Jessie and I went down to Mobile this past week to hang out with friends and family. I guess I shouldn't say Mobile, since we never actually went there but just to the Eastern Shore and Perdido Key. We spent the first part of the week with Courtney and Allison and Allison's daughter, Emma, at Courtney's parents bay house. When Jessie first saw Mobile Bay she said, "look at all that mud." The girl is from Montana where the water is blue and clear for sure. It took a bit for her to test the water, but soon she was all about swimming and didn't mind the brown water. For some crazy reason we decided to take the girls to the U.S.S. Alabama battleship. It was HOT. The girls had fun for a while but soon the heat about did us all in. Courtney and I spent the night on the battleship as girl scouts, so that was fun to reminisce about. We ate a lot of Oyster House peanut butter pie (literally the whole pie) and did a lot of good chilling out. I took Jessie out on the waverunner, which she loved. We taught the girls to crab with some chicken on a string. Good all round fun.
08/30/2010
Sweet Home Alabama
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08/12/2010
Clean teeth
Jessie had her first dentist appointment Wednesday. We read her The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist a bunch and she practiced keeping her mouth open and saying "ahhh." The practice must have paid off because she was ready. She intently watched while I got my teeth cleaned and then hopped up in the chair for her turn. The hygienist was actually able to polish her teeth, something that apparently they can't do with many 3 year olds. She then got a pink Snow White toothbrush and to pick a prize for being so good. She was thrilled.
08/05/2010
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08/01/2010
Mr. Miyagi
Last Wednesday Jessie and I went to a going away lunch for my friend Jen. Jessie ordered noodles with tofu (in her words: "They have tofu? Yum!"). She wanted to use the chopsticks like everyone else, so the waitress brought her this pair that had a little connector piece to make them easier to use. She lost a few pieces of tofu figuring it out, but really started to get the hang of it pretty quickly. I was impressed - I don't think I tried chopsticks until I was in my late teens and am still not very good with them.
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