Look Who's Walkin'

Actually, Will has been walking since mid-January, but now that it's two months later, here he is in action! He keeps me busy, that's for sure!

Happy Shamrock Day!

It was a very GREEN day at our house! Including GREEN shirts...

GREEN mashed potatoes...

and GREEN shamrock cookies!

Did you wear your GREEN today???

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Crawfish: A Southern Experience

To celebrate Aaron's first weekend home we decided to have a Crawfish boil. Our first time dining with the Mississippi mudbug was a true culinary experience. Some locals boiled the crawfish for us, and we ended up with a whole cooler of the little creatures. Thankfully we had some big appetites and lots of hands to help us peel those suckers open!!

Just a sampling of the crawfish bounty we enjoyed!

Even though Will passed on the spicy crawfish he really enjoyed the potatoes, bread, and fried green beans (we had to include him in the Southern experience somehow).

I'll admit the crawfish creeped me out a little bit, but I seemed to do okay as long as I didn't look them in the eyes. :-) They got their revenge on me though... mid-peel one of them squirted their spicy, seasoned juice right in my eye!

A little crawfish math. 35 pounds of fish= 4 pounds of meat

What to do with the leftovers?

Well, we've enjoyed crawfish etouffee, a cajun delight that has us anxiously anticipating our trip to New Orleans in 2 weeks. And on the menu tonight is crawfish chowder. Most of this is going in the freezer to be enjoyed at a later date... I think we've had all the crawfish we can handle for one week.

So Big!

Mimi had fun teaching Will all sorts of new things, including this classic. We tried to capture it on video just before we took her to the airport. Enjoy!

Puff the Penguin

Well, he looks cute and unassuming, but don't be fooled! Puff the Penguin has wreaked havoc in our household. At the beginning of February, I took Will to the doctor because he was congested and running a fever. He prescribed an antihistimine which seemed to help a little bit, but then he developed a cough which seemed to get better and then worse. By the time my Mom got to town it was starting to bother him while he was sleeping, so we headed back to the doctor, and this little creature is what we brought home. He's a nebulizer, with what I might add is a very LOUD motor. We were to administer breathing treatments every 4 hours for the next week. Sounds good in theory, but trying to put and keep a mask on a squirming toddler was pretty tortorous for all involved, especially when he startled every time the motor cranked. I'm so thankful my Mom was here, because I'm not sure I could have done it with just two hands! Also, I will admit Puff held up his end of the bargain. Will's cough is gone and he's a happy little camper. Here he is giving Puff a taste of his own medicine.