blair and maisy: February 2014

February 27, 2014

visits & awards

We went to the World War 2 Museum in New Orleans and it was phenomenal!!!
I left with a lump in my throat, and a deepened respect for those that fought in it.

Claire posing in front of some destruction

Blair's sister Chame and family came into town for a visit. The kids were in heaven with their cousins! We kept busy and had a lot of fun. Beach, food, swimming, playing, that was the gist of it.

The 1st day there was fog at the beach, but that didn't stop anyone.

Guess who got his Bear badge tonight in cub scouts?

Is Xander really this old already?

The Blue and Gold banquet.

We all made cakes for it. Peanut butter frosting in the middle, chocolate on the outside, peanut butter m&ms. Yeah we had fun with that one.

awards

Here's our pack and families. Fun stuff.

We're proud of the boys for making the honor roll so far this year. Here's Will showing off his All A's certificate, and free crazy bread coupon from Little Caesars ;)

February 9, 2014

Snow in MS!? Atlanta & friends

SNOW IN MISSISSIPPI!!??

It doesn't happen often. It was just a tiny bit, but the ice was everywhere. School closed down for 3 days!!

ice-sand

Here we were on our way back from attempting to go to the mall which had been closed down minus the bookstore. We couldn't understand what the big deal was about.

We had lots of game time. If anyone knows how to play "Killer Bunnies" you would know that I had so many bunnies that it was picture-worthy.

Look at who is a big Sunbeam now!!!

Even big enough for laser tag with her brothers now.

The beginning of last month was beautiful weather! Picnic and hike this day.

ATLANTA

We did a weekend trip to Atlanta while it's within driving distance.

The hotel was just a Holiday Inn (Express) but it was new so it had a bunch of fancy features.

...and it ended up being on a lake. What a deal.

Georgia Aquarium

We went to the Georgia Aquarium to see what all the hype was about with the biggest aquarium in the US or something. It was fine, but the price tag is hefty (even more than our family annual pass to the New Orleans aquarium which is pretty great)!

The best part of this trip was meeting up with our med school friends Sean and Cara and their family. We met in Nevada, and now here we are across the country for residencies. They are in Georgia, and it was great to spend the day with them!

Dolphins!

The kids thought it would be a good idea to lay down on the slow-moving walkway lol.

The Coca Cola Factory

This place shares a parking lot with the aquarium, and did end up impressing!

At the end of the tour, movies, museums etc, they have free soda sampling from around the world with around 65 flavors of soda. You get a cup and they tell you to keep using it and there is everything you could ever think of and more such as "Mango Fanta," one called "Beverly," and the "Thums Up," from India got a thumbs down in our voting book lol.

Xander was in HEAVEN!

At the end of the day we went over to IKEA Atlanta for some dinner and dropping the kids off to play a the play place. It was super fun to catch up… and oh how I miss a local IKEA.

Bye Sabrina!

My friend Sabrina left on her mission to NY NY Spanish speaking. She got baptized in the Biloxi ward, transferred to UT about a year ago to go on reserve with the AirForce, and now came back as we're her declared home ward which she's leaving from for her mission. It was fun to spend the weekend with her, speak at her farewell, and say our goodbyes again. She'll be great!!!

The funnies

Will 12/14 " Mom can you please pour the milk for me because it’s almost full, and there’s a 65% chance that I’ll spill it."

11/14 Me: Why did you dump out all the toys?

Claire: Because I was trying to find something to play with

Me: What did you find?

Claire: The glow in the dark dinosaur

Me: Then why didn’t you put the other toys back?

Claire: Because I had to use the bathroom, so I just runned.

Claire 11/14 "Mom I can’t find any of my jammies, so should I bring you the sew kit so you can sew me some?"

Claire 11/14 "What do these constructions say?"

11/14 Claire: Mom Can I have this?

Me: Sure

Claire: Yes!!! Mom, thanks for asking me!

Claire 11/14 "Oh my Geez"

Claire 11/14 "I had a great dream last night. I got to see Dixie, and eat shrimp!"

Claire 11/14 "Our scarecrow fell over, but we’ll still be able to find our house because you know the numbers!"

Will 11/14 "The only good thing that happened to me today, was that Kord gave me a penny. But then I lost it."

Claire 9/13 "I love polka-dot butterflies."

Claire 9/13 " This pencil needs to get sharpt. Can I sharpt this pencil in myself?"

Claire 9/13 after pulling a piece of tape off of something successfully, "I am a great job."

Claire 8/13 "One time a dog pooped on the grass."

Me, "Why are you telling me that?"

Claire, "Because it was weally gross, PU!"

Claire 8/13 I walked in and exclaimed what a mess it was. "I didn't got that out," said Claire pointing at one little thing.

Claire 10/12 "Ehhhhh he he, ehhh he he."

Gaurd at the Airforce gate, "That sounds like a fake cry."

Me, "Yep."

Claire, "Ehhh he he, ehhh he he. It NOT a fake cwy."

Will 10/12 "Mom, could I miss school on Wednesday, because they're going to learn something really hard like minus?"

Me, "Well what would you do the next day when they were still learning more about that?"

Will, "No mom, we don't have to make up the homework when we miss."

Claire 10/12 "You not funny Will."

Claire 10/12 (almost in tears with the saddest little voice because she wanted all of the toys) "Mommy, brothers not sharing a me."

Claire 10/12 chasing her brothers around slowly with her arms outstretched says, "Bwains, bwains, bwains!" just like a real zombie.

Will 10/12 "Xander is white, and I'm white, and mom's white and Claire is white and dad's a little white."

Will 3/12 "Dad and I are getting gooder at disc golf."

Xander 3/12 seeing frozen peas in his drink that had spilled into the icebox, "Mom, there are green cotton balls in my drink."

Will 12/11 "I know something that's not a word: spit-buggar."

Claire 12/11 "Ha ha, fuh-ee (funny)"

Will 12/11 after he broke a plastic fork, "I would like to put it in recycling because that saves the world."

Will 11/11 as he rubs the carpet, "I like this house because it's hairier than the other one."

Will 9/11 "Mom, could you call my nickname 'shark' please?"

Will 9/11 in a prayer while Blair was away for a month, "Bless that we would ever see dad again, and if we drive there it wouldn't be too long."

Will 3/11 after I asked him how primary was, he said, "I was the 1st kid in class. I thought I was going to have to taught myself."

Will 3/11 "Mom, is today fast Sunday."

Me "What is fast Sunday Will?"

Will, "When we eat really fast."

Will 3/11 "Xander is saying mean things, like that I'm not the leader."

Blair told Will to go to the bathroom with him while we were out somewhere and he was doing the potty dance 3/11, "Hey I had to go to the bathroom too!"