Baseball Swing
Thursday, August 13, 2009
School is back in session.
Brantley was so happy when I picked him up today. I asked how his first day went and he said "AWESOME!" He started rattling off all of the things that they are going to be doing this year like hatching chickens and keeping an aquarium of fish. He was also extremely glad that he will have no homework until next week. It made him even happier that the only homework was mine: all of the beginning of school year paperwork!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Introducing Camo!
A few months ago our crab Hermie died. I think we finally decided that we got him in 2003. While on our vacation to the Alabama coast, we went to Calypso Joe's, the place were we got Hermie. They still do the crab races for the kids, but they don't sell the crabs anymore. Bummer. So, we ended up going to souvenir city to get our new crab. Brantley picked one that looks just like Hermie, except I think this one is a little bigger. Brantley always said that Hermie's shell looked like camouflage, hence the new crabs name. Camo! So far, he doesn't seem to be very social.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Caricature
This past week was the annual summer party at my work. The past couple of years they have blocked off the drive in front of the building and had sort of a carnival. It was really hot and humid this time. The lines were long, and Brantley didn't really have a good time. We did wait in line to get a caricature drawn. And, he sat at my desk and pretended to work. He told me my desk was messy. I like my mess...
Wow! Is my mouth really that big? Don't answer that!
Wow! Is my mouth really that big? Don't answer that!
Summertime slacking
Okay, I know I've been slacking. It seems I do that in the summertime. So let's get updated.
A couple weekends ago we went up to Cookeville to celebrate birthdays. July is a big birthday month for us. We have Brantley, my dad, my niece, and then me close behind in August. This year we decided just to celebrate them all together. The weather here has been unseasonably cold and it was freezing that weekend. It was too cold to get in the pool, although Brantley and his cousins did anyway.
Earlier this year, our dog Salty died. My sister thought it would be a good idea to get my dad a pup for his birthday. He had mentioned he wanted a Blue Heeler. He didn't want a dog that was real big, and he wanted one with short hair. He also wanted one that would bark at the deer and the raccoons to scare them away. They like to eat the strawberries, corn, etc. My sister managed to find a Red Heeler, Blue Heeler mix. We all made suggestions on the name but my dad settled on Bandit. He's very rambunctious. He's now about 10 weeks old. Here is a video (and a picture of the horses) of him barking as some horses in the field behind my parent's house this past weekend.
I would think he would be afraid of the horses because they are so big. But he isn't....
Brantley also got his first fishing pole so we went down to the pond to practice casting. We can only practice because there are no fish in the pond. We wanted to go to Aunt Artie's, but they were not home. When we moved (almost 30 years ago) to where my parent's live, the pond was much bigger. The years of drought have shrunk it down to nothing. I believe it has even gone dry a couple of years. Can't have fish in a pond that goes dry. It's been wet enough this year though that the pond has quite a bit of water in it. Enough that we could practice casting. Brantley did pretty good, except that he cast it into some brush on one side of the pond and got his hook stuck. We had to tug on it until the line broke. Brantley was upset about loosing his bobber so we got a really long stick and tried to get it. Brantley ended up slipping in the mud into the pond. I wish I had my camera with me for that. It was all fun and we got the bobber back.
A couple weekends ago we went up to Cookeville to celebrate birthdays. July is a big birthday month for us. We have Brantley, my dad, my niece, and then me close behind in August. This year we decided just to celebrate them all together. The weather here has been unseasonably cold and it was freezing that weekend. It was too cold to get in the pool, although Brantley and his cousins did anyway.
Earlier this year, our dog Salty died. My sister thought it would be a good idea to get my dad a pup for his birthday. He had mentioned he wanted a Blue Heeler. He didn't want a dog that was real big, and he wanted one with short hair. He also wanted one that would bark at the deer and the raccoons to scare them away. They like to eat the strawberries, corn, etc. My sister managed to find a Red Heeler, Blue Heeler mix. We all made suggestions on the name but my dad settled on Bandit. He's very rambunctious. He's now about 10 weeks old. Here is a video (and a picture of the horses) of him barking as some horses in the field behind my parent's house this past weekend.
I would think he would be afraid of the horses because they are so big. But he isn't....Brantley also got his first fishing pole so we went down to the pond to practice casting. We can only practice because there are no fish in the pond. We wanted to go to Aunt Artie's, but they were not home. When we moved (almost 30 years ago) to where my parent's live, the pond was much bigger. The years of drought have shrunk it down to nothing. I believe it has even gone dry a couple of years. Can't have fish in a pond that goes dry. It's been wet enough this year though that the pond has quite a bit of water in it. Enough that we could practice casting. Brantley did pretty good, except that he cast it into some brush on one side of the pond and got his hook stuck. We had to tug on it until the line broke. Brantley was upset about loosing his bobber so we got a really long stick and tried to get it. Brantley ended up slipping in the mud into the pond. I wish I had my camera with me for that. It was all fun and we got the bobber back.
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