Goose went to camp!

Katharine went to camp a month ago for a week.  Found these pictures in my Blackberry.  Sky Ranch is in Van, TX.  First time we had to decorate the car for this.  If you do, you get a cookie basket or something.  Camp is 1 hour and 45 minutes away so part of the afternoon was spent driving.

Catch-up

New member of the family - Shiloh or Bean. The goose decided on the latter but I happen to like Shiloh better.  The dog is a Toy Fox Terrier and is about 10 weeks old.  Quite fun.  "One thing dog, I am the alpha male! Got it?"

Katharine's Project (No. 2)

Somehow, she got her Poppy to make the wigwam.  I went to their house and he was working on this contraption on top of the kitchen island.  I asked Kelly why we weren't working on it and she stated that her mom got her dad to do it.  We'll see how it turns out.

The goose will be wearing an american-indian outfit.  Cute!

Crawfish!!

Kelly and I have a new passion.. crawfish!  The goose had a sleepover Saturday so we went to Nate's for some seafood.  It is amazing how we've come to love crawfish.  You start off with a couple of pounds then realize that all that weight is shell and stuff you do not eat.  I think you only get about 1/2 a pound of food.  Somehow, I also thought they were year-round but I was wrong.  Our server said that the season ends sometime in late May till mid-June.  Messy but yummy.

Day 3 of Skiing

Kelly and I took Monday and Tuesday off as our not-so-young-as-we-thought bodies were experiencing pains and aches we haven't had in a long time.  The girls somehow continue to go to their ski school and are not having any aches at all.  We decided to rejoin the girls on Wednesday instead.

We're going skiing!!

Friday evening we packed our bags, rented a minivan, borrowed a yakima and headed East towards New Mexico.  Our plan was to drive till midnight hoping to hit Amarillo but ended in Childress instead. That's what happens if you leave Plano at 8PM.  Saturday morning, we stopped at The Big Texan to have breakfast. 
this is the home of the 72-inch steak where if you can eat it all within an hour, you get it for free.  Nope, I never even entertained the idea of having one so early in the day. We brought one of Katharine's classmate and close friend Catherine with us.

Mom's advice

I told Kelly last night that I had complained to my mom that the goose recently stated she is not a little girl anymore and should not be treated as such especially in public.  Though this request is expected, she also stated that public display of affection needs to be toned down as well.  What?? I'm so used to the hand-holding, kiss-you-in-the-forehead thing, put-my-arm-around-you kind.. and now it needs to be in check??  Dangit!  My little girl isn't a little girl anymore.  I didn't think it would be this soon but it was going to happen one way or another.  I suppose I can live with that.  Mom stated that Uli had gone thru the same thing when Ina was this age.  Though it had been a couple of years for him, its only my first couple of months.  Her advice was to basically deal with it.  There is no stopping the goose' growing.  Man, this is one heck of a transition for me..