Fall Break Beach Trip

Captain Morgan regulating activies on the playground while Kyle grilled burgers for the LSU game. Megan and I came up with new applications for iphones.

Universal Pause Button

Go See Where the Wild Things Are.  RIGHT NOW!

My life has been a thrilling insanity for the past couple of months.  I have not stopped.  I have either been working, reading / writing / stressing about school, coming or going from social functions, it has been a lot.  

Today, in the City of New Orleans, the weather changed overnight.  Yesterday it was hot, last night it was raining, but by this morning, Halloween weather.  It is cool, windy, crisp, and delightful.  Tonight after getting home from watching Where the Wild Things Are (which was amazing), I had a house to be cleaned,  laundry to be done and school work to be finished.  Yet, I have done absolutely none of it!  First, I read a book (a fun one totally not school related at all), and since then I have been vegged on the sofa under a blanket next to an open window watching Criminal Minds and playing on the internet, mostly stalking people on facebook. 

I have concluded that this change in weather has acted like a pause button on my hectic life.  And I like it.  Now, my house may look like a war zone but I am okay with that as long as I have the wind howling through the windows and some cheesy television (now of course I wish I could do something about these annoying commercials).

Jump on this Bandwagon!

I have become super sensitive to some food psychologies that I grew up with. The "Be a Good Girl and finish your plate" or "there are starving kids in Africa". So I try to let my kids eat when they are hungry, skip the fast food (for the most part) and expose them to new foods. Yet, while visiting Preschools for Addie I noticed that no matter how good she ate at home all that would soon change once she was exposed to cafeteria food. I can still remember the cardboard like chicken, and daily servings of french fries and pickles.

I read articles daily about the importance of organic, antibiotic and chemical free foods. So why do we feed our kids crap at school? Well, if you refuse to torture your child with over processed, fattening, fried, and chemical laden lunches then I invite you to join the revolution. Click here

Bust Out the Jams - Spektor Style

Bought this record about a month ago with very high hopes, and it totally rocks. I mean ever time one of the tracks gets shuffled on my ipod I get a little giddy! Her voice is addictive.

Tea Party Grand Finale... Party Pics

It was a HUGE success. I kept the guest list small so I could go overboard on a lot of the details. The invitation were hand made. The menu consisted of a Salad Bar, a Sandwich Bar, fruit tray, veggie tray, and chips. (Notice nothing needed to be heated). Everything was store bought either from Sam's or Rouses. Cake was from Mandeville Bake Shop. And the gift bags were hand made and filled with tea bags, note pads, and cookies.