M & M

Madelyn made a beautiful bead necklace for Maya this afternoon...I caught this picture of Maya giving a lick of thanks...giggle, giggle...

New Boots

Maddy and I went to Cavendar's today to buy her first official pair of cowgirl boots! Of course she wanted a pink pair...and we upped the notch a bit by buying some all blinged out with rhinestones... she wore her new get-up to school today in celebration of "Go Texan Day!" The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo gets under way this weekend, so hopefully we will be able to catch the parade on Saturday morning...I'll let you know...

Zoomania

We headed to the zoo yesterday, which also happened to be one of THE coldest days of the year. Ironically, it was my favorite trip to the zoo to date with Madelyn. We met up with my dear friend Ange and her sons and really had a nice time exploring and discussing all the animal exhibits. The place was virtually empty, and the animals were mostly all alert...the kids were remarkably well-behaved too! Good times!!! Here are some pics:I swear this orangutan was working the camera...he was really hamming it up and providing tons of photo opp...didn't seem like a loner to me!

Mardi Gras Mania...

So it's the same old story...it's been FOREVER since I have posted...opps...oh well...nothing wrong with starting anew... thought I would post some pics from our trip this past weekend to New Orleans for Mardi Gras...Our weekend started out at Aunt Bea's on Friday...we stat around and drank bloody Mary's while playing the Schroth favorite game of Scrabble...then we finished the night with homemade Oyster Poboys...yum, and of course two games of Scrabble more!!! Check out my crazy hair!We decided to hit Iris (name of all woman's krewe parade) early on Saturday...the weather was PERFECT and we had an awesome spot...Madelyn was spoiled from the different storybook-themed floats...this children's parade was THE BEST!!!...Heading to the next Parade...Krewe of Tucks...definitely not the most child-friendly in theme, but a MUST for comic relief!!! Check out one of my favorite floats below...
Ok, this parade had such great handouts...aside from the usual beads we received miniature toilets, plungers, toilet bowl sunglasses (as you see me and Maddy wearing), oh, and the best was one Aunt Bea came running to me with a pre-packaged edible Muffalatta...yes, that's right...they were throwing out sandwiches, and they WERE YUMMY...the guy next to me gave me his(hehe)!!! Ha! After the parade we headed to "the end of the line" at Carolton and St. Charles for a delicious Bloody Mary and Shrimp Po-boy...I love this town! After a day of parades, great music, food and King Cake Ice Cream (Cold Stone had it special, and it was incredible!)...we headed over to Aunt Ana's on the Westbank to meet up with the Mora Crew...Aunt Ana made some delicious Gumbo and Black-eyed peas and we just sat around all night and talked...it was great to meet our new little cousin, Abraham...Yes, this is mean...it's one of the plungers (it was clean!) we caught at Tuck's...heheMaddy totally clinged to Astrid all night...it was so cute...Madelyn is always drawn to Astrid when we are together. The night we had a really great time without the kids...we all took the ferry from Gretna to Canal St...with out drive-thru daiquiris...ahhhh...One of my top favorite things about southern LA... We went to Harrah's for a while and brad won on Texas Hold 'em and Blackjack, then we headed out to watch Baccus...