Corpus Visit

This week we took a little plane trip to visit Moo and Baba. Augie got to go to the Aquarium and the beach, twice each! We ate a lot and had so much fun.

The Heard Museum

This morning we went to the Heard Museum. It is really close to our house, so we have a membership. I brought my camera along to see if I could catch Augie smiling, but as per usual I have a stoic little man. 

Ready to go!!

I want to play with the Ring-Tailed Lemur!

We had a fun morning  : )

Big Boy Bed

I have been slowly taking steps to eventually have Augie sleep in his own room. I decorated it, organized it, and so on. I am not going to transition him until we are both ready, because there is no sense in both of us not being happy to fit into a pointless social convention, but today we took a big step. I finally purchased a bed-spread that might tantalize him into wanting to sleep in a big kid bed. Lately I have been day-dreaming about watching movies at night, in the winter weather months, tucked away in bed next to Forrest... which obviously can't happen with a sleeping Augie in the room. We will see if my dreams become reality this season...

BBQ Pulled Chicken

Okay, peeps. Get out your crock pot and hold onto your socks, because this recipe will knock them OFF!

3 chicken breasts

1.5c ketchup 

(I like the kind made with cane sugar instead of HFCS because I like to keep it real)

3T brown sugar

1T soy sauce

1T Worcestershire

1T apple cider vinegar

1t garlic powder

Dump that junk in, crank it up to high, and walk away for at least 4 hours. Has it been four hours? Good. Stir it up to break it down into shredded deliciousness, and slap it on whatever vehicle you choose. Buns. Lettuce wraps. Tortillas. Shoot-- Take a bath in it, and you will still have a yummy time!

**If you choose the last option, please don't share the leftovers**

Blocks with Moo

My parents are in town for a few days this week and we are having a nice time. I heard so much giggling coming from Augie's room this evening that I ran and got my camera to catch this cute moment on video...

Rain Gutter Bookshelves

Today Forrest and I finished Augie's new book shelves. They are made out of-- you guessed it!-- rain gutters. This project was cheap, simple, and cute. I would link a DIY site but if you just Google it you will find page after page of instructional's on how to do this. 

Oh yeah, I also painted the walls sky blue and painted a tree on the wall. I decided that I wanted to stick with something simple and relaxing. Ahhh. I love laying in here to play with him. I wondered in THIS post from when I was 4 weeks pregnant with Augie when I would get the "nesting urge" to create a nursery. Well, he has lived in our room up to now and I have never decorated a room for him. Until now. I guess this is my mind and heart realizing that soon it will be time for him to transition. 

One last funny thing: This is how Augie insists his shelf (well, the only one he can reach so we put the board books in) must be kept. I kept trying to lay out the book nicely, and he kept fixing it back this way. Sigh. Love that boy. 

Garden Update

For a while there I was getting kind of worried about my crops. Yes, I call them my crops. My tomato and pepper plants were producing flowers that would wither off without producing fruit, but recently I started spying some teeny baby fruities! 

Heirloom tomato-ette

The itsy-bitsy watermelon vine that didn't grow for two months has suddenly, over the course of a few weeks, become a mammoth!

The zucchini plants aren't doing too bad, either.

Have you ever seen a baby watermelon? Not the kind they sell at the store, I mean a real baby watermelon. As in, an inch long.

Cute and fuzzy!

And of course this post would not be complete without a shot of my little dirt-eater.