5/20: That was a great game! I scared the heck out of my family when I screamed when we won; I was watching the game on my phone with my headphones on, so it was quiet for them, then all of the sudden I screamed, ha ha! :D
5/21: WTGeaux, Tigers! We just beat the #1 team twice in a row! #rallypossum :)
5/21: Cuties. [Playing with Bailey from across the street.] Last night, Makenna said, "I don't know if Bailey knows I love her."
5/21: Remember the Hello Kitty shirt that Avery wore and LOVED for at least 2 years? The one that just kept getting smaller and smaller on her but she refused to give it up? We compromised and I made it into a pillow. :D Not a great sewing job but she loves it. Now I have to make one for Makenna.
5/24: I discovered last night while brushing her teeth that Avery has her first loose tooth! She was not happy about it. It is just barely loose, so it will probably be a little while before it comes out.
5/24: My poor little sister. I wish she didn't live so far away! I showed the twins one of the photos and they were concerned. Makenna said, "Is Nikki OK? She doesn't look so good."
Just a funny:
5/26: WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! That was a looooong game!!! Longest in SEC baseball tournament history. I invested over 5 hours watching that game and my Tigers made it worth it for me! #RALLYPOSSUM #GEAUXTIGERS
The girls had asked me if they could use my pom poms so they could be cheerleaders for the ballgame earlier. They got Whiskers in on the action, too.
5/27: Guess who's 40 today?! Happy birthday Jared Crittenden! Birthday boy got breakfast in bed this morning--blueberry muffins, per his request.
Jared's sister, Michelle, came down from ID on Friday with her 3 girls to stay the weekend with us (she left the 4 boys with her husband). We had a party for Jared Friday evening; my sister and her family, his mom, dad, and another sister and her kids also came over. Even though I offered steaks and BBQ chicken, Jared insisted on a weenie roast. He also requested his favorite cake, German chocolate, which I made from scratch (except for the chocolate frosting that I used as the filling and writing on the cake). I also made a t-shirt for him using my new heat press; I have two more shirts planned but I'm waiting for more heat transfer vinyl to arrive.
I stayed up late playing Mario Karts and Guitar Hero with the two older nieces and Jared watched TV 'til really late with his dad, who also stayed the night.
I think Jared had a great 40th birthday weekend:
Playing with cousins at the start of Jared's birthday party
Jared's German chocolate cake (made from scratch, except for the chocolate frosting
Some of the party decorations--I printed the 1976 on 13 x 19 photo paper
A better look at the 1976 poster
I put 40's everywhere, ha ha!
Weenie roast in the backyard
Michelle & Laura
The birthday boy
Judson & Michael
Fun with cousins
Grandma
Kiki
Mariya
Whiskers had a great time with everyone in the backyard, too!
Chatting around the fire pit
S'mores!
Laughing with a cousin :)
Balloon fun with Grandma
Grandpa
Laura, Hailey, Mariya, Michelle
Carma
Cake time!
Ready for cake!
The shirt I made for him
5/28: On Sat., the twins had fun playing with their cousin and Grandpa, who gave them wheelbarrow rides in the backyard. They also played in the sprinklers as Jared was testing them to start watering the lawn for the summer. They had a blast. I had to leave for a bit to go to my friend, Michelle's, baby shower. That night, I played games with my nieces and SIL again.
It was a great weekend until I woke up sick Sunday morning, so I had to miss church and Jared went and taught our Primary class. He texted me a photo of our adorable class (8 of the 10 were there) holding up "feel better" signs. Since it was the 5th Sunday, the teachers got to wear funny hats, so he also sent me a pic of his hat:
So, we didn't do anything for Memorial Day yesterday because I was still sick. I had to cancel piano lessons, too. I'm feeling much better today, thankfully, just coughing a tiny bit still. I'm hoping to feel all the way better tomorrow, as we have an outing planned. :)
5/6: I have no idea which one did this and I can't begin to imagine why. Silly kids.
5/7: LOL about the opossum on the field at the LSU baseball game!
