Bowling

With the less then ideal weather this long weekend I had to think of something to do outside of the house. My kids were going a little stir-crazy. We already went to a movie yesterday and I wanted something a little more fun. Zach has been talking about bowling so I thought we would give it a shot. We went to Bonwood Bowling (3 games and shoes for $7!) for the afternoon. It was a BLAST. I wasn't sure how the kids would do for 3 games and honestly never expected we would stay through them all. But they were loving it. Zach was pretty good and Chelsea was pretty hilarious. Her ball just STOPPED a couple of times.

Zach

Chelsea

YAY!

Brandon

Chelsea, somehow makes it look quite 50s

My mad bowling skills

Game 1 

Chelsea learned about bowling alley nachos,
similar but not the same as gas station nachos. 

game 2

Snack break!

game 3

Beach day!

I'm pretty behind in posting this. My computer has been giving me some fits but it seems to be working now!

Our last day in New Orleans we drove about an hour and a half to Gulf Port Mississippi. It was the day that Chelsea was REALLY looking forward to. BEACH DAY!  Chelsea is like me, salt water in her veins. She just wanted to be at the beach. We had an awesome time. When we drove up we could see an area that was a sandbar so we set up there. We were able to walk out for ages without it going past our knees. Which was great for both my water-nervous boy and my fearless girl.

Finally at the beach!

Fun!

Got right into the important stuff. Building stuff with sand!

Dad helped too.

Always need a moat. 

Floating around! 

Pink floatie build for 2!

The boys built a crabby castle. 

Comfy lady

I stinkin' love this one! 

I literally had to drag him but I got him out in the water for a few minutes. 

Time to go!

Swimming fun!

swimming buddies

brrrr

Brandon THREW ME IN! 

Throwing Zach

This baby does not like to be thrown!

New Orleans Day 2

For our second day, we went to the aquarium. Zach and I are big aquarium lovers so it was a treat for us. Chels and Brandon done hate them either. The aquarium is part of the zoo and its pretty impressive also.

teaching them to flash peace signs for pics

going upstairs

in the treehouse

in the treehouse

Piranahs!! 

rotten kid wouldn't take a nice pic with me

Shark attack!!

There is a parakeet feeding area that was super fun. You can buy treats to feed the birds for $1. We spent quite a bit of time feeding the birdies. It was really fun.

Chels feeding the parakeet

.....your doing it wrong....

aww!

Double parakeets!

seahorse...

Lionfish

Am I the only one finding this kinda hilarious?

Stingrays

While we were at the aquarium we saw 'Born to be Wild' at their 3D IMAX theater. It was so beautiful and amazing. All of us loved it. It even made Brandon a bit weepy. I highly recommend it.

After the aquarium we were headed to the insectarium but got distracted by the riverwalk and our hunger. We ended up at the riverwalk for a long time and didn't make to the insects.

Riverwalk fountain

Jack Sparrow

Chelsea wanted her parrot to see a girl pirate.

Bazinga!

BUBBLE BATH!

We were going to go see The Avengers also, and we were all looking forward to it but we got to the theater too late. Going to try again tomorrow, although seeing it for Mothers Day would have rocked. =D