This 'n' That

Our granddaughter and I go to Kindermusik on Wednesdays. Since this past Wednesday was during the week before Halloween, the kids were to dress up in their Halloween costumes. It's kinda hard to tell, but she is a lady bug. She wouldn't keep her hood on so you can't see the antenna that made her look more like a bug. It kept her from being able to look around.


After Kindermusik, she stays the rest of the afternoon with us and is usually ready for a bottle and a nap pretty soon after we get back to our house. This past Wednesday was a little different. I gave her a bottle then put her in the bed and listened to her "talk" for a little bit over the monitor. When all was quiet for several minutes, I decided to peek in so I could give her mother an accurate nap time. Below is what I found! She wasn't sleeping at all! Not only had she scooted under the bumper (somehow loosening the tie) but she was playing on the slats with her feet. Too cute! She never did take a nap at our house that day.

I hadn't done any seasonal decorating since moving into this house. The summer was taken up with unpacking and finding a new home for everything. I just didn't have anymore creativity within me to worry about any decorating for the summer season. But, things are coming along so I got out some fall stuff. Below is sitting on the sideboard in the kitchen.

Being able to decorate the dining room table was a big milestone since that was the room where we parked boxes until they were unpacked and leaned pictures that needed hanging. Since this is one of the first things you see when you come in through the front door I was glad to get it set.

After hearing about my cousin planting lots of pansies in her yard, I decided to plant a few where we could see them from the kitchen windows and enjoy them even during cold weather (should we have any). Since we once again seem to have lots of rabbits in our yard, we knew we couldn't have them at ground level so opted for planters. At least we no longer have the pool for the baby rabbits to drown!

Hope everyone is enjoying the change in the weather!

Nancy

The State Fair of Texas

Did you know our state fair is the largest in the United States? I didn't know that until we went to the fair last week. We've lived in the Dallas area most of our married life and last week was only the second time we had been to the fair. Our first time was about 5 years ago when a friend from church won a blue ribbon with a photo he'd taken and we wanted to see it on display.

We rode the Dart train to the fair! It was so easy, too! Definitely the way to go. We didn't have the hassle of driving in the traffic on Central Expressway, finding a place to park, then walking a long way to the entrance gate.

We boarded at the Bush Turnpike Station which is about 7 miles from our house. It took us downtown where we changed to the Green Line at the Pearl St. Station.

After a total 50 minute ride, we were there! The Fair Park Station is RIGHT AT one of the entrance gates so we got off the train and walked right in. We had bought our tickets beforehand at Kroger so didn't have to stand in the very long line at the entrance gate. Not only were they discounted buying them at Kroger, but we were able to buy the fair ticket and Dart ticket as a combination. One stop shopping. Can't beat it.

Big Tex giving us his Texas Sized welcome!

We just admired the ferris wheel, didn't ride it. In fact, we bypassed all the rides and stuck with the shows and exhibits.

If you will look closely at the sheep below, you will see 4 horns! They are a definite breed of sheep featured in the children's petting barn. (We went inside even though we had no children with us.) We stopped for a BMX bicycle demonstration...
Saw a milking demonstration...
Admired all the blue ribbons...

Other things we did but didn't get a picture of was a great demonstration by horseman Robert M. Liner, inspection of most of the cars in the 2011 model car show, a couple dog trick shows, a bird show, and a diving show whose skit was written around a couple of pirate captains in the Caribbean. The diving show was good, but the opening music they used was from the first Indiana Jones film! We were both expecting the music from The Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

And, the Pig Races! The man in the blazer running with the pigs is from the Fox Sports Southwest broadcast team and was filming the segment to be shown the next day during the Baylor vs. Texas Tech game. (We tuned in to the game on Saturday and sure enough, there was the pig race!)

We had a fun day!

~Nancy~

Lovin' This Weather!

The weather has been great lately with the lower temps and drier air. For the past couple of nights we've even slept with our bedroom windows open and it felt so nice! For some reason, we didn't do that at the other house. Not sure why.

We've kept our season tickets to the high school football games, even though we no longer know any of the kids on the field. It's a fun thing to do on a Friday night and we enjoy it. The people who have the seats on our left and right go to our church, so that's fun. There are two football fields for our school district and last night's game was at the field that is just across the greenbelt next to our neighborhood. We WALKED to the game! It was such a nice night and we knew it would be easier than if we tried to drive there and get into all the traffic, especially the traffic leaving after the game.

I know it's probably going to warm up some and also be humid again, but we're enjoying it while it lasts.
~Nancy~