What's for dinner?

I'll give you one guess as to what we had for dinner tonight:

Surely you can tell that we had spaghetti for dinner tonight, right?!  The spaghetti MESS is a result of Braxton learning to feed himself.  He is very independent, and has recently decided that if he doesn't feed himself, he doesn't want to eat at all.  He's learning to eat with a fork/spoon, but sometimes he decides that his hands would be much more fun (as in the picture above).  As if this wasn't enough of a mess, we decided to top it all off with a Moon Pie, given that today is Mardi Gras!  I decided to spare you with that picture, even though I know you would love to see spaghetti topped with gooey, chocolatey marshmallow crumbs!  Even better, I wish YOU were here to help clean it all up.  It was most definitely a great time!

Notice the orange (not from the spaghetti.. it's actually orange) shirt that Braxton is wearing?  This is his "Nemo" shirt.  Now, I know this is not actually a Nemo shirt, but Braxton seems to think it is.  I guess since it's orange like Nemo!  This is his FAVORITE shirt.  One day after church, we came home and changed clothes.  I got this shirt out of his drawer, pulled it over his head, and he automatically pointed to the shirt and said "Nemo!"  He LOVES his Nemo shirt!

Up Up and Away!

Braxton is amazed by the airplanes that fly over our house, so we thought that he would enjoy going to the airport to watch them take off and land.  We packed the truck with the necessities (diapers, wipes, a sippy cup with juice, and his toy airplane), and off we went!  We made a pit stop at the ice cream store since it was such a warm, sunny day, and then we finally arrived at the airport.  We parked in two different spots, and every time a plane would take off, it would go in the opposite direction!  We would then move to the other location, only to see another airplane take off going in the opposite direction of where we were.  Needless to say, we didn't get a good view of the airplanes, but we had a ton of fun! Here are a few of our pictures from the outing!

Throw me something, mister!

Growing up in West Alabama, we never heard too much of Mardi Gras, especially Mobile's Mardi Gras.  When we moved to Mobile, we quickly realized what Mardi Gras was!  It's weeks of parades, barracades lining the streets of downtown Mobile for the entire month of February/Early March, moonpies, beads, cups, stuffed animals, King Cakes, laughter, and fun!  This past Saturday, we enjoyed going to the Mobile Mystics parade with some friends.  It was so much fun watching all the floats, bands, etc.  Braxton viewed the parade from his DaDa's shoulders, and he loved playing with the beads that we caught.  I hope we have the chance to go to a few more parades before it's over!  Happy Mardi Gras!