Jessie's Presidents' Day outfit

My SIL made this adorable outfit for her little girl. She was nice enough to pass it down to Jessica. Jessica makes it even cuter!

Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job

From The Onion on November 5, 2008

WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break."

Heard Museum

Since Jessica gets to stay home with mom EVERY Thursday, I decided to keep Caleb with me a couple of Fridays ago. It was a gray day but we decided to go to the Heard Museum in McKinney anyway. We had a great time. Caleb walked all the way around the Wood Duck Trail (which is about 2 miles!). Towards the end we both got a little tired and sat down on a bridge to rest. It was great to hear all of his amazing ideas with no one to interrupt. We both had a wonderful time.

Sitting on the bridge resting.

There's a fungus among us!

I think this was a wallaby. They had several unusual animals from all over the world.

Next on CSI!!!

All new CSI! Dismayed and surprised family discovers decapitated scuba diver "face-down" in freezer. Find out who could have done such a thing!

Well, if you must know how it ends...Caleb had become fascinated with making ice this summer. It was great when we were camping because we could throw the large chunks he made into the cooler. I'm not sure what put the idea in his head to place the bathtub toy scuba diver in this one.

As for who decapitated the poor guy, that would be Jessica. Around 18 months she got hold of him and bit his head off. I put it back on several times but she kept biting it off. I finally gave up and threw the head away. In hind thought, I should have throw the body away too.

Parenting Advice from The Onion

Take the time to read this article on parenting. I think you will find it helpful. (FYI: This article does contain some offensive language).

http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/take_time_to_talk_to_your_child

Trip home

This weekend we went home for an exciting event. After 30 years of membership and service my father is Commodore of the Houston Yacht Club this year. This weekend was the Commodore's Ball to honor his term. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures because I left my battery charger at my BIL's house and have no juice for the camera. The ball was gorgeous. My mom did an amazing job ordering the flowers and picking the decorations and band. At my father's request, they decorated the tables with all the trophies the club owned/won over the years and surrounded them with red, white, and blue flowers. All the chairs had white covers with either red or blue tulle ties on them. We, and I think everyone there, had a wonderful time. It was formal event but had a nice relaxed atmosphere. My father gave a great speech and had all the woman tearing up when he spoke about my mother.

I love you daddy, you deserve it!!!!!!!

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