Peyton & Jonah have been learning square & line dances during PeWe (Physical Education & Wellness aka PE). The school hosted a hoedown for the students to show off their dancing skills to their parents. I have to say I was quite impressed! Peyton looked like he was really enjoying himself....However, Lawrence was a bit disturbed that the whole square Peyton was in was ALL boys (NONE of them looked happy to be there, other than Peyton). Addison decided to stay up all night & was sleeping when the boys went off to school, so Lawrence went to Peyton's hoedown performance & videotaped it so I could see it. (So thankful for our video camera!) Lawrence had a meeting later that morning, so I went to Jonah's hoedown & videotaped his performance for Lawrence. (Jonah was quite the little gentleman!)
The same day of the hoedown, the school had a cookout! The parents were able to eat lunch with the kids. It was very nice, except for the wind that kept trying to take our plates away! I went to lunch with Jonah & Lawrence went to lunch with Peyton since his meeting was over for the day. I love how interactive the school is here! So THANKFUL to be at home so I can attend all these activities with my boys. (Not sure if I could have found a job as wonderful as The WP to let me have the time off to spend at school with my boys!)
Lawrence's Mom, Dad, & sister Laurie came to town to surprise him the week of his birthday! The boys were surprised too! Mom did not tell anyone that they were coming! It was hard to keep a secret from ALL of them! They even brought Lawrence a cake, so I was off the hook for baking one! However, I did cook for them while they were here. We introduced them to Monte Cristo sandwiches...YUMMY! PaPa & Laurie even had seconds. They had all just come back from a cruise, so they handed out souvenirs. Then Peyton received the BEST present of all....Joyce made him a Saints blanket! (Thank you Joyce, it will be treasured for many years to come.) Lawrence was a bit upset that it was HIS birthday & he has watched the Saints MANY years & he didn't get a blanket...guess I know what he's getting for Christmas this year!
Dad's Birthday Cake
As a birthday gift, my sister-in-law Laurie offered to watch the kids so Lawrence & I could go out to eat! (THANKS Laurie...we really appreciated it!!!) We could not figure out where we wanted to eat, so we drove around for almost 2 hours. We finally ended up at a Japanese Steakhouse/Hibachi. It was 9 pm by this time, so there were not many people. Our hibachi cook comes to the table & starts talking to us...in the conversation, Lawrence tells him that we are Saints fans. He says he is too (we thought "Yea, right!") He then tells us he just moved to Austin from Houma.....WHAT?!? Are you kidding me?!? No way! We started looking around for the hidden cameras....Is this Candid Camera or something? We tell him that we moved here from Houma as well & started talking about where he worked (ZEN...YUM!). His name is Chef Ec & he was AWESOME! It was nice chatting about things back "home". It turned about to be a very nice night.
PaPa brought a bag filled with goodies (tools) to help Peyton build his pinewood derby car for Cub Scouts.
Before the cutting began
Dad starting the cut
Peyton trying his hand at the cutting (it was very hard!)
We have a few more things come up before March ends, so I will update you on those very soon.
