Bag Children At The Park
Last Sunday we enjoyed a most pleasant time at a local lake-side park.
A park rife with pecans the children were eager to fill their bags with.
But hanging out water-side with the minnows and turtles soon eclipsed the thrill of hunting for free pecans.
Chit-chatting and looking extra-cute became the the order of the day and…
the nut-collecting bags were put to alternate use.
When’s the last time you ran around with a bag on your head? 
On 20 November 2009 at 9:15 am Jannie said,
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Hey guys, I should mention I considered wearing a bag on my head too when I noticed how overgrown my bangs were getting. But I trimmed them instead!
On 20 November 2009 at 9:22 am Glenn Buttkus said,
I am still chuckling at the image of blue bunny with a fuzzy blue bag over his head; probably with eye holes.
Do you remember many decades ago when the “Unknown Comic”
used to perform on Carson with a bag on his head? His career lasted for a time. I have been “in the bag” a few times in the past, but can’t recall trapsing around with an actual bag on my kopf. Heading to Texas for Christmas this year, to visit my 83 year old mother-in-law over there on the coast, near Victoria, in Lolita–and she has several pecan trees on her place. As a tradition, we gather bags of them, and then sit for hours cracking them and picking them out. We go home with pounds of
fresh pecans in our suitcases.
Hey am I number One, yet again? Who knows. Someone might beat me out of the bag by the time I post this.
Glenn
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On 20 November 2009 at 9:51 am suzen said,
Hi Jannie! I just realized you live in Austin! I’ve always wanted to visit your city! My daughters (possible) future in-laws live there, she’s been down there several times and loves it!
Anywayyyyyyy, I remember getting “free” pecans when I lived in the South years ago. And today would be a good day for me to put the bag on my head – bad hair day!
On 20 November 2009 at 10:17 am Lynn said,
Sometimes I feel like putting a bag over my head. Cute younguns’! And you and Jim are cute, too. And Blue Bunny.
Love that reflection of the trees in the water. Looks like a lovely day…
xo
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On 20 November 2009 at 10:38 am Heather Kephart said,
Jannie, it’s so beautiful there! Kelly and her friend are adorable. At first I thought you mentioned pelicans but I can now see you were talking about pecans.
I probably SHOULD run around with a bag on my head, but don’t. My son Joe does it all the time, though. “Robot! Robot!”
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On 20 November 2009 at 10:56 am Talon said,
It’s amazing – Kelly and her friend look adorable even with bags on their heads!
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On 20 November 2009 at 11:34 am Jannie said,
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GLENN!! You WERE number one, but I slipped in there to update on my bangs. yes, I sure do remember the unknown Comic. he was pretty funny, wonder if he can be found on Youtube. I wonder whatever happened to him. But we’ll most likely never know.
SUZEN!! Sometiems I drive with one of those bags on, with eye holes of course, great for keeping the damaging UVs off my delicate skin. And I hope if you ever plan a visit this way you’ll let me know and we can meet for a coffee or a beer, okay!?
LYNN!! We all ARE very cute, aren’t we? How highly observant of you. It’s a great time of year now to hang on in that park. I remember ting Kelly there 2 years ago when she was Laura Ingalls Wilder for a few weeks. I got to be Pa!
HEATHER!! And the park is huge, I forget how many acres, somewhere between 50 and 100, I think. I should look that up and come back here and update this if I’m far off. Pelicans, lol! you know I used to raise pelicans? (not.)
TALON!! And they walked out of the park like that! Silly. We are lucky to live just a couple miles from that little friend — Kelly and she have been buddies now for over half their lives. I have tons and tons of photos of them. More shall unfold in time.
Think I’m going to lie down in bed now with a pumpkin pie and a can of Reddiwhip. See you!
On 20 November 2009 at 12:24 pm Sara said,
Jannie — I love how you share your family and your life!! I feel as if I get to watch Kelly grow up…I’m sort of a the “unknown aunt blogger,” but I love the role:~)
Needless to say, I loved all the pictures. I enjoyed the ones with the bags over the kids head. I liked the last one for the motion you captured when Kelly’s friend is starting to chase Kelly!
Wow. I can’t remember when I actually wore a bag over my head, but I’ve thought about it a lot! For example,the time when I had go to the grocery store and hadn’t washed my hair in a week. Not a pretty site. I think the customers might have preferred I wore a bag:~)
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On 20 November 2009 at 12:30 pm Betsy Wuebker said,
Hi Jannie – Too cute – and your daughter is unmistakeably yours with her little shoulder up, mugging for the camera. Today I should be wearing a bag over my own bed-head. It’s nearly noon and I’m the perfect stereotype of pajama blogger. Yay!
