Crawfish Boil...

First craw fish boil. I thought I'd never go to one. The idea of picking apart a craw fish and sucking out the meat has never seemed appetizing to me. Ever. But, when my lovely neighbor invited us over I could not say no. I have to say, it was absolutely delicious! I just had to put out of my mind what I was doing in order to get this little bit of divine meat. It tasted wonderful, I just wish I had someone else there to do all the work for me.

Kaitlyn LOVES craw fish, if you can't tell from the picture.

St. Patricks Day...

I read a quote the other day on Pinterest that said something like this:

Good moms have sticky floors, messy kitchens, laundry piles, dirty ovens, and happy kids.

Most of the time I feel the opposite of this. I'm always struggling to keep the house clean and run my errands and then the kids are grumpy. I felt like when I had one kid it was so easy to be super mom. Those days are so gone!

I usually don't do anything special for St. Patrick's day, but this year I did...because of this quote. My house was a mess, but I decided to ignore it and do some fun things with my kiddos. First, we made a leprechaun trap out of stuff we found around the house. The idea was that we would leave our trap out over night and a leprechaun would reach for the cup of gold beads inside the trap and knock over the pencil that was holding the lid up. The girls had a blast making the trap and couldn't wait to see if they caught a leprechaun in the morning. Kaitlyn talked all night about what she was going to do with her leprechaun friend.

It turns out the leprechaun was too sneaky for our trap, but he did leave a poem and some of his favorite St. Patrick's day treats! (I cannot believe I let that sneaky leprechaun leave lucky charms for my kids!)

Mardi Gras...

I never knew what Mardi Gras was until I moved here. I still can't believe my kids get off from school for 3 days either. This year we decided to be a little more festive. The girls helped me make a king cake, which looks ugly but oh so tasty. We didn't have a miniature plastic baby to hide inside of it so we used a plastic ballerina instead. Kaitlyn ended up getting that piece of course! Then we made masks, put on our beads and saw a parade. It's so funny because we've lived here for 3 years now, which is half of Kaitlyn's life, most of Lexie's life and all of Greyson's life. My children are becoming true Louisianians. Kaitlyn will come home from school and put her "book sack" on the counter. Yep that's right, it's not a "back pack", but a "book sack". She says "yes ma'am" all the time, even though I didn't teach her that. I'll ask her what she had for lunch at school and here are some of her favorites: gumbo, jambalaya, poboys and craw-fish. What ever happened to the traditional chicken nuggets or pasta! Too funny.