Day 55 Pancakes and Pardi

Luckily, I have a fun daughter who taught me about international pancake day! Brooke picked up Hailey from school and I picked up Cameron and we met at IHOP for free pancakes!

We were do excited to eat pancakes,I forgot to get a picture of us. Boo. But I got a picture of how much we enjoyed the pancakes!

After Brooke went to work, the kids and I met John at Baytowne for a Mardi Gras celebration. While we were waiting for it to start, we looked up a little history about Mardi Gras.... 

 Mardi Gras is just French for Fat Tuesday.  I literally had no idea! It's called Fat Tuesday because it's the day before Ash Wednesday when people give things up for Lent! They get all fat on rich foods and party a whole bunch, because starting on Ash Wednesday they can't do those things for a month until Easter. . . .I feel so informed now.

So, since the kids and I indulged on pancakes for free pancake Day at IHOP,  on Fat Tuesday, we will be giving up pancakes until Easter, for Lent. ... Maybe. 😁

When a French explorer settled in Louisiana, in the 1600s, he had a little party, get together, because it was fat Tuesday back in France, and that became the beginning of Mardi Gras in North America.

Day 54 Cooking and cleaning

Ok, it's not really like super fun, but I tackled some boxes I've been avoiding in my closet today.  I've been putting it off for far too long and it was time.

 It was a lot of sorting and unpacking of things I haven't needed for quite some time, so it was a little overwhelming at times. I I actually still have quite a bit to finish putting away and sorting, but I'm glad I started. And I found some fun things too! I found a bag of homemade bath bombs that Austin and Brooke made for me that I can't wait to use when I have a bathtub again!

When I needed a break from sorting, I decided to get dinner made. Cameron requested enchiladas and I thought I had all the ingredients, but part way through making them, I realized I didn't have any corn tortillas. ... 🙄 

So, I made the enchilada filling and baked it like a casserole. That was kind of fun to try something new. It worked out ok, because everyone liked it! 

Day 53 Hammock time

After a busy few days, I enjoyed having a few minutes to chill and catch up with Hailey and Cam in the hammock while we looked at the sky.  Those relaxing times are some of the best kinds of time.

Day 52 Friends, Beach, and a double date!

We were able to squeeze a lot of fun into this day. That's because it was a Saturday and Saturdays are the best.

We met our new British friends for lunch at a place on the beach and it was such a nice day, we ended up hanging out on the beach for hours taking while the kids played.

After a fun afternoon, Hailey got to go to her first sleepover birthday party and Cameron got to go hang out at the village while Brooke worked. John and I got to go out again! This time a double date with some other new friends. Their daughter is Hailey's buddy and we had a nice time talking, enjoying good food and being grown ups. 

Then we stopped in to a couple shops  and laughed at a few of their cute decorations....

 I think we successfully made this day pretty fun. 😊

Day 51 Lunch date AND a movie night!

I got to have the greatest teenage girl in the world join me for a lunch date today! 

 The first place we went was closing but they gave us some free biscuits and encouraged us to come back another day.  Based on the biscuits, I'm pretty sure we'll be back!  

After we got kicked out of that place we got visit a little in the car while we enjoyed the free biscuits. 😁

Then we headed over to a different place for lunch but weren't really that hungry after our biscuit snack! 😋

Then we had a movie night with the family and Hailey's friend. We went to see CALL OF THE WILD.  It was a good family movie and we enjoyed getting out and having fun!