Surfside Texas

Surfside is abou 75 minutes from door to beach. I'm blogging this from the beach. 

Eli did not have school today so we made a day of it. There were very few people here and those that were here were fishing. 

 

Eli us my scientist. He went searching for life. 

Dora built a castle... Er, sand pile. 

Eli is a good brother. He's been playing and taking care of Emmy. 

Not sure why but I like these pics. Water was perfect. 

Lunch time. 

Wish Bridget was here! My truck in background. 

Tuckered out Emmy!

Aunt Rachel. This is the place you could beach camp if you wanted. Lots of people here are surf fishing. It looks like fun!

When we got home, I found this little guy scared in our drive way. We have a new pet  

Eli and Dora named the turtle Turdie. Not sure they know what a Turdie is

Pretty pretty princesses

Kid fun and kid party

I took girls to gander mountain. It was a lot of fun. 

Eli loves football. He wanted to watch a football game. I love my kiddos. 

Eli is a good brother. We went to Bailey's 

Birthday. It was pretty fun. 

Emmy is such a cutie. 

Balut

I haven't had balut since 1998! This is a Filipino treat. It is a duck embryo fertilized to 15-18 days. It is boiled. Then you crack it open. Dump salt or vinegar. Drink the juice. Then shell and eat embryo. 

The balut I remember eating were more developed and had more bird and less yolk. 

That was really nice of Romeo my philipino buddy. 

Question

My mind wonders...

How is it that with the Texas heat frying my lawn, weeds can grow between cracks in my driveway?

Why can't my lawn thrive and weeds die?

Now that we taught Eli to read, he is picking up on out spellings: "Dad, I know that spells TREAT!" Why were we excited to teach him?

Our baby is now mobile. She eats anything she finds. Is it bad parenting to sprinkle food on the floor and let her go free range? I promise it will be cleaner than the current method: putting it in her mouth, spitting it onto high chair, then on the floor. (My way keeps the high chair clean, and she will clean up a mess instead of making one!)

Is there anything wrong with a 6pm bedtime? Imagine how rested We could be, the kids know how to brush their teeth. I'm sure they could just as easily put themselves to bed?!

Am I getting older? Or are people getting dumber? I won't elaborate. 

Who thought of eating a chicken egg for the first time? Did someone get so desperate for food they said " I'm gonna eat the next thing that falls out of that chicken!"? 

When is too young to go skeet shooting with your son?

Does 5 chickens make me a farmer? If yes, what if they keep dying? If no, how many do I need?

Why don't my chickens fear me more? I open the door and they follow me around the yard. My kids don't even do that. Maybe I'm doing something wrong as a farmer, or as a dad. I need to be meaner to my kids and nicer to my chickens. Then my kids will follow me around and the chickens will leave me alone.

Can you have too many guns?

My buddy

Eli is my buddy! 

He made this card for me!

 Here he is at Chuck E Cheese's he won all these tickets by himself. 

Here he is 2 years ago at the mini dealer. 

Airsoft time!

Sunday Funday

Eli was waxing philosophical in church!

I'm really proud if him  

Dora is a great sister. She loves her family so much! She is so good to baby Amethyst!

Emmy kept saying "mommy, daddy, baby" while Eli was writing. 

Little baby crawler!

Magic daddy

Jokes on Eli

I Played a joke on Eli

He has been begging for his own iPad 

His own 'iPad'. 

The look on his face was priceless. He Went from excited to crestfallen to laughing when he read the package. 

Vanity

She was staring at herself in the mirror. She kept kissing her reflection, then laughing and laughing. I went to get a pic and she looked like I caught her robbing a bank.