Crawfish Boil

Thank you to Doug, Lori, and Leslie for an amazing Sunday afternoon! In celebration of Leslie's __th birthday (censored to protect the innocent, namely me), her mom and dad came into town and brought with them copious amounts of crawfish. Thank you also to the guy on the side of the road that sold them that second sack...yum....


We came over early, about 2:00 or so. Bronwen explored Leslie's non-childproofed abode. Then we journeyed outside where Doug set to work cleaning the crawfish. We couldn't find Bronwen for a long time--she loves hiding...Leslie, Lori, and I supervised, adult beverages in hand. Bronwen was hanging out, having a ball.Once the crawfish were ready, we set to work on the difficult task of discovering the very limits of what our gastrointestinal tracts could handle. We met those limits, and some of us exceeded them.
Bronwen loved the crawfish--more so looking at them then eating.
What she loved eating was the watermelon. More pictures of that coming soon.

Bronwen did try to do her part at the end of the day--she helped clean the pot!

Just Playing

Nothing new to report, as Bronwen speeds towards her first birthday. I cannot believe how fast a year has flown by, but then you know what they say happens to time when you're having fun. Life is good!

Playing with stuffed animals:

Tearing up my Southern Living magazines (she finds this hilarious):

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Playing with Daddy

Bronwen loves to play with her Daddy. He allows her to do all sorts of things that her Momma might not. Examples:

Pick Momma's flowers to use as a fashion statement.
Play amid the honey bees.
Pull on Pepper--not that she minds--while holding a pen.
Play with monkeys.

Great Weekend Already

I was going to wait until tomorrow, when our weekend was actually over, but alas, Bronwen decided 5 am was a decent hour at which to awaken this morning. I decided to allow my T.J. to get his beauty rest, and now we're playing in the office. Our activities thus far:

Friday night: Bronwen went with us to The Chimes, where we met up with Barbara (Chee Chee), Ben, The Clan, Danny, and copious amounts of spit-up. Not sure why Bronwen decided to turn on the spigot, but it wasn't pretty. She was in good cheer, however, and we made it a late night--got home at 7:45.

Saturday morning we got into the car and headed to Aunt Kadee's town for Cousin Georgia's first communion. Bronwen was a champ through church, which seemed to work up her appetite--she spent the next hour eating lunch. I believe she put away more food than all her cousins combined. It was a sight. I then took her to the backyard to enjoy the day.

Look at Daddy!Kisses!After playing in the grass, Bronwen spied a wild beast over by the swing-set. Okay, not so wild, but new to her. I think the bunny was more worried about the wild-eyed beast that was peering in at her...We stayed and visited for awhile, and then we motored home. T.J. played with Bronwen for a bit while I napped, and then we went down the street to Reece's 4th birthday party.
What did we spy?Bronwen just couldn't believe her eyes.PONIES!

And off we went for a ride, despite the rainy day!
After that, it was back home for a bath and bedtime, which for some crazy reason, came early!
Since today is beginning so early, who knows what it holds for us? Perhaps a rocket trip to the moon, a swim with the dolphins, or maybe just peek-a-boo. Stay tuned!

Time Passes II

No chair required!

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And now she likes to play "peek-a-boo" underneath it too!

Great Weekend

It was another beautiful weekend, and T.J., Bronwen, and I tried to make the most of it. We began on Friday afternoon with some light gardening. I went around trying to pull up a few weeds, and Bronwen tried to help. Sadly, many a bloom met its untimely demise. She thought they were pretty, which they are, so I couldn't blame her.

That evening we spent outside trying to see the purple martins flying around their house. T.J. was up on a ladder working his camera. I told him I didn't want the neighbors getting concerned and calling "the fuzz." We didn't want to spend the day trying to free him from the pokey. Luckily, no one mistook him for a peeping Tom, and he ended up with some good shots.

Saturday began with the perfect morning--sunny and cool--so I told T.J. we should drive over to the lakes at the University and look for some birds. We got there, and birds we did indeed find. Ducks! Everywhere! If you don't already know, ducks are Bronwen's favorite. Whenever she sees them in books or hears you say "Quack, Quack," she smiles and giggles. (This means much of my day is spent randomly quacking at Bronwen like a lunatic, but her laugh is musical!)

I was excited to have some crackers in the diaper bag, and Bronwen and I began to feed the masses. (A few stray pigeons happened to be impersonating ducks and got fed as well. We weren't fooled one bit by their strutting and "quacking," but we don't discriminate)


We went home for some more fun outside. It was sunny, so Bronwen borrowed my shades.

Then this morning we got dressed for church. I put shoes on Bronwen for the first time. (Thanks Veronica--they are so cute!) She didn't care for them much, and stepped out of them as soon as she could!
Little stinker! And so proud of herself, too.
The rest of that day was spent baking bread, playing baseball with the neighbors, napping, making candy, and doing laundry. Hope you all had a great one too!