Hank the Cowdog

On long car trips growing up we listened to Hank the Cowdog. Hank and Drover were always getting into hilarious predicaments.  Our family has inside jokes regarding this book series that still come up today.    For the past couple of weeks Caroline and I have been reading Hank the Cowdog at night.  Some of the jokes are way over her head but she laughs because I am laughing.

Yesterday Jacee, Caroline and I went to see John  Erickson the author of Hank the Cowdog perform a reading and play some of the songs from the book.  The concert was a the Ranching and Heritage Museum on the Texas Tech campus.  It was a perfect setting.  Caroline and I set at the back so she could play in the dirt but still listen. 

A couple of memorable moments:

• Erickson is hilarious in person & does all the voices for the audio book.
• Caroline and I sang the "Rotten Meat" coyote song all the way home.
• Caroline didn't get all the jokes he was saying but she laughed when everyone else laughed.  
• Caroline kept asking when we were going to meet Hank and Drover.  She was expecting them to come out.  Poor kid waited in vain.

Jacee got the newest book #65.  The last book I read was somewhere in the 50's. Seems I have some catching up to do.  We waited with Jacee to get her book autographed.  

A little Hank Wisdom

Daddy and Ali stayed home and hung out together. Love them both!

Sleeping baby-

 In the words of Caroline "Ali is squeezey"

She dressed herself Monday....