Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

I'm trying to get caught back up before Christmas.

Berclair Local News:
This was the year for the Davis family reunion at the May farm.  The Cook family were four of about 60 descendants of the Davis family that were present.  Their two-year-old daughter, Jenny, may have no idea that her great-great-grandmother lived here, but she knows that it's a fun place.
Jenny especially enjoyed the giant turkey and the sand pit.

Her parents enjoyed walking on a road where you couldn't even hear cars in the distance 
and a centuries-old tree that you can climb in!
There was plenty of turkey and dressing to go around, along with 
everyone's holiday favorites like tamales, deviled eggs and buttermilk pie.


Following the festivities, the Cook family made their way to the coast to visit Great Grandpa Paslay.



Taking advantage of the mild weather, they rode the ferry to Mustang Island and it's wonderful beach.
Many porpoises were spotted from the deck of the ferry.

This year the water was a little cold for swimming, so they pulled out the shovels right away to create a new masterpiece. 


The seagulls, as always, were hungry.



The beach is fun for everyone, as long as you stay out of the way of sharks.


 An exhausting visit to the park and watching Johnny football closed out the trip, and all headed safely home.



Wednesday, December 5, 2012

My Big Two-Year-Old

 It's been a while since I did and update on Jenny.  She is growing so fast.      
She still loves babies, her most recent fascination being baby Ruthie.
Her favorite baby is Alexa, and I catch them having all sorts of fun together, laughing and smiling.
She likes to do Bible study, and we've been learning about baby Jesus.  
The story is rather confusing to her still with "Baby Moses", his mother "married", 
and wondering where Stacie is in all these pictures of Joseph :)

We've been spending lots of time outside in the nice weather

and learning the finer points of baking.
Her favorite baking activity was her birthday cake.

She got a black eye just in time for her birthday.
She also learned how to do "3" with her fingers, to where I could hardly get her to do "2".
She has since discovered how to do "4" and can interlace her fingers.

 For her birthday, we rode some miniature trains (which was scary at first).

We ate train sandwiches and she got a new "Smart Cookie" shirt.

She is definitely a smart Cookie, learning to recognize "J for Jenny", speaking in first person, and saying all kinds of new things.