Tales From The Nest: March 2011

Brother, Sister, Friend

Kiss Us, We're Not Irish {but we're Scottish, British, Bohemian, Indian and French}!

We love to celebrate St. Patty's Day every year even though we have no ties to Ireland. It's a fun excuse to eat traditional food, listen to celtic music, and watch a foreign film from Ireland!

This year, the leprechauns left goodies for the kids to find at the kitchen table. There were green books, green cups, a green ball, a frog shaped magnifying glass, a green pinwheel and some jelly beans in three different shades of green!

Those leprechauns even left green outfits for the kids to wear so they wouldn't get pinched!

Chloe enjoyed playing with her "flower" most of all.

She was even brave enough to try the Irish Lamb Stew for dinner, devoured entire wedges of the Irish Soda Bread, emptied her glass of the green tinted lemonade and ate every last crumb of her grasshopper brownie for dessert!

Mimzy and Sir Grandpa visit!

Peyton discovered that like Daddy, Sir Grandpa is also a good cuddler!

And Chloe learned that Mimzy will tickle you until you can't breathe!

Oh, and Chloe also seconds the notion that Sir Grandpa's chair is the place to be!

Heartfelt Morning

My two baby Valentine's woke up to heart shaped balloons, stuffed animals, and mini boxes of chocolates for all on Valentine's Day morning. Peyton was the first to discover the loot and came tearing into our bedroom to ask us if it was someone's birthday!

We treated our little friends to a breakfast of heart shaped pancakes with sliced bananas and strawberries, whipped cream and strawberry syrup.

They enjoyed every heart-y bite! ;)

Ears, Tubes, and Smiles

Our little man has suffered from ear infections since he was itty bitty, never seeming to have a spare moment of peace during the winter months before the next infection began when the other had left off. After dealing with speech delays and round after round of antibiotics, we finally got in to see an ENT who advised that Peyton have his adnoids out and tubes put in. He had the surgery done in February and did very well with recovery.

We had been warned by friends who have children that had undergone the procedure that some of their little ones had woken up disoriented and quite angry. Thankfully, Peyton was a trooper and was only a little out of it for about 5 minutes until they brought him a popsicle. Since he's recovered, he hears us whisper now, (which he was previously unable to do) and he seems to be learning words and speaking in complete sentences a little more every day. Also, noises that didn't startle him before seem really loud to him-- especially the toilet flushing!

The week of Peyton's surgery, we were surprised to find a box at the front door addressed for Peyton. When we opened it, it was full of get well cookies that were shaped like happy smiley faces. Peyton was ecstatic and enjoyed his supply of edible happiness from my Uncle Bruce and Aunt Chris. Thank you so much guys-- you made Peyton's week!

He was such a great big brother that he even shared his cookies with his baby sister!

Ladies Man

Peyton had a Valentine's day party at school in February and came home with a box filled to the brim with cards and candy. He took the afternoon to look over them all and save his favorites (he's in love with Allie and has been kissed by Julia) and to eat as many heart shaped candies as he could before Mom told him that he had to save some for after dinner. He certainly loved every aspect of the holiday!

King Cake for Mardi Gras

If you're born and raised in New Orleans, or even if you only live there for a year or two, you can't escape the spirit of Mardi Gras! Troy was born and raised in the N'awlins area and lived on both the West Bank and the East Bank so he's very familiar with parades, beads, King Cake and the second line. We may live in Texas now, but when Mardi Gras rolls around you know we're going to have a King Cake shipped straight to our house to enjoy and polish off!