looks like you have your hands full." Indeed I do. Indeed I do!!!

LARRY....