One Day

I will stop posting about December...

Tyson, my love, had a birthday. The big 31. We did the traditional birthday breakfast, but I changed it up a bit with personal bundt cakes instead of ONE large one. They turned out cute.

We love Tyson/daddy! He is the best, and I hope he felt totally loved on his birthday, even if there was no blog post.



Another fun night in December took us to the Newport Beach Boat Parade.
It is such a fun tradition and so beautiful.
I love Christmas lights!

Best thing we ever did was take the ferry packed with our friends. The boats were passing us the whole time. It was so fun!


We also took Berkleigh to go see "Tangled". She just love 'Mapuzel'. She got to take her Rapunzel doll she got for Christmas. She was in heaven, and so was it cause it was such a cute movie!

Dairy Barn

My sister in law Jen, had a fantastic idea. She knew of this restaurant called the Dairy Barn. It is a burger joint, but the coolest part about it is the decor. The guy who owns it has a crazy Disney, Beatles, Pez, Looney Tunes collection. He needed somewhere to house it all, so he displayed it in his restaurant.
I think the kids thought they were back at Disneyland, which I must say we have missed since the block out days started!

The guy had some amazing things.. like how did you get that? Or how much money was that thing!??

Pulling the train horn!

Gators

We took the kids to this little tourist park that has BIG alligators to look at and little alligators to hold.
Berkleigh was the brave one, and actually held the alligator. Merrick, not so much! He would only put it, kind of.

From Jan 11

I love seeing Berkleigh's little painted fingernails next to this alligator!


And my brother Chris and sis in law Jen live in Sulphur, LA. It is super close to my parents house. The biggest alligator caught in 2010 was caught in a guy's backyard in Sulphur, LA. This is the picture of that alligator! Wouldn't you freak if you found this in your backyard?

After we visited the alligators, we had ourselves a picnic lunch, fed the ducks, and played at the park! A perfect afternoon with people we love!

Went out with a bang!

One of the really fun reasons to be in Louisiana on New Years Eve, is that you can play with fire... fireworks!
And that is what we did.
We first went to "Big Dan's" which is basically a firework Costco. It is Tyson's favorite store. We were sad he wasn't here to go inside and pick the selection for this year.(These pictures don't do the place justice. It is huge!)

My mom made homemade Chinese food. Yum!

I made some desserts. Yum!

Then Chris and Matthew lit up the night sky.
Matthew, all Lord of the Flies, jumping over the fountain.


Berkleigh the scaredy cat, stayed in the house with grandma, and watched out the window.

I got to wish Tyson "Happy New Year". Once when it was 10 in California and midnight in Louisiana, and again at midnight in California and 2am in Louisiana. Awesome!

Little Red Hen Revised

There once was a little Scott family who visited Cajun Country. The Scott's friends were the grandparents (Grandpa & Grandma), the older uncle (Chris, unfortunately Aunt Jen had to work), and the younger uncle (Matthew).

One day, the little Scott family found a marsh to go crabbing. "We can make dinner from this," thought the little Scott family.

The little Scott family asked, "Who will help us tie the raw chicken to some string?"

"I will," said the grandparents.
"I will," said the older uncle.
"I will," said the younger uncle.

"Then lets do it together," said the little Scott family. And they tied the raw chicken to some string!

The little Scott family asked, "Who will teach us how to catch a crab?"

"I will," said the grandparents.
"I will," said the older uncle.
"I will," said the younger uncle.

They all cast their lines and waited for a tug...

The little Scott family asked, "I feel a tug! Who will bring over the net to help me catch the crab?"
"Not I," said the grandparents, (they had crabs tugging on their own line).
"Not I," said the older uncle (he were to busy with his own line).
"I will," said the younger uncle.

"Then come help us catch this crab!" said the little Scott family. And they put the net in the water and caught their first crab!

The excited little Scott family asked, "Who will help us put these crabs on ice?"
"I will," said the grandparents.
"I will," said the older uncle.
"Not I," said the younger uncle (he had gone back to crabbing himself)

"Then lets do it together," said the little Scott Family. So they took the crabs to the ice chest and added the crabs to the ice.

The very, very excited little Scott family asked, "Who will help us catch more?"
"I will," said the grandparents.
"I will," said the older uncle.
"I will," said the younger uncle.

So they spent the afternoon relaxing by the marsh catching crabs galore!



The very, very excited Scott family asked, "Who will help us cook the crabs?"
"I will," said the grandparents.
"I will," said the older uncle.
"I will," said the younger uncle.

"Then lets do it together," said the very, very excited Scott family. And they boiled those crabs in some crab boil!

The hot, fresh crabs smelled very good. The little Scott family asked, "Now, who will help us eat the crabs?"

"Not I!" said the grandparents.
"Not I!" said the older uncle.
"Not I!" said the younger uncle.

The catching was fun, but the little Scott family friends are not crab eaters, and neither are most of the little Scott family, so Tyson of the little Scott family said,
"Fine! I will eat it myself!"
And he ate all the crab meat without any help at all!