Uncle Danny's House

Sean's uncle Danny passed away this past January. He lived in his grandmother's house, the same house where Kenny and I lived when we first got married. Kenny's dad is getting ready to rent the house and the boys (3 remaining brothers) have been going through Danny's belongings and collecting mementos.

Danny was a huge movie lover as am I. I was asked to come over and pick out some dvds that I wanted. Danny and I seemed to have the same taste in movies! Sean had fun running through house and only asked me once where Uncle Danny was. I told him in Heaven with the angels and he said, "okay".

Later, we went to eat with Maw Maw and Dukie and then headed home. It was a hard trip and when we got home, I held Sean a bit tighter. We love you, Danny!!

Crawfish Boil in Memory of Uncle Danny

collage of Danny

do I have to eat this?

Getting those weeds

Today, Sean and I rode with Maw Maw and Dukie to Mr. Pat's house for Uncle Danny's crawfish boil in honor of his birthday. Kenny had to take a class and couldn't go with us, but all of Sean's aunts, uncles and cousins were there. We thought it best not to tell Sean why were there. It was a hard day for us, but Sean had so much fun which made the day easier.

Sean got to jump on a spacewalk and a trampoline. He went down a slide a lot of times and even played on the swing. He even pumped his legs a little bit on the swing. His favorite toy though, was a weedeater and he used it just like Kenny. Maw Maw and I were laughing watching him "cut the grass".

I was so happy that Aunt Debbie got Sean to eat a hamburger patty. That was a first for my chicken nugget boy.

On the way home, Sean fell asleep and Maw Maw held his head up the whole way, so his neck wouldn't hurt....sweet Maw Maw.

Later that night, Kenny was home and we all watched Marley and Me. It was a wonderful family day and night. We love you, Danny!!!

A Britney Spears Fan??

The finished product
Is it green, yet?

I'm not quite sure what to make of this

Sean had a rough night sleep last night, so I needed much coffee today! Sean woke up and immediately wanted to go get a carwash...his favorite thing. I said that we would do it later. Then, he wanted to paint. I told him, after I had some coffee. He held his paintbrush and kept looking at my coffee mug to see if I was finished. Once my eyes, were fully opened, I got out the watercolors. Sean had more fun painting the table than his watercolor book.

Sean's godfather and uncle's birthday is tomorrow and his friends are having a crawfish boil in his honor on Sat. Uncle Danny passed away in Jan. Sean doesn't understand at all. We've explained angels and Heaven to some extent, but he told me this morning that Uncle Danny is at the doctors office. So, we headed to the bookstore to look for a children's book dealing with loss. A strange thing has been happening when we listen to the radio in the car. Whenever, a Britney song comes on he says, "turn it up please, Mommy". I'm usually getting ready to switch the station. He only asks me to turn up the radio when her songs are on. It's really strange. We need to go back to the dvds in the car!

I couldn't find a book for his age at the bookstore, so we are just going to keep telling him when he asks that Uncle Danny is an angel and leave at that for now.

Sean did take a nap today!! Yeah!! His mood was much better this afternoon. When he woke up, we went to ride his bike. Along the way, he saw an "ant pilt" and asked me what their names were! He's so cute and curious!

When, Kenny got home, we dyed Easter eggs for the first time. Only one egg was broken and there was no huge mess, so all in all it was a success!