Rocket Launch Attire

 

Hutch and I went to the fabric store a couple days ago shopping for classroom curtain fabric. He spied some WALL*E fabric so I bought 1/2 yard not knowing what exactly we'd do with it. I found a remnant of iridescent pink for Maggie. What better to make than CAPES?? Obviously 1/2 yard is a little underambitious for a cape for a kid Hutch's size, but Maggie's worked out okay. They were proud to sport them when we launched a model rocket in the parking lot of my new school.

She's out

 

I had to bring the car seat in because Maggie threw up in it on the way to daycare one morning. I had to disassemble that sucker and wash all the pieces, etc. Reassembling should have been simple since it's only your child's life at stake if you get a belt incorrectly secured or not secured at all! However, the Britax Marathon system of belts is nothing short of a Mensa challenge. Trusty (and brainy) Lee put all the pieces back together and left the seat sitting on the floor in the house. Enter nap-deprived Maggie. She had a seat started watching a little tv and next thing we knew she'd fallen asleep! Aren't they precious when sleeping??

Ruf Lightyear

 

So sad.....

Flat Squirrels?

(First of all, my apologies for the poor quality of the picture, however in Georgia screens are a necessity on every household opening. Sadly, screens are a big buzz kill for cameras.) I filled the bird feeder with some very tasty, very stale cereal. The squirrels have really enjoyed this sweet treat and have managed to chew the plastic to enlarge the holes on the feeder. We looked out from the dinner table to see this last night. Have you ever seen a flat squirrel? Not sure what the purpose was - maybe he was trying to be stealthy in broad daylight?? Maybe he's just so stuffed he needs to lay down and rest?? I don't know, but whaever the reason - it's a funny picture.

Best of the best

Greendaddy caught a bluecrab for us to examine up close when we visited Little St. George Island.

An explanation about the umbrella and bag...I got the bag as a gift from a student three years ago. Last week Lee and I decided that it would be nice to have a little shade on the beach so we stopped by a little beach shop. I grabbed the cheapest umbrella out of this big barrel. Wouldn't you know when we opened the umbrella on the beach it matched the bag EXACTLY??

Full moon on the beach

 

Little St. George Island is known to us as "Nakie Beach". Hutch kept his trunks on this year, but Maggie was happy to take on the role of jaybird for the outing.

Floridahhhh!