Insta-Friday

Spring Break edition of insta-Friday! I'm going to warn you, I took A LOT of pictures this past week. Here's a look at our adventures through the lens on my iphone.

Mommy/daughter leopard print nails. I was surprised how east these were to do. Nail polish pens are the greatest things ever!

Last weekend we went to cousin JJ's bday party... monster theme, very cute. Savannah was glued to her cousin Cheridan and Ryder sat contently on his Didad's lap.

Ryder and Didad (his great grandfather). Love the color splash app. Never gets old.

Savannah is getting so much better on her bike. Hopefully the training wheels will be coming off soon. Maybe not though... she goes back and forth. Not quite brave enough yet.

Road trip to Mississippi... passing the time with some color wonder markers.

Mississippi Gulf Coast. It was a beautiful day.

Merry-go-round at the Hattiesburg Zoo. Probably the coolest part of the zoo. There were maybe 10 animals in the entire zoo... they all looked so sad... I can't even fully guarantee that they were all alive and well. For sure not the greatest zoo I have ever been to.

Park time with the kids. Laurel, Mississippi had some pretty parks.

Keeping busy in the hotel room. Savannah loves to tickle her brother.

The infamous pack and play. Savannah hated it as a baby... would not sleep in it, EVER. Ryder actually has slept pretty well in it. He adjusted pretty easily to hotel sleeping.

The Lauren Rogers Museum in Laurel, MS. Very, very, very cool. Eric laughed when I told him that I wanted to go... I'm glad I didn't listen to him and took the kids. Savannah had a blast. I am so so thankful that she is the type of kid that can calmly look at art and enjoy it. She had questions about the painting and wanted to know which one was my favorite in each room. The museum actually had these cool scavenger hunt cards for the kids to carry around through the museum while they looked at the exhibits. She was so excited each time she found one of the items on the list.

Ryder LOVES honeydew. Who would have thought??

The Wisteria House in Laurel, MS. Savannah loved it because it was purple. All the houses in the historic area of Laurel were so beautiful.

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A Day On The Mississippi Gulf Coast

Since Savannah was on Spring Break this past week, we decided it would be fun to tag along with Eric to Mississippi (he was going for work). So while Eric worked during the day, the kids and I went out and explored what Mississippi had to offer... which honestly, is not a whole lot. One of the days we drove the two hours down to the coast so we could spend the day at the beach. Woo hoo!! Savannah was beyond excited to get to play in the sand. Ryder wasn't so sure about the whole situation. One minute he was totally content in the sand playing with Savannah, and the next he was wanting out of the sun. They had these cool little umbrella bench things that you could rent for the day, so I went ahead and payed the $25 for the day so that I would have a comfortable shaded area to nurse and then put Ryder down for a nap. Turns out that was money well spent. All in all it was a fun day. I'm glad that I got to see the Gulf coast... I am pretty sure that once was enough though. Now I am just counting down the days until we head out west and get to spend our days on a real beach.

"Mom, let me take a picture of you and brother."

Nice job Savannah. Super cool picture of your finger.