Audrey Reading Brown Bear Brown Bear

Just a quick clip of my cutie reading Brown Bear Brown Bear...please excuse her nakedness.

Jacque The Crayfish's Days are numbered

The kids have a fish tank, which has been a great addition to the house until now.  We went to the pet store yesterday and added some fun new friends to our tank.  Audrey is on a Nemo kick, so we had to be creative.  They had these Crayfish for $1.50.  I couldn't resist.  The lady at the pet store said, and I quote, "Oh they are simple,  They just eat what ever is on the bottom."

Now, I took her at her word. I can do simple.  No special food, no worries.  Some of you know that I do not do creepy crawly slimy things.  I just don't...I make no excuses.  This Crayfish has decided that he does not like the confines of his lovely tank home any more.  He is trying to break free.

I am not talking tapping on the glass.  We are talking methodically trying to plan an escape.  He has so far climbed the barrel, the reached over and grabbed a plant, then stretched for the tubing and climbed for the top.  This creature of 3 inches apparently has a good sized brain to have figured all of this out in his less than 24 hours in my tank.

So now what!  The kids love him, and he is entertaining.  But I do not want to live in fear of a creepy crawly with claws loose in my house.  ~UGH~ It gives me the willies!  When Audrey first saw it at the top of the tank, I asked her what we should do.  She had the most logical suggestion yet.  Mama, get the net and flush it. LOL.   Well, we aren't going to that extreme yet, but if Jacque keeps trying to escape.  His days in the Carlisle house are numbered!  We may just have to take him for a humane release in the creek. I will recover from my $1.50 loss. :)

I know...It's been awhile!

With all the blogging I have been doing over at A Few Short Cuts, I find less and less time to blog on the personal blog.  Since so many have facebook and other ways to keep in touch, it just hasn't been necessary! 

I am going to try to do a better job of documenting our day to day lives.  I know it is a great way to show all of you what we are up to!

We did go to Disney recently and I have a ton of pictures from that!  I will try to get those up tomorrow! :)

Where have we been??? The beach of course!

I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted anything! Where have we been?? The beach of course! It is hot enough, we live close enough, and it doesn't cost anything!

Here are some highlights of our beach excursions!

Happy Easter Bunny!

We had a great Easter full of food, and fun! Here are some of the Highlights!

I'm a bad family blogger!

I apparently just can't keep up lately! We have been going in so many directions it is hard to know which way is up. Here are a few pictures of what we have been doing lately!

Our trip to Disney

I am behind. There is just too much going on lately. Schooling, housework, my blog, soccer, DISNEY, etc. Oh yeah, I said Disney!

Because of my blog we were able to go for 4 days and stay at the Polynesian for the Disney Social Media Moms Conference. We had an amazing time. Here are some of the pictures!

Washington Oaks Park take 2

We tried to go to this park this summer and the mosquitoes tried to carry us away. So, we are trying again while it is cold outside and their are no bugs!

My kids are nuts! Oh...wait....they are just looking for nuts.

They even tried to call whales! You can imagine how well that worked.

We found lots of wildlife! A starfish on the beach, and a snake in the gardens.

This picture doesn't need words. It describes these two to a tee!

Attempting to make the trip educational.

Just hanging out and having fun!

Audrey's Birthday

Audrey had a great 2nd birthday! There was plenty of cake to go around!

A brand new kitchen to cook in..pretend at least.

Tons of balloons, and even more love!