Pluff Mud

The birthday boy, with LDC, waiting for the ferry to arrive.

Once on board the catamaran- we began winding through the marsh, 
passing Willets, Spartina, periwinkles and
breathing in "some of the cleanest air in the United States".
captureamericajournal.

Our destination was the ocean side of Bull Island South Carolina.

Low tide and knobbed whelks awaited us.
As well as the following humorous situation... 

Decisions, 

decisions,

decisions.

It's not sand

It is pluff mud

"According to legend, the mud was used to fertilize cotton fields that had become depleted of nutrients. This garnered the alternate spelling of “plough.” ...

Pluff mud has a vacuum-induced sucking power that would make James Dyson envious. You can’t really call yourself a Charlestonian until you have sacrificed a shoe or two to its gooey, vise-like clutch. The constancy of the mud vacillates wildly over the course of a few feet. Within a single step, ankle deep can become mid thigh or worse. Like quicksand, pluff mud draws you deeper the more you struggle."

it's the mother sauce of all things Lowcountry

Deciding to for-go the vise-like clutch.

November 26, 2016

Flower Pot

When I asked LDC what she wanted to be for Halloween this year, her thoughts included:

 ladybug, pink balloon and a rainbow flower.

She narrowed down her brainstorming and settled on a rainbow flower.

Loved pulling the costume together this year.

The watering can was the trick-or-treat bag.
Additional touch: Order Lepidoptera on her headband.

Her sign made me fall out of the chair laughing.
We are working on spelling.
"happy
hElloween"

Hello Fall

Pumpkins from her patch

Mom Getaway Weekend

 Seven Moms On a Mission.
(the above pic had to be taken more than once because we kept cracking up and couldn't keep "serious" faces)


The mission: to relax, sleep-in(!) and have a weekend of fun.

Cashiers North Carolina

Jamie- with the pumpkin as her face- hysterical.

Mission accomplished.

The 9th month of the year

Where did September go?We celebrated two birthdays this month

My 39th birthday (pic above)
LDC's (pics below)

A camping weekend with a "Be a Doll, Bring a Doll" birthday party theme

Junior Rangers displaying their new badges after taking the oath to, "Explore, Learn and Protect".

Decorating Diaper Bags
One for the mommy
One for their baby

After the babies were set at the table, the moms worked on making the babies food...

out of play-dough.

Feeding time for the little ones and 

a birthday cake and pinata for the moms
(little mini cake for their babies)

Happy 6th LDC
September 26, 2016

Bubble gum bubble gum in a dish

Three years ago I promised LDC that she could have bubble gum when she started Kindergarten.

I am getting old.

Hysterical trip to the convenience store.