Things That Make Me Smile

Last week, Amy got some of their winter clothes out of the attic.  Eamon put on one of the hats and asked if Brady had one like it.  Amy told him no, so he asked her if she could get him one.  Then he said, no, call Mama Marie, she'll get him one, she buys me lots of stuff.

Sunday, Eamon was with Aunt Jen and he noticed he was getting holes in the knees of his pants. He told her to call Mama Marie and let her know. 

As we were walking into church on Sunday, we were walking alongside of a lady we didn't know.  In the time it took us to walk 10 feet, Eamon had told the woman that his daddy is a fire fighter and he helps people and he plays softball. 

A PIRATE AND HIS PARROT

Eamon wanted to be a pirate for Halloween, so Amy decided Brady should be a parrot.  She tried to get a picture of them sitting or standing side by side, but once again, that attempt was futile.

Oh, those wiggly boys!

Oh, and yes, I made both of their costumes.

A TALE OF TWO FROGS

I bought the Boyz some frog pajamas recently.  They put them on after their baths Halloween night and I asked Amy to get a picture of them together wearing them.  Well, she tried and this is what she got.  Not exactly what I envisioned but by far, much funnier.

 Oops we're missing one.

One up and one down.





One down, one sinking.

Sit up, Eamon.

That's better, but we can't see your face.

Somebody sit Brady up again.

No, Brady, stay on the chair.

This is better, but we can't see Brady's face.

One pretending to be asleep,the other on trying to get away.

Brady still trying to escape.



Hold on to him, Eamon.

Ok, I guess we're done.

A Wedding

Ok, so I haven't posted anything in a long time and I'm trying to catch up, so some of these things will be out of order. 
Last month, Ely was in a wedding.  His friends, Ashley and Jason got married. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. 

Ely and his friend, Rachel. 

Walking down the 'aisle'.

During the ceremony.  They little girl is Jason's daughter, Kaylee.

Ely and me

Lee and Ely

Ely looking pretty sharp in his tux.

A fantastic reception followed the ceremony at B&A Warehouse.  It was one of the best I've ever been to.  Food and music were outstanding. 



Brady's Birthday

We celebrated Brady's first birthday last Saturday with a costume party.  Amy had the house decorated for Halloween and had lots of yummy food. I contributed a couple of snake cakes. 

Brady wore the parrot costume I made for him.

Pretty cute,huh?

There was bobbing for apples.

There were balls to jump in.

There were cupcakes.

Another, please.

There was a pumpkin.

A mad scientist.

A poodle and a turtle.

There was a gheko.

A grandma.

A papa

A leapord

The weather was gorgeous and the kids got to spend a lot of time playing outside. 

FUNERAL EXPERIENCE

 

So, I attended a funeral in North Louisiana this week, very sad.  However, I do like to see the humor in situations where ever I go.  In this case, I was struck by the casket flowers that contained deer antlers and turkey feathers.  This is not the exact one, I thought it would be tacky to take pictures at the funeral (yeah, I know when did I start worrying about being tacky.)  Anyway, when I got back home I decided to search the internet to see if this was a one of a kind item of if this is something that goes on in other places.  Voila!  I found one.  Do you find this as strange as I do?

Oh, and there was a picture of a deer on the inside lining of the coffin lid.  I guess this all makes since to someone since the deceased was a hunter and fisherman. 

Note to my family:  Do not put needles, thread, measuring tapes and or fabric in my funeral flowers. 

Memorial Day, 2011

All the kids (except Nick, who had to work) came over for a Memorial Day celebration on Sunday.  Ed went with Lee to Home Depot to get us a new grill, as the old one was falling apart.  When they got back Ed finished cooking a brisket he had brought.  I had fixed a layered salad.  Lee boiled some corn and potatoes with crab boil.  And, we had some baked beans and brownies.  Alan and Kim got back into town from their vacation trip to San Francisco a little while after we ate and joined us with Emily.  She is starting to walk now and Brady is getting ready to crawl.  They are growing up so fast.

Eamon played in the sprinkler.  I bought some cheap thing at the dollar store that fell apart early in the day.  We pulled out a couple of regular lawn sprinklers and one of those did the trick. 

Today we just sort of hung around.  I sewed some.  Ely left around 2 and then Lee and I ran some errands.  Can't believe the weekend is almost over.  Well, at least, it will only be a 4 day work week.