Blues Festival

We went to the Second Annual Blues Festival last month. It's very nice to have a festival within walking distance of our house. The weather was perfect and the food was yummy. The girls played with a beach ball, ate snowballs, and ran around the whole time.





Penny looks just like Attie as a baby--especially in this pic:

Day Off

The girls had a day off at the end of September for Parent-Teacher Conferences. After receiving glowing reports we headed to PJ's to meet the Carville girls. Next we went to their house and Gumbo stopped by for a visit. It was a beautiful day so we went to the Zoo then sat outside at Reginelli's for lunch. The only girl awake for most of the lunch was Sadie--the other three girls were exhausted. It was so much fun hanging out with the Carvey girls; I miss the good ole days of hanging with them every day!

Bubble Day

In late September the Nursery class at ASH celebrated Bubble Day. The girls sang ocean/sea/beach-related songs and created ocean/sea/beach-related crafts. It was adorable and B had a blast.

The Blog-uation (The Blog Situation)

I am having some issues with my blog. The longer the amount of time between posts the more anxious I feel. It's kind of like when you haven't talked to a friend in a while and you feel anxious so then you wait even longer to call and when you finally do talk it's been way too long and you wonder why you just didn't call a long time ago. When Betsy was born I was obsessed with the blog. I was also obsessed with taking pictures of her. I took at least one picture of her every single day until she turned six months old. I had to stop because it became too stressful to take her picture every day and sometimes I wasn't in the mood and neither was she. I want to get back to blogging, but I feel like I have no time. I have no idea how my blogging mom friends stay on top of their blogs. In the last month Sadie has been a terror at bedtime. Momma Lady and Grandpa bought the girls beautiful twin beds, but Sadie just doesn't want to stay in her bed. She gets out of her bed countless times from 8 until 930 and sometimes later. Then she is exhausted in the morning. They have also had coughs and colds. By the time 9:00 rolls around I am wiped out. I wake up at 5:30 to go to the gym and that leaves little time to hang with my husband, watch "my shows," or blog. I don't even read my friends' or family members' blogs anymore, because I feel too guilty! Yes, I have a problem. Either I am going to quit bloggin' or try to do it more regularly.

I took a few pictures of the girls in November with my phone. So much has happened--Katie got married being the most exciting thing! She was a beautiful bride and the wedding was perfect. P turned 35 and we celebrated with drinks at Bouligny, dinner at Mila, and coffee at Sucre. We celebrated again with the kids at Rum House and Sucre.

I have been exercising like crazy and dieting because I had gotten chubby. I have lost 18 pounds and I have just a few more to go, but I am going to just try to maintain through the holiday season so I won't be miserable. I have run three 5 ks in the last month. The last race was the Mount Carmel Challenge Cup and I came in first place in the Female 35-39 division. I was very excited to receive my first trophy ever! I am not a sporty chick so this was huge for me.

The girls are obsessed with Kai Lan and Sadie asks to watch it constantly. Sadie says cute things like boo-yette (barette). Betsy asks questions about everything and little sister loves to ask "Why?"

Thanksgiving in Vacherie was wonderful. I fall asleep within minutes of the end of dinner. I am so lucky! The girls stayed in Vacherie for a few days and P and I saw Harry Potter and hung out and enjoyed some much needed down time. Yet, I didn't blog at all. Damn blog anxiety!!!

And now back to the catch up. Here comes October 2010...

Betsy's Bday Part Two

Betsy celebrated her actual birthday and Jama and Pa's house. She requested gumbo for dinner. She had a yummy cookie cake for dessert. She was very excited about opening her presents as you can see.

Happy Birthday, Betsy

Betsy turned four on September 21. She is such a big girl. B is very inquisitive and active and artistic and brilliant and of course, beautiful. We love her so much.


We celebrated B's birthday at The Prytania Theatre where we viewed "The Wizard of Oz." We ate lots of delicious treats including our special birthday cake courtesy of Momma Lady and Grandpa. Thanks for everyone's help!


Betsy loves headbands, using her imagination, telling Sadie what to do, eating Nutella, hearing stories, going to Lakeside, dancing, singing, and drawing.

Saints Fever

My girls have Saints fever. They each have a cheerleader outfit, a cute dress from Momma Lady and Grandpa, and Saints tshirts. They are set for the season and for the many Saints Free Dress Days at school and they looked so cute at a Saints themed birthday party.