More! More! I guess this is one of those things that seems like a daunting task and so gets put off but once it actually makes the top of the to-do list isn't all that bad. So here's the rest of the year until current! Yay!
Nana drove over to take Paul and Ada back with her for two weeks mid-August. But the unique thing this visit was that they'd get one-on-one time at Nana & Pappy's and also at Tante Ginny & Uncle Ryan's! Separately! First, Ada had a week on her own with Nana & Pappy, Paul was with Gin & Ryan, then after a week, they met for lunch and switched. Sounded genius. And the kids had a BALL! Grown-up feedback includes: ohmygoodness, entertaining one child for 2 weeks is exhausting + they were pretty whiney once they got back to NOLA. But good times were had by all. They did all the TX things. And they ate all the things, especially Ada. She also made a now-infamous comment about not needing a donut; no one needs a donut, but Unnamed Grown-Up just wanted one.
Which left me at home with *just two for 2 weeks. Whoa!
(*obviously when I had only two, it was nutso and exhausting. Now that I have 4, obviously fewer makes it seem, well, less intense.)
What a great time to start "school" with Jack! I could focus on him and actually DO things WITH him. It was lovely and precious and slower-paced and I love P&A but it was nice. And he and Pip really hit it off - so cute. AND Dylan and I took the opportunity to go out for happy hour in the Quarter! Something we hadn't done since ... well, actually, since we last only had 2 and Ada was about 1.
What a great time to start "school" with Jack! I could focus on him and actually DO things WITH him. It was lovely and precious and slower-paced and I love P&A but it was nice. And he and Pip really hit it off - so cute. AND Dylan and I took the opportunity to go out for happy hour in the Quarter! Something we hadn't done since ... well, actually, since we last only had 2 and Ada was about 1.
Then it was time to get the classroom ready and plan for the first day of 2nd and Kindergarten the day after they got back!
I turned 35!
Peter moved back to Louisiana!
Algiers Point started to flood for the first time - ever. Not just in our 5 years but in 75yo neighbor's 75 years!
Pip started sleeping terribly. And then making up for it in the most awkward of places.
Dylan and I celebrated 11 years married!
Paul slept on the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge with his Cub Scouts.
I started sacrificing naptime for this instead:
Philippa turned one! Oh how beautiful. A very special milestone for me, and I welcome all new-found independence.
Ada's rocking ballet - and I snuck a shot.
We vacationed on Bolivar Peninsula with the Brauds in October.
We love us some beautiful New Orleans Fall weather!
Paul came to my NOVO concert solo and did awesome.
We camped! All 6 of us had a lovely night in St. Francisville in my Christmas present ;)
We celebrated Pope St. JPII Day at the Old Ursuline Convent and visited the statue of
OL of Prompt Succor
And we Astro-d it up!! The kids still play Astros in our long shotgun hallway even though they lost disappointingly to the Nationals. Jack is always Yuli, and he always hit home runs.
THIS team. Love it.
And then a fantastic Halloween in the Point - always a winner and so much fun. Between parties and storytimes and actual trick-or-treating, the kids get to don several costumes, which they enjoy, of course, and then there's just so. much. candy.
