After dinner Ava told Matthias as we were leaving Half Shells, "Daddy now I need dessert!" We went to a little dessert restaurant across the street.....YUMMY!!!
I had Tiramisu!!!
Ava had a Sweetheart Chocolate Cupcake!!!---notice the chocolate on her face...
Max and Matthias had a Chocolate creation mousse cake creation. The owner told us he just invented it that day....it was chocolaty good!
Ava's turn with the camera....
With the temps in the high 60's we we're all out and about early....then everyone took a huge 2-3 hour nap....hate to waste such a beautiful day, so we're off to enjoy a little more of the sunlight! Come on Spring Time!!!
What is Fat Tuesday?
How did Mardi Gras begin?
Fat Tuesday is Mardi Gras, the festival New Orleans, Louisiana, is famous for. "Gras" is French for fat and "Mardi" is French for Tuesday.
The annual festivities start on January 6, the Twelfth Night Feast of the Epiphany, when the three kings are supposed to have visited the Christ Child, and build to a climax on Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, which always occurs on the day before Ash Wednesday. The parties and parades will continue until Lent begins at the stroke of midnight on Tuesday.
Mardi Gras is a legal holiday in New Orleans. It is scheduled to occur 46 days before Easter. Since the actual date Easter occurs on changes yearly, Mardi Gras can happen on any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9.
For two centuries it has been an annual event in New Orleans, except during the two World Wars.
Friday night Matthias cooked dinner. We had pork loin with a brown sauce and mushrooms. Ava said to me. "Mommy mushrooms are fungi," I said, "That's right Ava they are a fungi." she then when on to tell me again about them being a fungi. Then she said, "Mom your a fun-girl and Dad's a fun-guy too!"
I had an impromptu photo shoot(with my horrible camera--i so need and new one....)with Matthias and Max during the game....
Max was HAMMING it up BIG time!!!
Just a bundle of Love our little Max...who's almost 1 year old!
Check out those teeth---and 4 on top too....wish the flash wouldn't have made him
squint, but cute anyways huh!!!???
Ava enjoying her yummy pudding....
Ava took this one...cute!!!
They call this white trash....I call it Good ole Fun....Hanging out with Judy and Bob's neighbors and friends....
I took three and posted all three, these kids are so stinking cute....The twins live next door to Lesli's parents and are adorable...Adrian, Andrew, Ava and Max
Notice the knee pads on Max....their Adrian's elbow pads....Max was busy crawling around outside and we wanted to protect his little knee's, worked like a charm!!
Lesli and I(or maybe it was just me...)we're not ready for our Saturday to end. So, we took the party over to Judy and Bob's for a little happy hour and homemade dinner by Bob. Later Matthias took Max back to Plano and Ava and I stayed the night. After a big attempt to enjoy a Saturday out on the town watching Bob Schneider play at the Aardvark we called it a night....Loved seeing everyone!!!
Just posting some of my pictures from my cell phone.....I forget sometime about them and ran across these this morning!
Ava is signed up for some activities through Plano Parks and Recreation this Spring....swimming, gymnastics and soccer. Saturday was her first class with all the other 3 and 4 year olds. Her coach has a VERY heavy Spanish accent so watching them all together was pretty entertaining...... Here are a few videos from her first class yesterday...and a few drill videos....
Then there's my main man Max, who woke up right after Ava fell asleep. My timing way off...Oh well! He and I cleaned the house getting ready for the weekend!!
She even attempted to make her bed and then told me, "Mommy this isn't right" 
Posing with "Her Girls" or sometime she calls them "Her Cousins"
11 months....practicing saying "Duck"
Some white babies, huh! Must be the German in them....
