Sunny and 70

Tara Oaks had kindness week this past week.
They dressed up and did an act of kindness each day.  

Monday was wear black for mission impossible.  Not pictured is the watch and sunglasses. 

Tuesday was Donuts with Dad.  (and tie day)
After asking a million times for a picture, this is what they send...

Sweet Claire Louise was born and she is perfect!

"I mustache you a question. "

"Best Day Ever" he said.  

PJ day. 

I also met him for lunch on Friday.  

Obviously, by looking at this picture, the sun was shining bright Saturday!! We had promised the boys a trip to the zoo so off we went.  It was 70 degrees and sunny in January. 

It was really fun.  By far the best trip we've ever had there. 

 I think they are both finally old enough to truly love it. 

Watching the sea lions swim by. 

Since we were near, we had lunch on the patio at Belly Acres.  

Such good burgers. 

Since they were so good, last stop was Sweet Noshings.  It's been a long time since I've been to a candy store.  You can see their excitement.  

Thankfully, they didn't really ask for too much.  

They bought five dollars worth and thought they had a ton.  Ha. 

We tried to tell him Warheads are souuuuur.  

We ended the day at the park.  Mason worked on his upper body strength... 

While Brody sucked on his ring pop.

Blizzard 2016

Welp.  I completely forgot about blogging this week.
Fun Saturday night of blogging it is.

The weather has definitely been up and down to say the least.
So when it got cold....we didn't like it.  

Mason has been loving his new iPad gaming system.  Osmo is the coolest thing ever.  It is all educational but they call it a game.  

They were forecasting a blizzard (yes I said blizzard) two Fridays ago so we wore our pjs on inside out Thursday night.  

It did snow...but maybe an inch.  Of course there was a ton of snow to the east and west of us.  School was still cancelled and we made it a fun day. 

John and Robert both went into work so Becca and I got the kids together to play.  It was bitterly cold and windy, but we still got out there for a bit.  

This is how we sled...

Snowball fight. 

A good friend from high school got married that Saturday night.  It was such a fun wedding!

And who doesn't love a good Photo Booth opportunity.

Sunday night we had the Browers over to celebrate Grandma Judy's birthday.  I have decided it is never a good idea to take just one kid to the store for a quick trip.  He filled the cart up with the birthday cake, lunchables (he said they were on sale), chips, and ice cream.

We had a fun night celebrating Grandma!

Grandma Judy with 7 of her 9 grandkids.

Now to catch up blogging from this week!

Santa and a Basketball Game

It has gotten a tad chilly around here....time to break out the vests. 

A couple of weekends ago, we had our girls' Christmas brunch.  We bring a  "favorite things" gift and always have a blast.  We also celebrated Blake's birthday.
Presents, Mimosas, Friends, and Cake = Can never go wrong. 

Caught Emma chill in' by a fire. 

We've been playing all of our new board games. 

The boys got serious with Operation. 

Twister got interesting...

This past Thursday, I took the boys with me for Mexican with my girlfriends while John bowled.  As soon as we walked in, Brody spotted a man who, in his defense, totally looked like Santa Claus.  

He could not stop staring and waving.  Of course I was dying of embarrassment and finally got him to turn around. 

 Next thing I know, that sweet man stopped by our table as he was leaving and gave the boys "special elf tokens" that say naughty on one side and nice on the other.  He told them to listen to their Mommy and do what I say.  I will flip the tokens to naughty if they misbehave and his elves will report back to him.  

Brody was amazed and couldn't believe it.  Mason asked us a million times if it really was Santa.  

What a wonderful man. 

 Who knew Santa ate at El Porton in Germantown. 

We had a rainy walk to school Friday morning. 

And Mason came home with a wonderful report from school.  He aced his tests of counting by 5s and 10s and tested at the top of his class on writing numbers 1-20 in random order.  We have been working hard, and he was so proud of himself.  Of course we were proud as well!

Part of our Christmas presents were tickets to an Ole Miss basketball game.  They built a new arena and it opened in January.  We couldn't wait to see a game.  

I don't know when he got so old but I don't like it!  He wanted to wear this new hoodie since it's a "big kid's outfit".  

Brody was testing out his duck face. 

We had a super fun time and kept these boys out past their bedtimes!

And that is one nice arena.

 He was all about some silly faces and that hoodie.  

Mason stole my phone...

Monday was MLK day and Mason was out of school.  He and Mickey Mouse went to the movies to see Alvin and the Chipmunks. If you were looking to see it, he said it was "amazing".