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On 20 November 2009 at 12:47 pm Thomma Lyn said,
Oh, gigglesnort, gigglesnort. Love the pictures of the kiddos with bags on their heads. I think walking around with a bag on one’s head would be great fun. Kind of like walking around with a glove on one’s head, yelling, Look! I’m a Squid! hehehe
I’m sorry I’ve been bad about visiting lately. Time has been getting away from me. I still love ya. xoxoxo
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On 20 November 2009 at 12:53 pm Paige said,
OMG, Jannie I cannot believe that you have gone so far out of your way to create this post, humous and cute as it may be just so you could put me on the spot. I mean on the S-P-O-T by asking about the bag on my head story. Girl
xxoo
BB that must be a tiny bag
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On 20 November 2009 at 1:50 pm Katie West/The Levity Coach said,
CUTE! Is this all from your iPhone…have you gone i Nuttiness???
Love the photos. How cute is your daughter and her friend.
I have a bag on my head cause my kids keep getting up at 4. What is up with that?
Happy Friday-a-rama
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On 20 November 2009 at 2:51 pm Cindy said,
You know, my backyard has a bunch of pecans in it, if the kids want to come clean ‘em up
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On 20 November 2009 at 3:15 pm K said,
It’s a beautiful park!
And of course your family is beautiful as well.
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On 20 November 2009 at 3:35 pm Lance said,
Hi Jannie,
You are to be commended – using high quality earth-friendly reusable bags for head gear! Woohoo!! And the lake looks so inviting! Did you jump in, Jannie?? Jannie????
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On 20 November 2009 at 4:00 pm Jannie said,
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I just ate 15 shrimps and am going to hop to the bathtub with a glass of wine. (Hope I don’t spill any.)
life’s hard.
Wonderful comments, as usual. I’ll look forward to responding to each and every one tonight at 11:11 Texas time.
xo
On 20 November 2009 at 4:06 pm vered | blogger for hire said,
Kelly looks exactly like you! It’s amazing.
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On 20 November 2009 at 5:11 pm Cath Lawson said,
Hi Jannie – They are so cute. I will have to come to Texas – I love pecan nuts.
On 20 November 2009 at 6:09 pm Susan Helene Gottfried said,
A couple of years ago, my kids ran around with leaf bags on their heads. Almost down to the ground. Talk about a hoot!
I wish I’d been there to just laugh and laugh at them…
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On 20 November 2009 at 6:14 pm G said,
Do you mean intentionally?
Looks like everyone had a great time just relazing and chillin’.
Free eats though, that’s the thing for me…especially pecans. Just got hooked on those bad boys, but they’re just so darn expensive….
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On 20 November 2009 at 11:39 pm MiaHysteria said,
I have no idea when the last time was…it looks like fun. I think I’m gonna have to go find a bag.
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On 21 November 2009 at 3:44 am Barbara Swafford said,
Hey Jannie,
I can’t remember the last time I had a bag over my head. I’m thinking, but my memory escapes me. I hate when that happens.
P.S. Great photos!
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On 21 November 2009 at 5:48 am Ching Ya said,
Last time? Think when I was less than 5 years old if I remember it correctly. lol.. The kids are having a blast! How many pecans they picked up? Oh never mind that, most importantly you guys had a great time! ^^
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On 21 November 2009 at 8:44 am teahouseblossom said,
Hahahahahaha, love the bags on heads!
It brought back memories of my childhood..we used to go to a grove of pecan trees and pick pecans off the ground…
On 21 November 2009 at 8:54 am Megan "JoyGirl!" Bord said,
Boy, when IS the last time I ran around with a bag on my head? Hmm… Might have to call mom on that one.
Loved those pictures, as well as the idea of free pecans! And before Thanksgiving? Pecan Pie for everybody!
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On 21 November 2009 at 9:46 am sheila said,
oh my gosh, the last pics with the bags on their heads, lol!~ What a couple of big nuts, LOL!!! ha ha ha
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On 21 November 2009 at 10:11 am Mama Zen said,
Bag on my head? I’ll never tell!
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On 21 November 2009 at 10:44 am Lynn said,
I loved those Little House books. Pa is a great character – worthy of some Funstering impersonation.
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On 21 November 2009 at 12:21 pm blue bunny (agin) for my jannie said,
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nowe my jannie out drinking beers. so earlee in dae!
i haz givved up any hop of kontroling she beehavyor ever in my liffe agin.
