Guess who let Auntie Tracey pull out another tooth? Yep on Halloween morning, he had his second tooth pulled by Auntie. And, guaranteed an extra treat tonight on Halloween under his pillow from the tooth fairy! I worked on the tooth the night before and he would barely hold his mouth open for me...he said, "I just want Auntie to do it mom!". Of course she obliged. They had this cute banter going back and forth about how she wasn't really going to pull it out, just wiggle it and then OUT it came! It made for a very cute, toothless tinman!
Gotta have Doritos at the shack. They are the best thing there! I look forward to them each and every weekend.
This washtub has been through 3 generations. It's Bears grandmas. Her kids (my mother in law) have all bathed in it. The nieces and nephews. My husband and his brothers. And now these two. I had been bathing them in the sink tubs and Parker simply outgrew the sink (like awhile ago). So I asked my father in law and he said we have this old tub at the shop. Come to find out it's like 100 years old! Pretty cool. I of course still need to boil the well water and put them in front of the wood burning stove to keep them from freezing, and I still think that's an upgrade from what the previous bathers had.
I snuck up on the boys with Papa Don. They were playing with his hair and making him a moose. I love that they are all sitting on a wire reel. Very appropriate.
Papa usually stays all weekend with us. We love it when he does. I make meals ahead of time and try to clean up the shack as best as I can. But we tend the fires together and he makes the best Whiskey Cokes this side of the Black River. He's an extra set of eyes and hands with the boys and it makes our weekends that much easier.
Now these jackets tell another story. Different family. These are the Riley jackets. Derek and Nick wore these when they were little. They are now big boys (17 & 15). I can't hardly believe it. I put these jackets on the boys and just sat and looked at how long ago it really was that the "big boys" wore them. Then I sent the picture to their mom, Tammy, and she loved it too.
Parker is officially the bird spotter. He thinks it's pretty cool that he and daddy went out hunting and that he spotted a partridge before daddy did. I also was out to impress. Bear hung some cans in a tree just like Milo used to and I peppered the heck out of them! The boys thought it was pretty cool that momma has her own gun and can actually use it! It's also pretty cool that momma had daddy cut off the birds feet and I taught the boys how to pull the tendon to make the toes splay and curl! God gave me boys for a reason!
We worked on this until Daddy got home and then we played a big trick on daddy. I told Parker sternly that he better go show daddy what he did today. Bear wasn't sure what was going on and was sort of freaked out about what might have happened. Parker hopped on his bike, asked for a push and headed out down the driveway and down the road.
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Every couple should have a picture with their spouse that is recent, and your wedding photo doesn't count! 
One of my faves, well two of my faves...the one above and the one below.
