Belles, Beads, Bellies, and Balls

On Friday night, we went to the Pasquier's for gumbo and a parade. Sara and Anna dressed up like beautiful princesses before we left.



The parade passed nearby- it was just three houses away. It was VERY cold, so Anna and Sara made it for about 6 floats, then wanted to go home. Anna was also so cranked up that she hadn't taken a nap that day. We told her that after she took a nap, we would go to Sara's house. She kept running into her room, snoring audibly, then racing back and announcing, "I wake up! We go to Sara's house now!"



On Sunday, we drove to New Orleans to see my family and a parade. I've been having trouble with contractions, so we had to keep it tame. Anna enjoyed the parade!



Grandma taught her how to catch beads.




Uncle Mike and Aunt Amy were in town too!




Grandpa and Shaun guarded my chair.



Uncle Mike, Anna, and me- showing off our bellies! Anna told me that Uncle Mike had beer in his tummy, and I had a baby in my tummy, but she had a DONKEY in her tummy! The donkey's name is Gokey, by the way.



We spent today recovering.



Anna told daddy that she wanted to play baseball. He bought her a bat and a ball and tried to play outside with her. She hit it on the first try!




Here's a video of Anna and Daddy playing baseball. It was very cold, so the camera was a little shaky.

Sneaux Day!!

When we woke up this morning, it was just wet. However, around 7:30, the rain turned into sleet and then into snow! We ran outside in our pajamas to play (bad mommy!). Luckily, school had been cancelled since Thursday night.






After a while, we came back in and Anna got dressed. Then we spent most of the morning outside.



Fritz LOVED the snow! He kept trying to eat it as it fell.






Anna was about 20 months old last year when it snowed, so she didn't remember what it was like. She was incredulous when we told her that she hated it! So, we watched the videos that I took last year and she quickly became obsessed with throwing snowballs.



She had so much fun!




Here's the backyard around 8:30 am. The snow was falling steadily at this point.



We took a little break, dried Anna's coat and mittens in the dryer for a while, then went back out!



Anna and Daddy built a snowman.





Then Daddy tried to hit Anna with some snowballs!



Here she is trying to hide!




Then she decided to throw some snowballs BACK at Daddy.









A view of our street.

Mardi Gras With The Mutts

Last Sunday, we went downtown to see the "Krewe of Mutts". The Pasquiers staked out a spot on the front lawn of the old governor's mansion and we met them right before the start of the parade. Sara and Anna had a great time running around!




They were able to see the parade a bit better from these choice seats.




Mick was excited to see all of the people and their dogs.



Sara was in the front row on the street watching the parade, but Anna got bored after a while and shared Mick's stroller for the rest of the parade.




I'm so happy that the Pasquiers are back in Louisiana! It's really nice to have such good friends close by!

The parade was made up entirely of dogs. They were dressed up and being pulled/pushed in wagons and strollers. Lots of the people who were watching also brought their dogs (so there were more dogs watching than parading). At the end of the parade, I overheard this lady saying, "Well, that was kind of disappointing..." REALLY? Didja think a parade of dogs would be spectacular??