R.I.P COUSIN RICK

This past week we had the unfortunate event of a funeral. Mom, Michelle, Dalton and I drove to St.Louis for the funeral. Riding in a car with a seven year old can be nerve racking and hilarious. This trip as sad as it was had it's ups and downs of emotions from the visitation all the way to the trip home.
It just so happened that the same day of the visitation President Obama was in town to speak at a local high school. I knew this in advance from searching online for the write up on Ricks death. In our house we were joking around saying that Rick knew people in high places and that the president was coming for his funeral. I guess you just don't realize what all a kid picks up even when you are not talking directly to them. While we were at the visitation, we were sitting in the parlor and Dalton was sitting on my leg and he leaned over close to my face and I could see his eyes searching the room and he said "mom where is President Obama? I don't see him any where." That's right my poor son thought we were going to get up close and personal with the President!!!! hahahahaha It was hard to get him to understand that when we were talking about him being there it was just a joke.

While I am talking about Dalton funnies I need to pass this one along too. Right about the time we hit St.Louis Denny called. Dalton answered the phone and talked to him quite a while having the most serious and adult sounding conversation with him. Then, out of the blue he says "DAD, DOES MY BREATH STINK?" hahahahahahahahahahaha I am sure you have heard of smellovision well now you have heard of smellophone. I almost had to pull over I was laughing so hard that I was crying. I was given the phone, Dalton was very angry that we were laughing at him, and I could not help myself........I said to Denny...holding the phone to my armpit I said "did my deodorant wear off?" Okay so this may be one of those had to be there situations but I still get the giggles when I think about it!

LOBSTER ANYONE??

Okay so it is not really a lobster but the first time Dalton caught one of these out of the creek that runs through our yard Dalton came and said "look I caught a baby lobster!" I believe this is the biggest crawdad he has caught yet. It was released back into the water where maybe he will grow into an even bigger LOBSTER! haha

THE JOY OF ARTWORK

Denny recently gave Dalton a can of spray paint and a piece of large paper so he could create some "art." This was all done without me knowing it. I suppose after he was done with his creation on paper he decided to tag some trees with the paint. As you can see we now have our very own "happy" trees. We walked for several days past the trees without noticing them even once. Dalton informed Denny one day on their way to school of the unnoticed artwork. I love the smile on Dalton's face too. It is not very often that I can get him to pose for a picture much less smile.