Splishing and a Splashing!
What's summer without a little fun in the backyard pool? No, no, sadly not a real pool... but still there's fun to be had!
Chicken Necks on a String
>> June 26, 2012 –
critters,
fun,
Georgia Firsts,
learning,
new home town,
outdoors
This past weekend, we gave a go of another pastime in our new hometown - we went crabbing! The Pamlico Sound here is full of Atlantic Blue Crabs, and we were out to catch our fair share. And how do you catch said blue crabs you might ask? Well, you skewer some chicken necks to a rig at the end of a string. And then you toss it in the water and wait for a tug.
I feared my camera would take a swim if I took it with me, but here's a quick cell phone pic:
You pull your bait back to the dock slowly and then scoop up the crab with a net. Our very first try netted us a big 8-inch crab!
Our second try got us this little guy, right at the minimum of 5-inches.
The rest of our afternoon, a whole lot of nothing on our line but a whole lot of fun for the three of us. Honestly, we had a blast!
And you know what happens when you put a big crab in the same cooler as a much smaller crab? Big crab kills small crab - yep - put his claw right through the poor guy's shell.
What's worse... you can't eat these guys once they're dead because they release toxins into their system, so the fish in the canal behind our house got to enjoy him.
But we got to cook up the big guy and watching my hubby try to get him out of the cooler and into the pot was worth every ounce of sweat I exuded that afternoon.
Now, I think we would have gone crabbing again before tasting this critter, just because it was so much fun, but after tasting him - we will definitely go again! Delish!!! I am really starting to love our new home more and more. Read more...
Look at Her!
>> June 25, 2012 –
arts and crafts,
growing
No matter how many times I say it or think it, I will never know when I turned around and my baby grew up. I'm saying this... and she's not even three yet! That means I can't begin to imagine how many more times I'll say this or think this in my lifetime.
But look at this! My baby has gone from incoherent scribbles to trying her darndest to stay between the lines - and for the most part - succeeding.
(now just to clarify, I colored the flower, but Georgia colored the body and wings of that butterfly. How awesome is that?)
My Beautiful One
>> June 23, 2012 –
life,
making me laugh,
outdoors,
the little things
She makes me so happy... every, single day.
D-A-D Spells Our Annual Father's Day Gift!
>> June 21, 2012 –
family,
Holidays,
the little things
There's one gift my hubby has received every Father's Day since he became a dad. Take a look at this year's gift:
An Amazing Dad
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Fathers are wonderful people. Every day I get to witness the sweetest father/daughter relationship I've ever known - and it is such a beautiful thing to behold.
This man makes my daughter's life truly happy and magical.
Cousins
>> June 11, 2012 –
family,
the little things,
travel,
vacations
I had a few days off of work backed up to my weekend, so Georgia and I hopped in the car and headed to Georgia to visit my family. She doesn't get to see her cousins very often - only a few times a year - but it's like they never missed a day.
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