A Not So Snowy Snow Day

Recently we had two "non-snow" snow days which meant an impromptu two day vacation from school. (And also thus the reason for no picture posts of write snow blanketing our southern yard.  Who wants to see rain??) So what's a mama to do on day two in the house??

Bake homemade cookies from scratch...

And let the girls host a tea party of sorts with their dolls...

And watch kindergarten clips of George Washington on You Tube then allow her to write the following book (all by herself, I might add, except for a few spelling pointers)...

Kendall has been fascinated with Presidents ever since their Presidents' Day unit at school.  After writing the first two pages, she got momentarily stuck on the third page.  Once her writers block had cleared she said, "Oh good!  I'm glad it didn't start with 'When George...' like the first two!"  Seriously?! What kindergartner with impeccable sentence structure skills worries about redundancy in her writing??  I think we may have another writer in the family.  Nana and D are so proud!

Spring Break 2015

For Spring Break, Mommy, Kendall and Brielle headed down to New Orleans to see family and continue to chip away at the wedding to do list! (JuJu is getting MARRIED this summer!!)

But first things first, a stop at the local bounce house.

This picture is special to Mommy. A mere year ago Kendall barely could muster the bravery to climb this ladder and slide.  Now on this trip we couldn't get her off.  She's growing up and this is just one more proof for this mama.

Shootin some hoops with Grandpa... (Sadly, this is the only picture he made it in.  And even sadder, that's more than Nana or JuJu made it in.)

We had brunch with D.  It was such a sweet, fun morning.

Valentine

For a Valentine treat, Mommy and Kendall went to the movies to see Paddington. (I highly recommend it BTW).   When we came home we found ourselves at a fancy restaurant.  Daddy had been planning an elaborate meal for us since the day before.  First, we were instructed to go to Kendall's room where he had laid out three dresses each for us and choose one to wear.  Then we returned to a candlelit dinner, Daddy dressed in a coat and tie (wearing Mommy's apron), and fancy music playing.

Kendall and Brielle dined on Newk's pizza, and Mommy was treated to her most favorite meal...chicken shwarma from our fave Mediterranean restaurant.  All had been purchased the day before and disguised in a big brown bag in the fridge with instructions to not peek. And thanks to carnival season and my sister's visit the day before, we enjoyed king cake for dessert.

Daddy did an amazing job making all three of his ladies feel extra special.  He's a keeper for sure!

Kendall had fun at her class Valentine party as well  I made the heart shaped cinnamon rolls seen on her plate.  Note to all Pinterest reading mamas: the cute pin instructing to "easily" make heart shaped cinnamon rolls by simply unrolling the raw dough then re-rolling it into a heart shape before baking DOES NOT WORK with Pillsbury cinnamon rolls out the can.  (They don't unroll.  They fall apart.) Just sayin.  But taking a heart shaped cookie cutter to the rolls after they've baked will produce the same results, thus saving the day, and your reputation as a Pinterest Mama Veteran.

Here's Kendall with a few of her close friends this year.

Brianna...

Kenzi...

Cole...

Oh, and Brielle had a party at school, too.  Sorry, Brielle, this is all I got...