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Once again, found this on flickr -- not one of mine, but awesome nonetheless... 

HILARIOUS -- THIS is Mardi Gras!

I use flickr (see my little flash thingy to the left -- that's flickr) anyway, I had loaded all my mardi gras photos on there, and I thought I'd do a search for other mardi gras photos, and I came upon this one. Looking at it, I knew it was supposed to be NOLA mayor Ray Nagin...but I didn't know what it was all about until I read the caption...









"This is going on a "Chocolate City" float. Mayor Nagin will be playing the race card."

If you don't get it, check out this link http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/suburban/2210102.html 

Happy baby

She was just cheesing the whole time I was taking these pictures.

 

Be my Valentine

They are the best Valentines in the world...they give me love, I give them love, and they remind me of how much love I share with my husband.

(Quit making gagging noises! We really are that sweet!) 

Cutie Pies

They were so good natured about my picture-taking...I guess they're used to it... 

Kisses and Love

Will gives his baby sister a smackeroo on the head.

This is different than the smackeroos on the head I am anticipating in a few years. 

"My Funny Valentines..."

They are funny, let me tell you... 

My Jupiter Loot...

 

"Jupiter Rolled"

That's the way they talk about the Mardi Gras parades down here -- a parade doesn't start...it "rolls." Jupiter is the name of a "krewe," which is the name of the groups, sometimes secret, that put on each parade. And there are sooooo many parades! Jupiter was the first of the season in Baton Rouge, and coincidentally, our church was having a "Parent's Date Night" that evening. So we checked out our first ever Mardi Gras parade.

It was soooooo fun! Contrary to popular belief, there are "family friendly" parades and events during Mardi Gras season, and Jupiter was one of them. Now that Ben and I sort of know how it all works, we're going to take the kids to their first one this coming weekend!

Anyway, we did, in our opinion, not bad at all for two newbiees at a smaller parade! Check out the lootage.... 

The helpful brother

Will loves to "show" Adelaide all her toys...I guess the "someone else's toys are always the most interesting" applies to siblings, as well? He likes this one, though, because if you press the mirror, it says "blah!" in a silly voice -- a Baby Einstein thing. Still funny, after all these years... 

My babies

This is such a great picture because it really shows what their relationship is like. He adores her and she thinks he is the most interesting, funniest person on earth. They have fun -- he gets such a kick out of making her laugh, and, well, she gets a kick out of him trying to make her laugh! 

New Feature: My pet peeves

Okay, so I'm going to start listing my pet peeves to get them off my mind and let me vent about petty little things that just happen to annoy me. They don't always make sense, they don't always have a lot of sympathy for the masses of mankind, but boy, do they bug me. So when I get a pet peeve that is getting at me for one reason or another, I'm going to file it under "My Pet Peeves." Hey, this is my blog. I can whine if I want to.

Soooo...my pet peeves...

Okay, the first one on my mind at the moment...PEOPLE WHO WRITE IN ALL CAPS. IT IS LIKE YELLING AT PEOPLE IN WRITING. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO LEARN HOW TO TYPE WITH ONLY OCCASIONAL CAPITAL LETTERS, just dont capitalize anything. it is much less annoying and much less stressful for the person reading. trust me.

Honestly, I have a rule that if someone is selling something on ebay and they write in all-caps, I don't buy it. No matter what. No matter how badly I want it...BECAUSE when I was first doing ebay, I noticed that all-cappers merchandise was never really like what it appeared to be on the listing. Or they'd mail it way late, or something annoying like that. And then I thought, hey, if they can't take the time or trouble to type normally, then they probably aren't really details-oriented people, kwim? And Amazon.com reviews in all caps...I mean, do the makers of excedrin send out minions to write numerous reviews in all-caps just to drive the poor, caps-sensitive masses running to the medicine cabinet? They're probably the ones behind that "punch the monkey" add that jumps all over the screen and tells you to click on the monkey to make it stop. I just navigate away from those pages. Now, if I got to ritualistically torture the monkey after I clicked on it...well, I might rethink my position.

Nonetheless, I beg of everyone...just stay away from Caps Lock. It's a public service. Or buy stock in Excedrin's parent company. Your call.

funny girls

I was trying to take a picture of me and Adelaide just for fun...I didn't realize until this shot that she wasn't having as much fun as me. But it's a classic, I think, nonetheless. 

Yay! We know what we're doing for Kindergarten!

I am so pleased to report that Will tested into Runnels, a private school here in Baton Rouge that I have thought was awesome ever since we moved here and I started learning about the different schools. They're an a excellent academic school, and they have a focus on the arts built into their mission. When Ben and I visited the school, we were just so impressed. Classes are no larger than 18 kids for ANY grade, even through high school. The atmosphere was just tremendous -- there was such a sense of respect for the kids and the kids showed respect to the faculty and staff. There is a computer for every kindergarten student so no one has to share when they're in the lab. And I in particular love this part -- creative writing is a core course in the curriculum up until 4th grade. The school's founders believe that building creative writing skills is important to help students develop into better writers in general, and I couldn't agree more! They start band or orchestra in the 4th grade, and they can start pre-algebra in the 6th grade. They have a bevy of AP courses in high school, and they offer classes like ballet, psychology, environmental science, Latin (through AP), and of course things like AP Calculus, physics, biology, English, Chemistry, etc.

We're happy, and we are sooooo grateful to our parents (both sets) for making this possible! Will is happy -- he liked it so much when he visited.

We also have moved him into a new preschool, and he is doing great. It is a better fit for him academically and also socially. Adelaide is doing great, too -- she's hungry all the time, though! She's five months and keeping us very busy. Both kids are, in fact!!!

This dude is serious about his football!

Okay, so I know after the Troy Polamalu interception that "wasn't" and the Colts' sudden comeback, everyone was a little on edge. And I was yelling at the TV and I'm not even really a Steelers fan (though I am an anti-Colts supporter), but you gotta feel kind of sorry for a guy
who was so wrapped up in the game that he literally had a heart-attack when Jerome Bettis fumbled on the 2-yard line.

A Little Brotherly Love

Adelaide was getting a little tired of her enforced photographic tummy-time, and her brother thought a little comfort might do her some good...awwww... 

Lalie-Droodle

New pictures of the drool monsterette -- almost 5 months now! 

Adelaide loves Murray State!

Well, she will if I have anything to do with it. I was so pumped about MSU's tv game tonight I dressed her in her "Little Racer Girl" stuff today! Isn't she cute? 

For a BETTER Louisiana ASAP...

I am not from Louisiana originally, so I have less than no patience for the cronyism, the incompetence, and the total lack of leadership eminating from the Governorship. I have said so on this site before, and now I'm saying it AGAIN -- Let's do what's right for Louisiana!

REGISTERED VOTERS IN LOUISIANA...sign the petition to RECALL BLANCO!
http://impeachblanco.org/

Adelaide LHAO at Will!!!

If the thing below doesn't work just click on the title -- it's linked to the clip.

Totally hilarious.