WOOOOHOOOOO! That was a doozie of a game, 5 hours long, but LSU pulled off the win in the extra inning! We were down 9-1 at one point and came back to win 9-10! Thank you, rally opossum, ha ha! Geaux Tigers!!
HA HA HA!!!
5/8: Mother's Day: Jared and the girls gave me a bird feeder and bird food before church, the girls made cards at joy school last week and bookmarks at church, I got a rose and chocolate at church, and a candy bouquet from Jared (I forgot to take a picture of it before I took it apart to use the vase for lilacs that Jared picked for me). We made a great steak dinner for Jared's mom, including mashed potatoes, corn, and cheddar biscuits, with banana splits for dessert. I am so very thankful to be a mom to two little sweeties and I'm thankful for all of the awesome moms I know that are such wonderful examples to me! Way too many to tag! :)
5/9: These are the books my kids pick out at the library. :)
5/9: Finger painting fun:
5/10: My joy school lesson today was on sports, so we had "baseballs" and "basketballs" for our snack. They loved it. :)
5/11: These two have been double trouble today! Early this morning, before waking me up, they got at least 20 cups out of the cupboard and filled them with water; the plan was to use them to fill their water table on the deck but they couldn't get the back door open. They also got into the Goldfish crackers and filled at least 15 cups with them. I had to wash all of the cups, of course. Then, they took about 20 face and hand towels out of the bathroom and made a trail in the living room and wet some of them; they are all in the wash now, along with at least 10 other hand towels they used to wash their outside toys on the deck yesterday. THEN, while I was watching baseball a bit ago, they made mud in the backyard--not a big deal but they did have to get sprayed off. They are now in my tub while I continue watching the ballgame. Serenity now! :P
5/12: Today, my joy school lesson was on the Olympics. For their snack, they each got a popcorn Olympic torch and a gold medal Fruit Loop necklace. They played soccer (kind of) at the end and enjoyed the lilacs. Today was my last day teaching these cuties. :(
5/12: We enjoyed a gorgeous evening in our backyard, including a weenie & s'mores roast.
5/13: My girls slept until 9:30 this morning! Playing in the backyard yesterday must have worn them out. They had both gotten in my bed at some point in the night. I actually woke up before them but it felt so nice to snuggle with my sweeties that I didn't move a muscle until they started waking up, even when I heard a knock at the door (it sounded like a kid's knock and I'm so thankful they didn't ring the doorbell).
5/14: The girls have been playing with a new neighbor for 3 hours. Now there are 6yo girls right across the street and right next door! :D
5/14: They turned the jets back on after I left the room for a minute. Argh!
5/16: She's a mess. A chocolate pudding moustache and flowers she picked from our front yard. :|
5/17: They both did really well but the coach had to spend a couple of minutes talking Makenna into getting on the bar because she doesn't like for the coaches to pick her up and flip her over the bar--she finally got on it but wouldn't let the coach flip her. She also refuses to get on the high balance beam. Avery did everything, though. :)
Makenna on the bar. The coach talked to her for 2 minutes, trying to get her to do the routine!
Avery on the balance beam:
Makenna on the beam--wouldn't get up on the higher one. *sigh*:
Avery's floor routine:
Makenna's floor routine:
Avery's vault:
Makenna's vault:
Avery's bar routine:
The medals ceremony:
Photo op afterwards:
There was a rainbow on the way out!
Jared made me eat at a Chinese restaurant after the gymnastics exhibition:
5/18: This girl put on 3 of my t-shirts--all pink ones, of course!
5/19: They're done with joy school. :'( I'm sad it's over. I loved doing lessons with those 5 cuties. Apparently, Avery's favorite thing to learn was the letter A and she wants to be a doctor when she grows up. Makenna's favorite thing to learn was how to have a tea party and she wants to be a bug when she grows up. Silly girl!
Graduation videos:
5/19: Whiskers and I just took an awesome nap while the twins were napping (which is what made it so awesome!). :) The kids (and the cat) are still napping. I think I'll get up and enjoy a bit of peace and quiet until they wake up. Thanks for making them nap, Babe!
