Random Cute Photos

September 24 - JD's reading has really taken off in the past couple months. Here he sat down with Annabeth to read her a book. 

September 28 - Now that she is a little bit older, Annabeth has been going over to play at the neighbor's. Today, I drove over to pick her up and found her riding down the street with her friends in a car. All the girls were dressed as princesses.

October 14 - We have been learning about 10 famous paintings this semester. JD seems to really enjoy it. For each of the paintings I have printed a coloring page. JD wanted his coloring page to look just like the real Persistence of Memory.

October 18 - While Dad was watching football on the big TV, Annabeth and Wesley shared a little small screen time on his Kindle.

A Visit from an Old Friend

After the sound of the familiar clucking alerted me to her presence, I was surprised to open the door  this morning and find Loosey on the back patio. She hasn't done that in ages! She is pretty much the equivalent of a senior citizen so I'm not sure how she managed to jump the fence. We enjoyed her little visit and then I took her back to her home and friends. 

Loosey and her sister "The Red Evil One" (Annabeth calls her that) will be three years old in a few months. They are the only remaining chickens from our first batch of chicks and they have lived through quite a bit in their three years! They welcomed two new batches of chicks into the flock and survived a coyote attack. We hope they'll be healthy and keep laying for another year or two, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is the last patio visit we have.

Mom and Roz Weekend

Last weekend I took my annual trip to go see Roz in Minneapolis. I had a little trouble getting off the ground, engine trouble sent us back to the gate for about an hour. While I was sitting on the plane, Jerry and the kids were having breakfast at Denny's. 

Thankfully, I did get there eventually.

First stop after meeting up with Trevor (and getting a quick tour of his new place) was Giordano's Pizza for dinner. The wait was long, but they let you order your pizza half way through your wait so once you're at your table you don't have to wait all over again for them to cook it. No wonder it takes so long to cook, their Chicago deep dish pizzas are REALLY deep!

I'm not a big drinker, but I did try this beer. It was pretty good!

Roz and I made our usual trip to Junk Bonanza on Saturday. I kept my eye out for chicken items, I especially wanted an egg scale, but didn't have any luck. I only got a few small things. After JB we went out to Culver's for lunch and hit up a favorite thrift store. We hit up the new outlet mall where I splurged and got myself a new purse. Then we ran to JoAnns and Target to buy some crafting supplies before running to Panera for a quick dinner.

Sunday morning we got out the door bright and early to run to the Farmer's Market and meet my cousin Katie for brunch. I bought some fresh cheese curds to bring home to the boys. Yum!

We had brunch at Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge. Weird name, good food, and AWESOME weather - although I can't give the restaurant credit for that!

After brunch, we ran over to look at the park location for next year's WEDDING OF THE YEAR!

Then we swung by the Happy Gnome (restaurant) for a quick peek at where the reception will be. As you can see, I made a new friend. You can meet him yourself next June if you come to the wedding!

Here is a little sneak peek at our craft project. Roz bought a small, vintage suitcase at Junk Bonanza. We took it home and ripped out the old lining. I re-lined it and Roz made a cute little banner for it. She will put it on a table at the reception for cards. So cute!

Before you know it, Monday morning rolled around and it was time for me to head back home. I'm always depressed for a few days after parting ways with Roz. At least this time I have her and Trevor's upcoming Thanksgiving trip to look forward to!