Celebrating Memorial Day

How did we celebrate Memorial Day? I'm sure we celebrated just as everybody else did -- with peas, a backache, and fiddler crabs.

Annabelle is becoming quite the eater...when she wants to. She is very finicky, eating entire jars of food one day and absolutely nothing the next. On Memorial Day, she tried peas for the first time. I was anxious to find out how she would react to this green deliciousness (HA!). Surprisingly, she loved it! She ate the entire jar and wanted more! Can you believe it?! I guess she takes after her brother because Jacob has always loved peas. Although, now, he will only eat frozen peas. He rejects peas from a can.

I've found the best way to feed her is to strip her down to her diaper -- no bib. When she's wearing a bib, she tries to eat it along with her food. That makes an even bigger mess...if you can believe that!

Heath hurt his back over the weekend and could barely move for a couple days. He's doing much better now, thank goodness. Despite the backache, we decided we should at least get out of the house for a while, especially since it wasn't raining. It seems like it has rained almost everyday lately...and not just a little rain....downpours. We loaded Jacob and Annabelle up in the car and went for a drive.

We got in the car without a plan, so we just drove around for a while. That actually worked out well because both kids took a nap. We finally ended up around Hunting Island. The line to get into the state park was waaaaaaaaaaaaay too long, so instead, we stopped at a boardwalk that stretched out over the marsh. It was such a beautiful day!

For Jacob, the highlight of our walk was seeing fiddler crabs. "Hi little crabs!" he said.

It's funny...Jacob does not like to walk through sand. There were a couple places along the walk that were pretty sandy (think beach sand) and everytime Jacob took a step he whined and looked up at me. "Hold you! Hold you!" he cried. He wanted me to pick him up because he hates walking through thick sand. He does the same thing at the beach. I guess some people don't like the feeling of sand in their toes. He's one of them.

When we're in the car, I can't help but laugh at Jacob because he is ALWAYS bobbing his head to the music. It doesn't have to be any particular kind of music, just as long as it has a beat. He can't help himself. The boy has rhythm. What can I say?