The adventures of Butter Girl and Crab Man

Happy New Year to all! We rang in 2009 with an awesome "surf and turf" meal with our friends Korey and Becky, and their daughter Jenna. The crab legs were a huge hit.

Sydney's favorit part, of course, was the melted butter. This girl is going to be a contender for Princess Kay of the Milky Way. Rather than wait to have her head carved in butter, though, she decided to douse herself in it. I think her intent was to lick the bowl. Instead, she managed to get it all over her face, dress and hair. Note the shine on her cheeks and forehead. That's all butter!

AJ, meanwhile, provided the after-dinner entertainment. Sliding his fingers into the leftover shells, he performed an impromptu finger puppet show, starting by saying, "Hello, I'm Crab Man!"

To our amazement, all of the kids made it to midnight. We gave AJ and Jenna sparkling cider so that they could join us in a toast to 2009. Cheers!