Fair Fun!

This was the second year we have gone to DuQuoin to the fair with Brenna.  She and Drake have so much fun together.  Sometimes they act like they adore each other and other times they act like an old married couple.  It was a beautiful day for the fair.  The kids had so much fun on the rides.

 Everything was just fine until we found the big cage that was full of parakeets.  For the low price of $2.00, you can go into the huge cage and feed the birds.  Sounds fun, right?  That's what Drake and Brenna thought.

 Checking out the cute little birds.

 Drake even thought it was funny when a bird landed on his head.

 This was about when the fun ended.  This was when the lovely worker handed Drake the stick with bird food on the end.  It was shortly after this picture that there were ELEVEN of these cute little birds on Drake's arm fighting over the food on the end of the stick.  Needless to say, I thought he was going to be passed out any second due to screaming and crying so hard he couldn't breathe.  I didn't get a good picture because he had turned his body.  Poor little guy isn't a big fan of birds any more.

Check out Wes and Natasha in the background trying to calm him down.  I'm thinking the boy next to Drake wasn't digging the birds on his arm either.

 All was well once we found the big slide.

My baby goes to Kindergarten

Okay, seriously, where on earth does the time go????  It goes faster every day!  I cannot believe my baby is in kindergarten!  Before school started, I took a day off work to spend time with him.  Well, we had to get him a couple shots too.  He took it like a champ.  After shots, we went to Cool Spoons to eat some frozen yogurt.  He loves it there!

 A couple weeks before school started, we went shopping for school supplies.  I was so glad Drake didn't go for a character back pack.  I DON'T do characters and I wasn't really feeling like getting into it in the middle of Target.  I've never bought him character clothes or anything of the such.  I'm just not a fan.  Now, don't get me wrong, I let him rock whatever Phineas and Ferb, Batman, or Cars pajamas he wants, but we don't go in public in that junk.  How stinkin cute is he in this picture?

 Before school started, we met Misty, Ethan and Hevyn at Walker's Bluff to watch The Lorax.  It was a beautiful night and the kids had a blast.

 We also went to St. Louis for a Cardinals game with Misty and the kids the week before school started.  It was a night game but it didn't matter, it was still holding steady at a blazing 369 degrees.  I'm pretty sure I won't be doing that again any time soon.

 ..................and here is my big boy on his first day of KINDERGARTEN!  I thought I would cry all morning, but I kept it together pretty well.  I was just nervous about him being there in a new big school without me, not knowing many people.  I walked him into school that morning and it was like a sense of security came over me as we walked down the hall, passing teachers that I knew and that he knew, passing little neighbor kids that he plays with, and passing friends from church.  This is when I knew he was going to be just fine.  He absolutely LOVES kindergarten!

August

 In August, we went to Brenna's house to celebrate her 5th birthday.  I look back at these pictures and LAUGH OUT LOUD!  These two could argue play forever!  They had soooo much fun!

After Brenna's party, we went down to Granny's house to celebrate Jeff's birthday.  A trip to Granny's wouldn't be complete without a trip out to see the cattle.  I just love this place so much and will miss it when it sells, but I'm so happy that our family shares so many wonderful memories there.  Drake picked out the cool fish cake for Uncle Jeff.  I must say it was pretty cool.