On 21 November 2009 at 1:40 pm Davina said,
Hi Jannie. Such cute pics you’ve been sharing lately. I especially like the ones by the water. I don’t recall the last time I’ve worn a bag over my head… but I have considered it a few times in recent weeks.
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On 21 November 2009 at 9:56 pm Jannie said,
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SARA: The unknown blogging auntie- I like that! I hope you will be my blogging buddy a long time. don’t ya just love how your hair looks when you finally wash it after many days? I do!
BETSY: I think pyjama blogging is the ultimate experience, bag or no bag on my head too.
THOMMA LYN: of couse I know you still love me and vice versa. I hope you are getting some super-rad writing done.
PAIGE: We’re all waiting,you know for you to divulge your bag head story. I’ve had emails inquiries as to when you’ll be telling the tale.
KATIE: Four a.m. Your kids are getting you up at? What’s up with that? And yes, my iPhone took all these photos!
CINDY: The girls would love that! Nothing like storing up nuts for the winter.
K: Thank you for your lovely comment, I appreciate it very much.
LANCE: We tried plastic bags for Kelly and her friends but that didn’t work out so well. Yikes.
VERED: Yes, she is looking more like me all the time, it’s spooky. She has her dad’s eyes, tho, his mother’s eyes.
CATH: Can I send you a bag of nuts?
SUSAN: That must’ve been such a hoot. Kids can be the greatest source of laffs.
G! Sorry it’s been too long since I’ve been to Cedarland, I’ll be over very soon. With a bag of pecans.
MIA: I recommend a bag that’s like a small tent, a whole personal spa one.
BARBARA: my memory is the thing I miss most when I’m looking for just about anything. Like my reading glasses.
CHING YA: it is a lovely open park with many trails. And it’s right next to one of Michael Dell’s home, I washoping we’d get asked in for tea.
TEAHOUSEBLOSSOM: It is a thrill to go out on a fall day to the pecan grove and return with a nice load of nuts.
MEGAN: I love my pecan pie with whipped cream, do you? ‘Cause a mere 500 calories are not quite enough in a desset.
SHEILA: A couple of big ” nuts” hee hee — you funny.
MAMA Z! don’t be shy now. Okay I’ll go first , I wore a bag with eye holes today to the coffeeshop.
LYNN: They are excellent books. And people say I look a bit like Pa , but I think I’m more like Daniel Day Lewis.
DAVINA: Thanks for the lovely comments on the photos. And I bet you look just as cute as ever with a head bag.
Back later !
On 21 November 2009 at 10:32 pm jan said,
ok, my kids are going to hate me for this, but here goes. for a big laugh they did not put bags on their heads when they were little. they chose underwear instead. eyes peeping out of the leg holes…you get the idea. it was a stitch! glad you had such a pecan good time on your outing. xo
On 22 November 2009 at 1:53 am SnaggleTooth said,
Back in The Day, when they gave out large, brown, paper bags at the market, I used to do all kinds of projects with them, besides making school-book covers.
When my kids were little, we used to draw on them n cut out eye-holes for masks several times per year for fun.
I’ve often wondered what the Unknown Comic’s real face looked like… (N have played I were he…)
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On 22 November 2009 at 2:23 am ghabuntu said,
Hi Jenny
You know, I think those two kids were meant to be born by the same parents, but by some stroke of Harry Porter’s magic wand, they ended up with separate parents.
BTW, the first pic makes you look real menacing sort of.
On 22 November 2009 at 5:44 am Chris said,
What a beautiful park! I love Kelly’s legs. Looks like you all had a wonderful time.
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On 22 November 2009 at 8:55 am Walter said,
The lake is beautiful. I want to spend the rest of my life in such a peaceful place.
On 22 November 2009 at 9:21 am BK said,
Glad that all of you have a pleasant time at the local lake-side park. I have not walked with bag on my head for a long long time.
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On 22 November 2009 at 11:33 am Jannie said,
JAN!! I’ll never tell your kids you divulged the underwear on the head story.But what’re their e-mail addresses?
SNAG!! I remember using the brown paper bags for school book covers too. Do they not have paper bags in your grocery stores there anymore? (Just ’cause you mentioned “back in the day.”) Would love to see you post a Youtube playing The Unknown Comic.
GHABUNTU!! What a lovely things to say. I do believe God puts plenty of only children on the earth to play with each other.
CHRIS!! Aren’t her teeny legs something cute to behold! The only thing that could’ve improved the day was a tray of devilled eggs.
