Lily picture 2009

Time again for our Lily picture... this year we have TWO darlings in it! We take a picture every year when this lily blooms because it was a sweet gift from a very special friend!

Tutu cute!

Quinn had a ballet recital last night and she did a wonderful job! She twirled and danced with the best of them! (You may remember the practice recital around Christmas? Where she just stood in one place with BunBun? Well....we have come leaps and bounds from that...excuse the pun) All the girls had so much fun.

Field Day

Quinn had a super fun Field Day to celebrate the end of the school year. They had several different events set up: a race, limbo, ring toss, hula hoop, sack race...and the list goes on! Then afterward, they all sang happy birthday to the kids with the summer birthdays and ate cake and ice cream! Wow...we are going to miss school this summer!

baby calf

Landon's dad brought a calf to school last week for the kids to bottle-feed...how fun! That was one seriously big bottle, and the calf drank two of them! Quinn had been talking about the calf coming for two weeks, so it was a very exciting morning.

Milestones

Tyndale had quite a week this week! First, he started sitting up on his own...look how proud he is! Then we noticed that his first tooth was peeking through! I tried to capture a picture of it, but you can't really tell. I will get a better shot when it is really out. Such a happy boy!

Meme and Gee visit

Meme and Gee came by for a quick visit right after Easter. Elusive Gee somehow was able to escape from the Mamarazzi in our house...but don't worry....we will get a picture of him next time! Quinn had the most fun playing memory and go fish with the new Care Bear cards that they brought her.

Field Trip to Global Wildlife

Quinn's class had a field trip to Global Wildlife in Louisiana and it was so fun!!! We saw (and fed) fallow deer, reindeer, bulls, water buffalo, llamas, and ostriches. We saw giraffes, and usually they come to eat, but this particular day, they were not interested. It was not long before a huge reindeer took the entire food cup out of Quinn's hands (see video), but we had more, so it didn't slow us down!

Easter Bunny...Take Two...

Ok, that's much better! EB had a little issue with the suit...quickly fixed, but we are all still laughing! We had our 4th Annual Easter egg hunt at our house this year, and it was so much fun! We had perfect weather...could not have been better. We decided to have an airhorn start this year, in order to keep the 200 or so kids on the same page. It seemed to work pretty well for most, but it scared Quinn to death...so much so that she cried through the whole egg hunt, and only got one egg! She recovered eventually, and had a ball for the rest of the day.

Easter Bunny...Take One....

Ummmm......

Quinn's Easter Party

We celebrated Easter with Quinn's class yesterday with a fun party! They had an egg hunt and a picnic, and we all enjoyed the beautiful weather. Our family has been getting over the stomach flu, and we are all finally feeling better....just in time for our Easter and our egg hunt this weekend!

Few Random Pictures

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I would upload a few random pictures from around the house. As you can see, Tyndale is growing so fast! He really enjoyed visiting (and drooling on, apparently) his Aunt Lindy! Quinn tried on her fabulous swimsuit that Uncle Michael and Ms. Katy gave her for her birthday and she can't wait to go swimming in it! Last night was such a beautiful evening, that we cooked out with Big Daddy and Gimmie. You can see them dancing in the video...too fun! Quinn set the table herself, complete with flowers and placecards! I just remembered something funny that Q said to me the other day as we were riding in the car... I was asking her questions, and she said, "Mama, I am trying to do my sticker book and you are ear-in-tatin' me!" Where do they learn this stuff??

Happy Birthday Quinn!! (part 1 of 2)

Happy 4th Birthday Quinn!!

Quinn turned 4 on Friday and we had a super-fun party at the Skate Zone. She asked for a "pig theme," so you can see pigs all around! We skated, jumped, ate ice cream sundaes, and played with puppies from Brookhaven Animal Rescue League. Quinn asked her friends to bring pet supplies/donations for the Rescue League instead of presents, and they were able to donate a bunch of great things! We were so glad that Aunt Lindy was able to come into town to be at the party and spend the weekend with us! Quinn also had a special snack in school on Friday. She chose Dippin Dots as her snack, so I brought some for the class, and everyone LOVED them. They all finished the cups and then asked for more!

mealtime

We have laughed so hard at this, I just HAD to learn how to upload a video so all of yall could see it! Turns out, it is really not that hard to do...so look for some more videos in the future. Yes, Parnells...you DO see something that belongs to you in this picture! I swear, I will get those bibs back to you one day soon....

Happy Mardi Gras!!

We had a very exciting time in New Orleans this weekend! It was Quinn and Tyndale's first Mardi Gras parade, and they loved it! We were able to enjoy the festivities with the Parnells, Adams, Otis', and many other friends. Quinn especially loved hanging out with Elise and playing with the crawfish! Uncle Michael put her on his shoulders and ran her right up to the floats, and she totally racked up! She got tons of beads, stuffed animals...even a plastic chicken! As we were driving away, I asked her what she thought of Mardi Gras, and she said, "it was FAN*TAS*TIC!"