First Fish

Grandad took Frog fishing today. She got her own princess rod and reel. And she caught her very first fish.

Tom Hardin's granddaughters

Frog is "fixing the roof," while LadyBug hands her tools. 

When did they get so tall?

Baldie Boys

Monkey got a head shave today. Now he is twinkles with Grandad and Uncle Paul!

They might be slightly more thrilled about this than he is.

Look, Grandad!!

When Grandad came into church, David got really excited. He then proceeded to try to stretch his leg out far enough for his pant leg to come up, so that he could show Grandad his new socks.

Grandad's Coat

When I was a little girl, I often stole my dad's sports jacket on Sunday mornings because he'd get hot as he started preaching, and I'd get cold as I started sitting still in the pew. 

So, today when I looked over at lunch and saw my daughter in one of the coats I often wore, I nearly cried. So many memories.

David in his element:

Sitting on the counter at Grammy's house with a big bag of cheezits while Mommy, Aunt Z, and Grammy all work around him and Grandad makes faces at him from the doorway.

Booger

Grandad: *pointing at each grandkids in turn* You're a booger; you're a booger; I'm a booger too. We are all big boogers; how about you?

L: I'm not a booger!

KJ: I'm not a booger too!

GD: Am I the only booger?

L: Yes!!

Boys don't wear jewelry

**Let me start off by saying I don't agree with the title statement. After all, the wedding ring is a very special identifier. And I don't mind a few other tasteful pieces. As long as a guy isn't blinged out like a rapper, I'm cool. However, I fully recognize that not everyone feels that way.**

David has an amber necklace. He's worn it since he was about four months old. It is a low level, natural pain reliever. This makes chronic teething much more livable. I seem to always be explaining this to people who ask why I'd put a necklace on my son. The only people who do not ask "Why would you...?" are people whose kids are wearing amber necklaces. They all say something along the lines of, "Is that an amber necklace? Aren't they wonderful? It has really helped [child's name]." These are the parents who know the night and day difference of a child in constant pain verses a child with occasional spikes of pain (acute teething/cutting days).

The person that asks me most often about the necklace is my dad. He seems to forget every couple of weeks and asks again. And I explain again. And he says, "Oh, yeah, that's right" again. David always watches this exchange with wide eyes.

This morning, David was crawling around on my bed in just his diaper. He was watching himself in my dresser mirror and occasionally doing things (like waving) to indicate that he was playing with the little baby in the mirror and having a grand old time of it. 

Then, his eyes caught on the necklace around his neck. He began pulling on it, and messing with it. At one point, he started pulling hard enough at just the right angle that he was putting pressure on his windpipe and choked a bit. I asked him if he wanted the necklace off. To which he replied, "Da-da a Ga-da oh oh." Which (because he's used several of these words before) I know meant, "Daddy and Grandad no, no." Ah, so now that it's been drawn to your attention, you no longer want to wear the necklace because Grandad (and apparently Daddy too) don't like it? Or is it simply a case of because Daddy and Grandad don't wear necklaces, you don't want to wear a necklace either? Either way, the necklace came off. Now, I'll just have to remember that it's off the next time he starts getting really fussy from teething.

Momma Big Mouth BullFrog

What you've all been waiting for: Tom Hardin's Momma Big Mouth BullFrog! The first telling thereof in at least six years.

http://youtu.be/F53l02wVoac

Grandad is reading Mary Poppins to the girls. It doesn't get better than this.

Message from Keith: Doug F. is giving a devotion on Boldness and Laura said, "Like Grandad and Uncle Paul." I said, "Bold not Bald."