May 30 {butt-meat}

no matter how hard he tries...

...cole has a hard time...

...containing his butt meat...

...but it's so cute.

May 29 {Summer's arrival}

May 28 {mudbug}

This afternoon we attended our first crawfish boil as guests of the Harding's.  It was SO fun! The hosts went all out with authenticity - newspaper covered tables, zydeco music, cajun snacks (including gator and snapping turtle) and of course LIVE crawfish!

Maxine got gussied up for her first party (outside of family functions).  

Cole arrived and quickly took to Stevie and Charlie.  They had a great time together.

The process of preparing the crawfish was more involved than I knew.  First the little buggers were put in the baby pool and covered with salt and water.  I learned this process was the "purge" - - cleans 'em out.

 Can you tell?  Dirty water!

 The kids were spectators and terrified watching the mudbugs jump and pinch.  The big boys did the work...

...and played...

Cole was NOT interested....

..until he was.  You know.

The view was amazing.  Just outside of Waterloo, although it reminds me of somewhere dreamy.

Back to the boil...

 Crawfish in!

 Spicy goodness

 Dinner is ON!

Did I mention that I was a bit taken by the view?!?

It was a great afternoon and evening.  We enjoyed the adult company and Cole had a blast with the girls.

Our hosts were so gracious - we hope we earned an invite again next year!  ;-)

May 27 {Great}

Maxine met her Great-Grandma Jean today after a nice visit with Grandma & Grandpa and her uncles.

Great Grandma Jean had a special touch with Max.

It was a great visit. 

May 26 {cozy}

I may see something cuter than this later today...but I can't imagine that I will.  

Swaddled baby snuggled in our bed - Delicious!