"It's in our soul to have Mardi Gras."
-Arthur Hardy
I brought some Mardi Gras masks home from a work party and Isla immediately wanted to show the New Orleans's spirit by putting on a dress, wearing the masks, and twirling in the living room.
We’re glad this was entertaining for Isla. When she gets bored, she does things like this. It’s a good thing winter is over, since we now find ourselves out of Chapstick.
Pepa, Nina, and Papa all came over this weekend to spend time with the kids. This was exciting for the kids, and we used it as an excuse to trick them into doing some productive things around the house. We started by having them make banana pudding. Yes, you can argue it wasn’t productive, but when the kids are in a constant state of destroying some part of the house, doing anything other than that is considered productive.
After the dessert was put into the oven, out we went for some real work. Spring is pretty much here, which means it’s time to rake up all the dead grass so the new grass can come in. Ashlyn and Isla wanted to help, and both were able to scrape up some grass and put it in a bucket. Then they proceeded to throw the grass around the yard, presumably because they had so much fun gathering it in the first place. They forgot to re-gather it though, and before I knew it they were off doing something else and I was left to clean up the mess. Thanks kids.
I wish we had taken more pictures when family came over, but we were too busy making breakfast, prepping dinner, and doing other things that we only got a few pictures off before the night came to an end. That’s ok, we don’t need pictures to tell us we had a good time. We only need the kids crashing quickly at the end of the night to tell us that.
