Crazy, crazy mornings!

School starts back on August 18th.

That's only 22 more days!

This summer, I've worked with my 2 to create a morning routine that should cut down on the chores and craziness.  Basically, before they come out of their rooms in the morning (except to run to the bathroom), I ask that they: 

Make their beds,

Get dressed for the day,

Pick up any dirty laundry,

Put away any clean clothes that I folded and put in their rooms after they went to bed,

and be ready to be happy and obedient.  

They've about figured out the first 4 steps.  It's that 5th one that's a doozie!

With school starting out, I wanted to make something to remind them of these little steps every morning.  I spent a little time creating these:

Morning Routines for my Big Girl

Morning Routines for my Son

If you like them, I've saved them as .pdf files that you can print too.  They are designed to print on regular printer paper and then to be trimmed down to 8 x 10 so they fit in a standard photo frame.

Enjoy and good luck with your crazy mornings!

Crabbing 101

We enjoyed some yummy boiled crabs on our vacation.

 

They were super fresh. 

How do I know?  We caught them ourselves!

Here’s how you catch a crab—the Grand Isle beach vacation way!

Step 1:  You need a string, some poles, and a few turkey necks!  Walk out a ways into the gulf, string the string between the poles and tie on the turkey necks!

Yep, it’s gross.  But so worth it.

Step 2:  Walk along the string pulling up your turkey necks. 

Crabs will be hanging on them. 

Have the net ready because the second those suckers are out of the water, they let go.

Step 3:  Toss back the female crabs with eggs.  Gotta let them grow to catch later.  How do you know if a she-crab must go back?  Check this out.

 

Step 4:  Walk back and forth along the string catching crab after crab after crab.

Step 5:  Repeat step 4 until you have enough crabs to feed a small army.

Step 6:  Boil those suckers.

Step 7:  Eat and enjoy!

                                          

The Great Grand Isle Get-away

Whoo Hoo!  Vacation!  I won’t bore you with 1467 vacation photos, but you do have to look at a few.

We spent the last few days with all of my family and a few wanna-be family members in Grand Isle. 

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We stayed on the beach.

 

We played in the water.

We caught hermit crabs,

and blue crabs.

We boiled crabs too!

We ate well, we played hard, and we relaxed and rested

We’ve been home for about 3 hours and we’re already ready to go back!

     

(thanks to Mom and my sisters for sharing pictures!)