Concrete Staining Step One

Here are few pictures of the first phase of staining the concrete. My Dad is here visiting and helping us out by staining the concrete. I will put up the finished ones soon. He is sealing it today.

The "Boos Store"

Natalie and Dada have something in common according to Natalie. They both like "boos". For those of you who do not know, Natalie calls her pacifier her boo. Natalie was so convinced that Dada's booze were the same as hers that she insisted on going with him to the boo store. When they came back my dad gave me an account of their conversation and experience.

Natalie: Dada, we need to eat dinner out.
Dada: Why?
Natalie: Because Mommy and Daddy are not going to feed me tonight.
Dada: Their not?
Natalie: No they are not, so you need to take me out to eat. Hey, aren't we going to the Boo Store?
Dada: We did. The booze are in bag.
Natalie: That isn't a boo. That's beera!

Here is Natalie with her boo and Dada.

A Visit From the Great Dada

My Dad flew in today for a visit. The girls have not seen him in about a year or longer. In the beginning my Dad commented that Natalie was shy. LOL Oh, he didn't understand that he needed to just let her warm up. Within an hour... she was talking his ear off.

At dinner tonight Natalie put my dad to the test with extensive conversation. The best one heard went as such...

Natalie: Dada, what is that on your face?
Dada: My beard.
Natalie: Santa has one. You look like Santa Claus.
Dada: I do?
Natalie: Yes, Santa came to our house one time.
Dada: He did?
Natalie: Yes it was a long time ago, but he came in our house.
Dada: Yes, well Santa and I are a lot alike, we make to your house once a year.

Nat's New Haircut

For the past six months Natalie has been asking to cut her hair off. She wants it just like mine. I told her she had to convince her Daddy, since he loves her long hair. So she batted her long eyelashes and let her dark brown eyes look like puppy eyes and said, "Daddy, pease,pease let me cut my hair short. Short like Mommy's?" Well that just melted him right then and there. So this past Thursday afternoon I took her from the midst of her nap (its the only time they had an appointment) and took her Cool Cuts 4 Kids. Here she is with the first 5 inches coming off....



Yes, she still has her Boo and I don't care- she is not ready to give it up and I am not ready to deal with her loosing it.


Here she is intensely trying to watch a little girl get her hair shampooed. Natalie is watching all of this through the reflection in the mirror.

Getting the angle just right.

Voila!



She still is talking about her haircut and how much she loves it.

Shine Baby Shine

Cari put together this awesome video of our students projects. It is a long story that has brought this about and I shall take the high road. The road to shine on their great work.

Things Texans Know

1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Texas.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Texas , plus a couple no one's
seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5. 'Onced' and 'Twiced' are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. 'Jaw-P?' means 'Did ya'll go to the bathroom?'
8. People actually grow and eat okra.
9. 'Fixinto' is one word.
10. There is no such thing as 'lunch'. There is only dinner and then there is supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a
little tea with our sugar.
12. Backwards and forwards means 'I know everything about you.'
13. The word 'jeet' is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?'
14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until
you're done or it's too dark to see.
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH EM.
16. 'No. Jew?' is a common response to the question 'Did you bring any beer?'
17. You measure distance in minutes.
18. You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
19. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
20. You know what a 'DAWG' is.
21. You carry jumper cables in your car --- for your OWN car.
22. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Tony's, Tabasco and Ketchup.
23. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for
local high school sports and motor sports, and gossip.
24. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
25. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a bit warm'.
26. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
27. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time know as 'goin' Wal-Martin' or 'off to Wally World'.
28. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.
29. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
30. We don't need no dang driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive dag-nabbit.
31. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Texas friends and those who just wish
they were from Texas.

Pictures You've Been Waiting for Me to Post

The completed walkway. Please note that the sod is in shock and is expected to recover in a week or so.


Me... Blonde!