I Am Back, Baby

Well blogworld. I have surfaced from the vast deepness that is the end of the semester.  I turned my last paper in today.  I taught my last class of the semester today and now all I have to do is sit and relax for the next 3 1/2 months until the school madness starts again…. 

Reality:  Peepers’ court date is next Tuesday–yes that is right only one week away.  Then we will travel about 4-5 weeks after that.  Holy shit.  In about six weeks, I will be the mother of two.  What have I gotten myself into?  I am exciting and I can’t wait to post pics of our little Peepers.  She is a beaut and I am so totally in love with her.  Minnow talks about her being in Ethiopia and knows that Mommy is going to fly and get her.  He knows where her room is, etc.  I am not kidding myself by thinking for even one minute that he really understands what it means the he has a sister and she is going to live with us.  But I am so very excited and cannot wait to meet her. 

There is so much going on here this week I don’t know when I will see straight again.  I am happy to say that most of my sickness is gone—praise antibiotics–and the only writing I have to do over the next 3 1/2 months is blogging.  I am excited.  I have some pics to post from Jazz Fest and from the last weekend with Minnow.  So please humor my photo craziness…I am just using thumbnails as it would take entirely to long to resize them all…So just click on them and you will get to see the full picture. 

jazz-fest-08-118.JPG At the Festjazz-fest-08-129.JPG Need A Tie?

 jazz-fest-08-144.JPG Just to clear up the rumors.  jazz-fest-08-134.JPG Really?

jazz-fest-08-153.JPGPonchos are back.  jazz-fest-08-158.JPG Rain!!

jazz-fest-08-155.JPGBILLY JOEL!   jazz-fest-08-161.JPGBreakfast of Champions!

jazz-fest-08-167.JPG Jackson Square. 

bubbles-002.JPG Ketchup of lunch.  bubbles-003.JPG So much faster. 

bubbles-036.JPG I love bubbles. bubbles-033.JPGI love swinging. 

bubbles-071.JPG I can blow bubbles. bubbles-042.JPG Look at me.

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Just because he is so darn cute.  See why I can hardly punish him for anything!

Dogs, Beads and Big Bird

What a fun-filled, action-packed day Minnow and I had today.  The festivites started with Minnow waking up at 4:45 am ready to go for the day…well at least ready to go until 6:30am when he fell fast asleep in the middle of playing with his legos.  This is the weekend before the big Mardi Gras celebration in our city and the weekend before the Mardi Gras weekend is the Mardi Gras dog parade.  Yes, I did say dog parade.  Upwards of 8000 dogs attend with their owners and then there are thousand more of us watching the dogs prance around in their costumes (yes the dogs dress up) and watch the wiener dog derby.  People throw beads and drink and reveal in a pre-Mardi Gras warm up.  Minnow had a blast and it wasn’t long before he was screaming for beads and clapping for the dogs and handing our high fives. 

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He was tuckered out after all of his Mardi Gras Partying and needed to be rested for Sesame Street Live. 

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Minnow had an absolute blast and now Mommy is tired and wants to go to bed.   Childhood is awesome and being a parent is even better.