Febuary

Another valentine's day is in the books. Jay got a spiderman action figure and Elle got the doll "Anna" from Frozen and a princess dress just like Anna's. They had a valentine party that day at school so she had to take her new doll and wear her frozen dress. Elle had her first skating birthday party a few weeks ago. She actually got the hang of it pretty well.

I was polishing my toenails and Jaybird thought he needed a pedicure too! Why not?

Elle dressed up for dance and had to have a ballerina bun

We went to Canebrake to eat friday night and turned around to this: Kids ponied up to the bar! The each ordered a bowl of ice cream.

MC came home with us to spend the night. They all played great and minded well and even went to bed when I told them to. The girls even let Jay play babies with them a little.

MC is almost a whole year younger than Elle and so much taller I had to get a picture!

January

Elle has started taking a tennis clinic on Thursday afternoons with her little boyfriend Graham. They are too cute and will be going to kindergarten at the same school next year--Benedict Day School.

We went over to the West house for dinner and to hang the other night and let the all kids take a bath together. They were so cute and silly.

Elle had her first sleepover that night with Mary Clayton. They acted sweet and did great. Meredith cooked them a big breakfast the next morning and I picked them up and took them to church. They were loving life!

Elle at her TOTS perfomance at Sumrall High School

We took a trip with Josh's family to Houston, TX to celebrate Christmas and Memaw's birthday. It was lots of good food and shopping and the kids loved swimming in the hot tub at Aunt Nancy's house.

Sweet Zander getting warmed up to the hot tub

Josh and I took our kids to the Houston zoo one day and it was super cool. They had a petting zoo inside!

Jay and I checking out the seals swimming

We actually got tons of ice and a little snow so just about all of south MS shut down for 3 days! Kids got snowed in at my parents house and had a blast!

Christmas Fun

December was a full month for us and Christmas came and went too quick! The kids had a Christmas party at their school. I was glad my mom could come this day b/c I couldn't be in both of their classes at once so we split up. Here's Jay eating with his buddies.

At Elle's class party

We took the kids on an overnight trip to NOLA to a "Teddy Bear Tea Party" at the Roosevelt hotel with Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolf, Elves, the Nutcracker, the Ice Queen, and many other characters. They loved it!

I totally forgot to bring any strollers which is a huge mistake if you are going to NOLA. Thankfully the hotel had one umbrella stroller we could borrow so Elle let Jay ride in her lap and she was suprisingly sweet about it!

The Ice Queen

Leaving out cookies for Santa

The loot

Elle taking her brother for a spin in their new wheels