The Russo's

 We boiled crawfish at Nana & Papa's Jules came over one day when she was out for the Easter break. She "did school" for a little while with the kids.  We took a walk  She was probably bothering Hudson 😆 Her and Gianna did chalk art  Gianna took her dance picture for the recital program  We did a Mommy & Me cookie class on April 30th at the library  It was nice to spend time with my girl Decorating cookies is hard, but Gianna did a great job! They looked pretty professional. 

 Hudson wanted to go to the Tabasco factory on Avery Island the year Covid hit, so we did it this year. We went the day after his birthday. It was a beautiful day, but it did warm up by the afternoon. We did the walking tour to all the stops It starts with the greenhouse of pepper plants This is the barrels used These barrels are aging and it was an awful smell We got to see the factory and assembly line  This is everyone who came with us  We ate lunch in the restaurant on site. All food the was good. The Jungle Gardens tour was included in the admission.  We had Grace and Gianna in our car. We drove through and got out to look at things.  Bird City was so neat. It was a nesting area for egrets.  Hudson and Kaden where in the other vehicle Hudson got close to an alligator We stopped in the gift shop after the tour.  It was a fun day celebrating our new teenager!!

Josh left him a note in the morning We got coffee at CC's  We had some friends over for the afternoon. He wanted to have a Mario Kart tournament Grace, Kaden, Aaron, Nathan and Ethan came over to play That night we had the family over. He chose Raising Cane's for dinner.  He got air pistols, crawfish trap, minnow trap, fishing pole, Mario golf for the switch, a knife and money.  He lights his own candles now We did a glow in the dark egg hunt  I can't believe we have a teenager now! He's a great helper around the house and is good at fixing things. He is still interested in guns, knives, fishing, catching crawfish, riding his mini bike and learning survival skills. He is proud to be a country boy!  He caught an eel in his new trap