On Mardi Gras day we managed to drag ourselves out of the house.

We picked up chicken from McCardys and spent the morning watching the sights of St. Ann. Josh and I in Aka hilltribe garb.

Mathilda and Mose in some sort of costumes.

The kingcake baby.

The sauras and the other dino sauras'

This girl asked Mose to take a picture so all his friends would be jealous, but it was Josh who was.

Mj in The Spotted Cat. Love this.

The Muppets

Mathilda at the barn with cat.

Boys fishing road trip to Toledo Bend.

First stop. Greasy spoon.

After the rain, dock side fishing from their cabin on the lake.

After the cold front, freezing fishing.

Not many, but Mose reeled this one in.

Last stop, Zwolle tamales.

Despite the weather they had a great time fishing and playing cards, cooking, Disney channel, game boy and the Many La. Walmart. Mose made a list of things her learned on this trip. Number 1-Never fry bacon without a shirt:)

Girls weekend MG escape.

Mathilda and I headed out to St Pete beach over the Mardi Gras weekend. I have had this old motel turned surfer hip hotel in my travel file for awhile. Decided to check it out. We went parasailing, which was awesome, and then did the usual beach combing, castle building, burger eating, movie watching, book reading, relaxing stuff.

The Post Card Inn. St. Pete Beach Fla.

Lobby, surfing report, etc.

Mathilda combing the beach.

MJ contemplating life, or lunch.

Our room had famous (and not so famous) quotes on the walls. And mid century furniture.

The lobby and the book nooks.

The special crackle toe sandy pedi.

Our drippy castle.

Wide beach and soft surf.

Our favorite, the nautilus.

We went into Tampa one day for a art market to see our friend Rebecca at her booth. We came home with So Soon Sour. Yeah!

Face time photo. Girls weekend gone.

Mose has Market Day.

Mose made these keychains for Market Day in his Social Studies class. They have class jobs all year and then make things for the students to spend the money on. Commerce baby.

We checked out Muses before we checked out.

Mathilda with Milly and Casey.

Mose on the ladder.

Josh channeling Andy Warhol. 

Mathilda asked, "What's an odometer?"

And answers her own question. "It tells you how old you are."

Memory shelf wall in new kids hangout.

Including message in a bottle, pokemeon favorite, rock inspiration, photos in jam jar frames, favorite Frank Relle postcard, handmade snowflake and sea shell treasures.

Sia, our outside cat, has been very interested in being an inside cat lately...

Maybe the bird feeder at my desk? Lunch?

Some etsy love today.

Rockwell rings. Gold one!!!