Thank you, Grandpa, for coming to spend the day with us and bringing Lane a special pumpkin for Halloween! And apricots! And get well flowers for Chad!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Celebrating Wedding Bells
Aunt Charlene, Cousin Reisha, Aunt Jo and Riley and Jack.
Sharon and Jack.
Jack and Sharon got married on October 10, 2010 in Las Vegas. A party was held in their honor at their house on October 16th. Chad couldn't make it cause he had pneumonia. A group picture was taken and I'll post it if I can get a copy of it :)! Congrats to the happy couple!
Friday, October 15, 2010
"Space" Class at the Dallas Museum of Art
After talking about space, the kind you occupy - not the kind rockets go to, the teacher, Leah, took a paper chicken through a painting. The chicken went across the river, through the bushes, around the houses, over the mountains and back across the river so she could go home for dinner that night. This was all based on a book she read at the beginning about a chicken going through space (over the haystack, under the fence...). A great lesson and fun playtime afterwards in the new Arturo's Nest. The DMA does a good job of welcoming little ones to the museum.
State Fair of Texas 2010
You take what you can get when you ask a random stranger to take your picture in front of Big Tex.
This is actually a 'corn dog' toast to Jack and Sharon that got married in Las Vegas about the time we were taking this picture.
The Backyard Circus really held Lane's attention although he showed no interest in volunteering to be a lion or a tiger or anything else :).
The Children's Farm at the State Fair was one of my favorite things to watch Lane do all day. He got an apron and basket upon entering and as he travelled the path he watered a peach tree and collected a peach, gathered grain, fed the chickens and collected an egg in his basket in the chicken coop, fed grain to the cow and milked her and took a carton of milk with him, planted what looked like okra seeds, collected some vegetables, fed the sheep and collected some wool, and rode a tractor around a circle to take feed to the pigs and cows. At the end he put all his 'gatherings' back into bins in the farmers market and received paper money which he got to redeem at the store for a snack. AWESOME exhibit. By far, my favorite for him from the entire day.
Uncle Zach Comes to Town
Taking a nap on the way to meet Uncle Zach for breakfast at Tom's Grill in Arlington.
Even though it was a short visit, it was great to see Zach who came to town to watch the Rangers play in the playoffs. He brought Liam, Jackson and Lane Texas Rangers shirts he got at the game this past Saturday (we saw him on Sunday before the game). This is a picture of them playing with one of the Halloween Picture Seek and Find books Grandma Karen sent up with Zach for Liam and Lane. Thanks for being so thoughtful Zach and Karen! Love, love, love.
Getting Ready for Baby Sister
Lane was practicing holding his baby sister gently in the rocking chair with Susie, my baby doll from when I was a kid. He really seems excited about her arrival and will happily tell you she will be here in January.