Baton Rouge Zoo

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Grammy and PawPaw!




We also got to celebrate Sam's 2nd birthday.

The Eli Show

I know that many of you really miss watching Eli's dinosaur movies so, enjoy the show!

Halloween Fun!

We had a great time trick-or-treating in a neighborhood by Eli's school! They really know how to hand out the candy here. The boys got treat bags full of candy and toys from a couple different houses, and there was one house that had fresh popped popcorn and the Saint's game on a big screen in the front yard! It was a little rough for Eli having school the next day, he wanted to stay up and eat all his candy.


Eli is sooo tired, but he had to finish that one piece!





Yes, that would be a lollipop stuck to Sam's hair!



Almost ready to go, but Sam had to get in one more ride on the wonderhorse!



Happy Halloween!

Peek a boo!!!

My Big Boy!

Eli started Kindergarten this morning! I can't believe he is growing up so fast. Jody is having to take him and I will be picking him up, but Jody was nice enough to take a few pictures this morning and e-mail them to me! I will let everyone know how it went this afternoon!



Getting ready to leave the house!



Here he is at the school getting ready to go in!

Welcome to the World!

Yea! My sister had her baby this morning! And it's a girl!!!
Welcome to the world Syndey Dawn Bowling :)



8/4/2010 at 4:36 am
8 lbs. 1 oz
20.5 inches

Sam being Sam...

Sam has been having lots of fun lately. Eli now has some competition on his hands! Sam makes a great rock star and also found out how much fun the Wonder Horse is!

lucky me!

I actually won something! This NEVER happens. I played the game that huggies is doing and won a little tykes sprinkler ball. The boys had so much fun playing with it. I did have to turn it off when Eli started to try to ride his bike through it, then Sam decided he needed to drive his Cozy Coupe by it.

Seafood Fest Fun!

Over the July 4th weekend we went down to the Mandeville Seafood Festival. We had a great time, there was great music, food, and fun! Eli especially loved the beach!

Sam's First Haircut...

...and I really shouldn't have been the one giving it to him! I haven't wanted to cut his hair yet because I love his curls, but with this heat he really needed it done. So I decided to go ahead and cut his hair, just the back and sides. It turned out a little funny looking, oh well hair grows back and hopefully his will come back curls.

Welcome to Summer!

Wow it can get super hot here!!! We made the mistake of walking down to breakfast then walking along the lake front this weekend. I have never sweated so much in my life! There are a lot of beautiful things in nature here.

New Orleans Zoo

This morning we went to the Zoo in New Orleans, it was a lot of fun. We saw everything from a peacock walking around to white tigers. I think Sam's favorite thing was the Elephants or the leopards. Eli's was definitely the dinosaur exhibit (yes I said dinosaurs) This was not Sam's favorite thing, poor baby was shaking so hard he was so scared! We will have to go back again another day! Just a little warning, I didn't do Oscar worthy work making the videos, they can get a little rough at times! :)

First Day!!!

Yesterday was my first day of work at my new job, so it was also Eli's first day at a new school and Sam's first day of school ever! They were both really excited. Eli had a great day (I am in his room right now) Sam had lots of fun most of the time. Nap time was not fun for him, I could hear him crying for mama and my baa all the way down the hall. Hopefully it will get easier for him.

Backyard fun!

This weekend was beautiful so we decided to take full advantage of it. We spread a big blanket out in the back yard and enjoyed the day with some bird watching, playing, grilling, and a picnic! There are a lot of birds that live in our backyard, along with 2 squirrels. We even have a bird nest in the bushes along our fence. I can't quite get a picture of them because I don't want to get pecked by a mad mommy cardinal!