A boy and his dog...

They love playing fetch!

Cowboy loves sticks!

William turning a cartwheel in the sand

 There were so many seashells

A beautiful afternoon at Orange Beach.

 William and Cowboy both love the tennis ball!

 We are working on fetch...

 but Cowboy thinks Keep Away is a more fun game!

William chases him laughing until they are both exhausted!

 Today was Fairhope's Majestic Mutts of Revelry Parade.  This was my favorite costume-such a cute Golden Crab!  We may have to start thinking about a costume for Cowboy and let him make his first parade appearance next year!

 The King and Queen's Float

William was excited to catch a snake! 

 William is so excited for his first Spend the Night Party for his friend's 6th Birthday!  He packed his backpack with his favorite Star Wars pjs, Spiderman pillow and took his Cars sleeping bag.

 Dada, Mama, Mimi and the girls enjoy a rainy night out for our first Mardi Gras Parade!

 "Throw me something, Mister!"

The girls showing Cowboy their loot!  Cowboy barks as they blow their new horns!

Field Trip day for William!  First Stop: The Post Office. The kids had a behind the scene tour of the post office and then each child mailed a special Valentine letter addressed to their parents.

Second Stop: The Fire Station

All of the kids had a turn to feel how heavy a fireman's backpack is and to hold the water hose from the truck.

 Class Picture

Third Stop: The park for a picnic lunch! After lunch the kids enjoyed cupcakes for a classmate's birthday.  If only you could have heard these boys complaining about the princess plates and napkins and then have seen how fast they devoured their princess cupcakes!

Mardi Gras Craft Day

We made masks from our handprints!

And then had fun playing at the park!

 Poor Cowboy trying to find room to rest on his dog bed.

Princess Emily loving on her Cowboy.

Emily smelling her daffodil...

So Hannah had to pick a flower to smell...

Even Cowboy stopped to take a sniff.

Cowboy loves to play in sand!

William teaching Cowboy how to dig in the sand

Then to the Beach!

 The girls made cupcakes while the boys played football.

 Hannah running from waves

 Emily says the water is still a little cold.

 Hannah found a beautiful seashell

William and Hannah said they cannot leave the beach because their feet are hiding!

 William's class celebrated 100 Days of School!

 William can now do the monkey bars all by himself!

 Hannah loves to twirl!

Emily loves to swing!

 It is a warm night for January and the kids are outside playing with a tree frog before bedtime.

William catches the frog first!

 The girls told him to kiss the frog

Now Mulan was passing the frog to Rapunzel and...

the frog jumped on Hannah. The girls laughed so hard!

A fun morning running in puddles!

Emily wet after a big jump!

William's turn for...

a huge jump!

 Hannah's jump!

 Emily runs with her eyes closed!

 Cowboy is quite wet-he had fun running in the puddles and chasing the kids!

William then enjoyed finding worms