Louisiana Vacation- Part 2

 

Louisiana Children's Museum:

 

Cajun Pride Swamp Tour:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana Vacation- Part 1

Last month, Bryan had some training to go to for work in Louisiana. So, the kids and I decided to tag a long and make a mini vacation out of it. We stayed in a suburb of New Orleans, so everyday when Bryan went to school, we would drive to New Orleans and explore the city. Driving across Lake Pontchartrain amazed me everyday. That lake is ginormous and it's lake as far as your eyes can see. I was pretty proud of myself for driving all around New Orleans and going places all by myself with the kids. We had a lot of fun! We went to the Audubon Zoo and Cool Zoo, the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, the Louisiana Children's Museum, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas,  saw Great White Shark 3D at the Imax, and went on a Cajun Pride Swamp Tour. We enjoyed everything we did, but I think going on the swamp tour was the highlight of our trip. We saw a lot of alligators and B and B got to feed them marshmallows. They even got to hold an alligator! I don't think I will ever forget that swamp tour. Our tour guide was awesome and told us a lot about Frenier/New Orleans history. We had a great mini vacation! Hopefully, we will get to go back again!

 

 

Zoo/Cool Zoo:

 

 

Butterfly Garden and Insectarium: 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-K Graduation

B and B have graduated Pre-K from Appletree Academy! They had a really nice graduation ceremony. They played a video of the graduates with pictures taken throughout the year that was really neat. I am so happy to have a copy to remember this fun time. Brody didn't behave very well during graduation and got his flag taken away by the director before he even got to sing the song the flag was for. He really didn't sing any of the songs and couldn't stop moving around and even got moved to a different spot:( Brynn did great as usual! They are very excited to start Kindergarten, especially Brynn. She has asked me numerous times when Kindergarten is going to start:) The director told me later that in her 26 years of doing this that she has never had a student lose a tooth at graduation before Brynn. I'm so proud of them and how much they have learned this year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Tooth Fairy Visit

My baby girl lost her first tooth a little over a week ago at their Pre-K graduation. We knew her tooth was really loose before we went to their graduation, but Brynn already had on a white dress and we didn't want to get her dress dirty trying to get her tooth out before we left. Bryan and I were waiting for the graduation to start and their teacher, Mrs. Gallo, came up to us holding a bag. She said, "Guess what this is?" She said her tooth fell out when they were getting them ready in their cap and gowns. Brynn was so excited about loosing her tooth because one of her best friends at school has already lost 4 teeth. She woke me up around 6:15 the next morning to show me the envelope the Tooth Fairy left her. I think she was more excited that a fairy visited her than the $5 she got:) Brody asks me all the time to check his teeth to see if any of them are loose. He doesn't have any loose teeth yet, not even his front teeth that he has tried to knock out twice. He seems so bummed about it, so sometimes I lie and tell him that some of them are loose. He gets a big grin on his face and make a fist and pulls his arm down and says, "Yes!" He sure doesn't like to be outdone by his sister!