WALTER!! The park was once a privately owned ranch that the city bought. I’d love to spend the rest of my days there too.
BK!! I think the bag-wearing could become quite the rage done in a large field or something. A new Levity Project… http://lifelaughterlevity.com/
On 22 November 2009 at 12:30 pm Nadia - Happy Lotus said,
Hi Jannie,
Beautiful pictures. I don’t blame the girls being sidetracked by the lake and minnows and turtles. I would have done the same thing. And as for when was the last time I had a bag over my head….it was about a month or so ago. I was trying to make my husband laugh after we came home from food shopping so I put a bag over my head and pretended to be a monster. He was laughing in no time.
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On 22 November 2009 at 11:27 pm Fun & Fact said,
I must say you have very beautiful kids very cute specially your daughter thank God she is fine now may GOD BLESS HER n your family.
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On 23 November 2009 at 3:05 am robbi said,
fentulia, this was a blog that had me reaching for the deja vu button.For it are dear fretup that I is haunted by the fear that one day, owing to my excesses and profligate spending I too shall become a bag person. Many is the rubbish receptacle I find myself gazing into with hunger in my very bones. Might there be a hidden treasure or three within that bin, could I purloin a trolley from the local mart, fill it with plastic bags crammed with all sorts of detritus? Oh the thrill of it all, I tell you frestoll at times when viewing bags of all descriptions I am filled with a desire and want that knows no bounds. Your little bag persons are delightful and sweet by their appearance, but I fear would be no match for one such as I in the bagging stakes.I remain, Yrs Faith xxxrobbi (ps Hopefully they,unlike me,will resist the temptations of the flesh, go on in life to become useful members of society such as Dr’s or tax collectors, but not lawyers of course.)
On 23 November 2009 at 3:15 am J.D. Meier said,
Nothing beats minnows and turtles.
I grew up on a lake so I got to play with all sorts of sea creatures. You haven’t lived until you’ve had baby snapping turtle races.
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On 23 November 2009 at 3:22 am SnaggleTooth said,
Jan, I do remember my daughter BBM, when about 4, put white panties on her head n said: “Look Mommy, I’m a spaceman!” (It still makes me laugh)
Ah the treasured highlights we remember!
Jannie, here they hide the paper bags, n use plastic, cause we want to save the planet by saving trees…
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On 23 November 2009 at 4:03 am cinderkeys said,
The idea that you can live in a place where it’s possible to harvest pecans is weird to me. Don’t those grow in the grocery store?
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On 23 November 2009 at 8:23 am Jannie said,
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Ha!
NADIA!! You are the winner of this post for recent bag wearing. And the Commenting Queen of this post. Your prize is this two whoo-hoos and a yippie… WHOO-Hoo! WHOO-HOO!! YIPPEEE!!!
FUN AND FACT!! What a great name for a bloggger. Howdee, welcome to Pecan County Texas. Thank you for your visit and comment. Funstering Global appreciates your time and sweet-hearted effort.
ROBBI: IT is with greatest pleasure I share that I am one to dumpster dive on regular occasion, with the children in tow for training. Why just yesterday we scored a couple busted up lawn chairs, 3 bags of packing peanuts, a rusty sewer grate and 10 moldy peaches. (But not much mold on ‘em at all, really.)
J.D.!! Ah, a Lake Boy. I do remember you saying that before. Snapping turtle races. Sounds like a lot of fun. But perhaps a bit hazardous to the fingers if not executed just right?
SNAG!! Kelly won’t let us get plastic because she fears the plastic will end up in the ocean and strangle turtles. That’s what they teach at her school and they do have a good point.
Cinderkeys:
So true!
On 3 December 2009 at 10:49 am Jeanne said,
Jannie,
It looks like a very fun day at the lake culminating in the infamous bag-head photos. I’m sure the girls found this hilarious!!
Yet another reason not to use plastic bags… those Earth-friendly re-usable bags can go on their heads with no worries.
Jeanne
On 12 December 2009 at 12:11 am Jannie said,
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JEANNE!! They did have a hoot and a half. And yes, on those re-useable bags, ho-woo!!!
xoxo
On 30 December 2009 at 12:06 pm Ana Goncalves said,
What a fun packed adventure ficker licking day! I love that you all had a good time.
In this picture your daughter reminds me of our next door neighbours daughter!
Head bagging reminds me of the last time our cat got stuck in a bag and ended up running around the house very frightened whilst I ran after her, attempting to cut it off her. She eventually flew through the cat flap and it came off. Phew!
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