Parrain's Match Day

We already gave my little bro big love on his Match Day, but you haven't seen us finding out the news through The Sheriff's Eyes. (He told me these things. He did.)

Wait, he's going all the way where?

I wanna go too! Let me go! Let me go!

With these gas prices, I can just crawl there?

I wasn't kidding. Get the keys!

Saturday Morning Scene - "Are We There Yet?"

I told myself I wanted to start participating in this great project. For crying out loud, I'm no good at Project 365 or anything that involves taking pics every day. Surely I can do every Saturday morning right?


I don't have a fancy camera, and my lighting won't the best, but I can't wait to document some of our sweetest moments of the week.

On our way to The Sheriff's first ever crawfish boil courtesy of LA Tech's Annual Houston Alum Crawfish Boil. So it was close to 11:30. That's still morning! (And good news Tech fans. We get smiles all around when singing L-O-U I-S-I A-N-A Tech! DAWGS!)

March Madness, Nah--He Say's March MATCH-ness

This one is for you little bro. I'm proud of you and can't wait to visit you in Little Rock. There's no one else I know who could decorate a plate two decades past when it's meant to happen, twirl a baby toy for ten minutes, appreciate dogs, fire, and brother-in-laws, toast to jobs well done, have a baby meerkat named after him, be the best Uncle Al around, AND succeed on a journey in orthopedics. 

Cheers kiddo. You did it. We love you and can't wait to see you soon to celebrate. Does this call for cigars, ritas, and parrothead hats? Lucky for you, I saved your most embarrassing shots from the likes of the www.

Handwriting? On a Blog?

I love this idea seen on Yep, They're All Mine. I love writing and paper--and better yet, writing on graph paper! 
Play along, and let's see your real handwriting! Here are my answers to the following (and the questions you should respond to as well):

Questions:

1} What's your name and your blog's name?

2} What's your blog's URL?

3} Write: "A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog!"

4} What is your favorite quote?

5} What is your favorite song?

6} What are your favorite bands and singers?

7} Anything else you want to include?

8} Tag people.

March Madness--Why It's Good for You Mommas!

I love this time of year---love it! I know one reason is that it's Spring Break, that heavenly week of much needed bliss when teaching. And with Spring Break comes March Madness Baby! In fact, I seem to have found inspiration for my first blog post March 2009.

Times have changed in Casa de Loupe as this Spring Break won't include Elton John concerts or afternoons watching the games at the sports bar, but this year I want to give you the Top 6 Reasons (in no particular order. Ok, maybe some order. I just don't know what it is.) why March Madness is good for Mommas.

1. You fill out a bracket with you significant other, coworkers, friends, online buddies, whoever, and you instantly have another dinner conversation piece besides how much your kid ate or pooped, or what colors did your kid eat and poop.

2. That bracket? Well, yes, you can do lots of highlighting or scratching off as you win or lose. It's like a to-do list without the "to do." Nice.

3. New, or maybe old, music as montages/previews/highlights are shown. (Music may be old depending on how often you get to listen to the radio. But surely it will pump you up anyhow.)

4. You get the chance to think back to your own athletic "glory days" when the gravity of a tournament game was the biggest load you were carrying that day. Challenging and invigorating and staring you in the face, it was where some of your best moments were lived, and won or lost, those games shaped you into the person you needed to be to take on life's "real" days of 9-5 or "training" a baby to sleep or (for you Brad Womack) going to the emergency room at 3:00 am.

5. It's safe tv. The bright colors and excitement are ok for watching with the wee ones.

DRUM ROLL

6. Gus Johnson. Go here. Just do it. Click your favorite phrases. Heck, click them after kiddo's first steps, cutting a tooth, crawling, pulling up, laughing, clapping, finally pooping. Doesn't matter. Just enjoy it. What better way to celebrate.

Thanks again to  My Life in the Men's Room for this blog idea. 

TODAY:

Outside my window... Gorgeous! I'm loving this weather. We go outside two or three times a day. I can't wait for The Sheriff to run around in the grass and play ball with his Momma! Thanks Cowboy for teaching me how to throw a football and shoot a basketball correctly. I will, however, leave his training up to you. 

I can't wait to ... to wear my new ankle socks! Some girls feel like a new woman with a new haircut; for me, it's the socks!

I am listening to... The Black Eyed Peas stuck in my head. The Sheriff and I danced to "Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night" this morning.

I am wearing... an outfit! And I've fixed my hair and put on make-up. Va-Va-Voom! Well, it's an improvement at least. 

I am loving... the bag of Sweet Tart Jelly Beans I bought in a stress frenzy when picking up The Sheriff's meds in Louisiana. Momma needs love too!

I appreciate... my Pitos! Thanks for the advice Shelly and Ali about my sick bebe! I couldn't do this without y'all. It takes a village...

From the kitchen... We had Soba Noodle Soup this week (another meal courtesy of Mrs. Ray). Her meals really are fast, and I am getting rid of some of her magazines I had. I tore out the pages I'd want to try, so that's why we've had her meals so much lately.  We actually liked the soup better as leftovers.

I am proud... The Sheriff for fighting through his sickness!

One of my favorite things... chatting with my big bro when we can!

I am grateful... for this season of Lent to remind us to stop our busy lives and make time for prayer.

I am thinking about... those devastated by Japan's earthquake.

What I dreamed this week ... last night's dream included chatting with a true Cajun man who I could not understand but just kept nodding. No idea what we were talking about!

I am praying...for those treated unjustly by laws keeping it so. 

Shrimp... is crawling and clapping! And did I mention has 5 teeth and is cutting two more! He also loves interactive books. By this I mean with flaps and textures so he can play peek a boo. No words yet, but if he can just figure out how to make a noise when he makes a sort of "B" motion with his lips, he'll be chatting away.

What I realized... I can sweep and mop pretty fast these days.


Planning for the weekend.. Our Lockport Mardi Gras was a bust, so Cowboy announced on the way home, "I am having crawfish next weekend." And that we are! I promise to take pics of The Sheriff's first crawfish boil. 

A picture thought I am sharing...

Biter biscuits and puffs--a parent's best dinnertime friend.

iPhones Tell All

Warning: you are about to see a slew of pictures and not much writing.

If our iPhones document our lives with their handy ability to snap a photo when we most need it, this is what we've been up to lately.

Took a road trip with Momma. I'm a great car sleeper!

On the way back I played with this book. It's my fav.

Speaking of favs--this toy is it!

Just watch me go! I've even mastered turning it on!

 

 

 

These next few are for you Karen Chenoweth! I can't have all babies on here. So you get these gems.

Enjoying patio weather and pork burgers!

Feb 22--my bro's bday and National Rita Day! Oh yea and that guy George.

 There's more, but that's what you are getting for now.  I need to clean out my inbox and type up my Friday Fun blog post as well. See ya then!