Table Manners

Shattuck isn’t always smiles and giggles… sometimes he breaks for a meal here and there…

and when he does… he’s less concerned with the way he looks versus gettting his food down…

he can be a little sloppy…















Once he’s done… he likes to relax with his Granfather on the hammock…



Shattuck Grave Rosedale

Break For Geneology

Shattuck has some cousins buried in the Rosedale cemetery.

Alex Ripley Shattuck March 3, 1869 to Dec. 16 1934
Mary Smith Shattuck Sept. 11, 1889 to March 1981
One Child Alex Ripley Shattuck, Jr. May 29, 1914 to June 8, 1915

Alex Ripley’s sister would have been Bessie Shattuck Kirk who is Shattuck’s Great Great Great Grandmother who is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, TN.

Bath Time Is For The Dogs

Shattuck is on his way to see his Great Grandmother in Rosedale, MS.

As usual, his mother would not let me grab him out of bed in his pajamas, put him in the car, and head out of town…

…first Lord Shattuck needed his bath… a proper pressed day outfit… his hair will be done… and on with the presentation.

I hope this doesn’t effect him later in life.  He and I will need some ‘man’ time after all of this…







Shattuck was well supervised… 1 Grandfather, 1 Grandmother, 2 West Highland Terriers, and 3 Standard Poodles… of course.

















Mac and Cheese Please

Shattuck loves Mac and Cheese.  He likes to take a long dinner in the evening before his bath.


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High Point Pizza

After going to Hutchison’s fall party for pre-k (see earlier blog post)…. we decided to go to High Point Pizza for the best pizza in town.  The Margarita pizza is the best you’ve ever had.  And they have a Mrs. PAC MAN game on the premises for $0.50… not much more than it cost in the 1980s… however the best part is that Anne Hartmann and West enjoy it just as much whether you put money in or not…



Question: Guess what you’re not supposed to do before the pizza comes out?

Answer:  Let the kids have gum.



Shattuck was along for the ride.

Hutchison School Fall Party

International soccer star Anne Hartmann took some time off of her busy sports schedule to take us to her school for a fall party.



Shattuck didn’t really know what to expect at the invitation to go to an all girls school party.



A.H. performed with her cotton candy….



Then took some time to join the others for a little adventure slide (just to let the other know she’s just like them… and not a famed super soccer star)…





The men… realizing they were deep DEEP behind enemy lines… remained very still in the hopes that the hundreds of pre-K girls wouldn’t notice them and force them to play the ‘girl’ games… for if they were ever spotted… not man in their right mind would risk capture coming onto this campus for a rescue.  Good luck men.



A.H. stopped for a brief moment to sign autographs.



Shattuck has no idea how many time’s he going to try to sneek back on this campus later in life…