Two Friends, Two Parks, One Week

Earlier this week, Cole and Jasmine went to a park that is located within Jasmine's neighborhood. It was loads of fun. Cole wanted to go down the slides, again and again. Marianne and I worked out a system where one of us was at the top of the slide while one of us was at the bottom of the slide so that we could maximize the number of times the kids could ride the slide before we got tired.
Cole even tried to climb back up the slide to have another turn.

Cole spotted this horse from across the playground (I could hardly tell it was a horse but he was certain). He and Jasmine took turns riding the horse.

Today Cole met Lyric at a nearby park and played for hours. The slides, swings and tunnels were a big hit as well as the sand. After a picnic lunch Cole and Lyric headed back to the playground. Lyric is a year older than Cole so she took his hand and lead him to the correct playground. (She's even pointing in the right direction in the next picture.) So cute.

Parks are a really great place to meet up with a friend and have lots of fun. It just wouldn't be the same without you gals (Marianne, Jasmine, Courtney and Lyric).

Animals and Farming

This past week Cole and I got to spend a few days with Pa and Grams. As always, when Donny is unable to come with us, our visits are bitter sweet. Bitter because we miss Donny and wish he could come with us; sweet because we get to visit with Pa and Grams. I think Cole loves the outdoors and animals even more than I do; which is a bunch because I LOVE being outside and with animals.

Pa and Grams took Cole and I to the rodeo grounds to see all the animals one day while we were there. Cole loved being able to touch all of them. I'm not sure he had a favorite. I think if you were to ask him, he'd say they were all his favorite.

This poor pig should have ran the other way (away from Cole). Cole got so excited when the pig ran up to him. The pig stood there for a while letting Cole pet him and grab his snout. Every time Cole grabbed the pig's snout he'd squeal with delight (Cole not the pig).

This cow had a calf in the pen with her. Cole ran right up to the cow and even let the cow lick his hand. He didn't know what to think of the cow's sand paper tongue but liked that the cow liked him and let him touch her.

The petting zoo was wild. Cole didn't know what animal to touch first. He ran from one goat to the next, stopped along the way to meet a deer and chased a duck. This was the first time he'd seen a lama.

Cole and I got to help plant potatoes in Pa and Grams garden. Pa let Cole drive the tractor, preparing the soil for planting.

Grams taught Cole how to turn the potato eye-side up so that they have a better chance of growing and how to space them out and put them in the middle of the row.

Cole had so much fun playing in the dirt.


Every morning when we'd go out to feed the horses, Cole would run straight for them, pointing and saying, "hor" "hor" in excitement. He LOVES his horses.

Socks was my horse as a child. We made a lot of great memories. Cole ran right up to him and motioned for Pa to pick him up and let him get on Socks. Once on Socks' back, Cole grabbed his hair and nudged Socks to move. (I think he thought Socks would work like his rocking horse does at home.) Socks just stood there, probably thinking "I'm too old and tired for this".

Donny and I bought Ace the year before Cole was born. Ace was only a year old then. We wanted Cole to have his very own horse to grow up with. Pa has been working and training Ace for a while now. (I even got to help out with some of the training while I was there. It was so much fun.) Ace is good natured and really a gentle colt. He will be a great horse one day and Cole will have a lot of fun making memories with him.

We look forward to the next time we can visit Pa and Grams. Maybe next time I'll ride Ace. ;)

Superbowl

The Boudreaux's got together with family and watched the Superbowl on Sunday. David and Rachel (Onk and Taunt) are huge Steelers fans and had their home decked out to the nines. They were even sporting their favorite team shirts. They must have cooked and decorated all day. There was such a yummy feast for us to eat, some of which was gumbo, chili, parmesean zucchini, deviled eggs, crawfish dip, bacon wrapped stuffed jalapenos and on and on. Oh it was fabulous.

Donny and I were kind of rooting for the Cardinals but figured the Steelers would win. I think everyone thought that. It didn't take long before I saw a Steelers shirt on Cole and a fan towel in his hand. Taunt had gotten a hold of Cole and was teaching him to cheer for the winning team. She taught him how to raise his arms and yell for touchdowns. It is really cute.

Thank you David and Rachel for the memories. We had a blast.