Thursday, July 14, 2011

THE FOURTH....

Our Fourth of July was full of FUN and FOOD and FRIENDS!!  
We started our day at the pool. Pierremont had a huge spread of hot dogs, hamburgers, bar-b-que, watermelon, strawberries, and cake. Taylor pigged out!!!
After the munchies, we played in the pool, getting plenty of practice for the beach.
 Taylor tried her first taste of ICEE.
 Quickly, I was told by Little Miss Priss that it was "taylor's not Mommy's"
 After a nice long afternoon nap (for all of us), we cleaned up and headed Downtown with some friends. We went for the fireworks show and instead got 2.5 hours of good ole Shreveport Bossier people watching, plenty of sweating, the purchase of one overpriced Japanese disco playing butterfly toy (which we quickly lost interest in), a GIANT cup of fresh squeezed (but not cooled) lemonade, two choo-choo trains blasting their whistles as they chug-a-chugged on by, and, finally, a walk to the car in a complete down pour....don't let the sarcastic explanation of the evening fool you. We actually had an absolute blast.




Sadly, no fireworks over the Shreveport riverfront on July 4th, 2011. As the rain and thunder began rolling in, the officials asked the crowd to "remain calm, but seek shelter immediately."

Sunday, July 3, 2011

COOL TOY ON A WARM DAY....

Gackie (formally known as Gammie) got a new toy just in time for those triple digit days...a splash table!


Taylor started with a little fishing...
Then, she toyed with the idea of splashing...
Feeling a little overheated, she decided to give her self a shower....
 Still not cooled off, she checked to make sure no one was looking....


 And turned our tiny splash table into a wading pool...