LSU Tigers. Still number one in our hearts!

Ok. So, it is game day! We get all of our LSU garb on and get ready to go to the Raborns for our usual gathering of friends to cheer our beloved tigers onto victory. Or so we thought! Boo hoo.

Would you look at this side view of my little Bellie's hair? Look how long it is getting!
And just for the record. She is like MY SHADOW! I do not make a move around this house without, not one , but TWO little girls about one step behind! EVER!!
So, you can understand that when I put on my necklace with a "knot", Ellie had to have the same accessory too! Only in GOLD!

She is a funny kid!

We practiced her doing the "number one" and told her if she ever "hooked em" again, we would send her to a convent.
I think it turned into a pistol, but we tried!
Gabbi Girl is decked in a dress from last year (wish I still had evidence of my old blog on here, but you know... some people just can't sit back and enjoy the show, so you will have to take my word for it). This is Ellie's last year dress. Poor ol Gabbi. With the HAUL we just got from Maddi Boo, she won't be getting anything new for the next year! Think 20+ pairs of CUTE shoes, about 4 new Christmas smocked dresses, precious holiday outfits, and much much more. THANK YOU, STACI!!!!
This is our crew. Or, at least the ones I allowed in the picture because they had team spirit! Todd wasn't pleased with my outfit, because he did not think I was either purple OR gold enough! We tried to get Christmas Card pics before the game, and he insisted I, at least, put on this hat. I thought the purple beads and LSU earrings were jazzy enough! (He wants to do LSU Christmas cards EVERY year!)
I think the TEAM SPIRIT prize goes to Lisa and her daughter, Harley, and a friend, Ryan. They had no idea who was number 18, but that's ok! It is all about the SPIRIT!!
Now for this DORK. I said, "You cannot get in our pictures until you go put on something LSU!" She did, and you will see her in little bit with another friend who showed up late. (Rhonda, notice the pants?!)
These three were scorned for their GRAY! I mean, GRAY?! So, they claimed to be "Emo". Anybody have that little gothic, "dark", moody trend going on in their schools? Well, then you can understand the serious and "cool" facial expressions!
No moody look on Miss Smiley. She loved hanging out with all the action, and especially loved Miss Tashia!
Ok, but THIS one. It is time I tell you the truth.

Maddi has a STUBBORN streak! BIG TIME!!!

She was mad about something or another and this is her first line of defense.... the ol' back turn!
As you go to approach her and see what you can do to make it better, she DROPS to the squat pose!
And then, as you try to pick her up to console, she closes her eyes to pretend you don't even exist. It is pretty funny, really!
Now, I must say, she had on the cutest little Halloweeny/ fallish outfit when she arrived. Like her mom, she was NOT ballgame ready!! Sooooo, within about 15 minutes of Emma Lou and her 3 friends arriving, out comes Maddi in this purple and gold shirt and a pony tail square on top of her head (with a bow that is , at this point, MIA!). And of course, pink heels!

This little rocker is PawPaw Raborn's from when he was a kid. Gabbi Girl LOVES it! If it weren't for the sentimental value, I 'd be asking for it to live with us for a little while.

Emily, Staci, Don, Paula... you still reading?! I know how you hate the "WORDS"!!!!
Ok, back to the party!

Maddi got this Escalade for her birthday. It has a REAL radio in it. Aside from every time they get in it, they sing "Happy Birthday to Maddi", they all three love to play in it!
The boys did what they always do! Todd manned the grill. Sam sat squarely under the heater. Johnnye walked around trying to look busy, and Don sampled the food!
Todd, being his "Stay out of my personal space" self, posed with a "peace" with Don.

But Don, being his, "Air Supply, Chicago, Belinda Carlisle-loving self", always wants MORE!
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So, as Todd pushed him away to create his "own hula hoop", Johnnye, the thug, made his way into the picture!
Johnnye, you are a bad Mofo! BOYS!
Nowwwwwww, then! Staci has emerged smelling better and in her purple and gold! Tami arrived late, because she was waiting on her cowboy husband to feed cows or horses, or something like that! Tami, just come live with me!
And finally, as I am inside the kitchen, I am witnessing THIS!
We dismantled the battery because we didn't want them running all over people/ things/ each other! Soooo.... Maddi fixed that problem!
My girls seemed to LOVE that set up!
And with the new TWO teeth coming in, (now two on bottom and one on top... I have my own little Jack o lantern!), Gabbi had an "accident" alllllll in her bloomers and first dress! So, again, Maddi to the rescue. This was in another pile of hand me downs from Maddi.
How lucky can one girl get?!
Our tigers lost, but we had a great time together!

I love my friends!

Mo