Marcie said Jonathan would have nothing to do with his costume, or Halloween in general. Said he didn't even pay any attention to the kids that were coming to the door for candy....maybe next year......
Greg didn't have any athletic officiating commitment today--YAHOO--so he was able to join us. He and Jonathan were enjoying a kolache and donut holes while we were waiting on the parade to begin.
Baylor University has the largest collegiate parade in the nation.
Jonathan didn't know quite what to think about the people in the parade throwing candy to us. But he did know what to do with this little blue football that someone gave him...."foooo-ball"...
Papa walked him out to touch the helium football balloon.
Why is it so hard to get a 2 year old to cooperate for a picture? Here we have a "fish face".....
...and here he looks like he realizes that he is going to mess up my picture...and is enjoying it!!!
When I took the trash to the road this morning, I saw the golden sunlight on the grass in the lot next door. I love this grass, have no idea what it is. And at this time of year it is tall and catches the light really nice. I ran in and got the camera.
The first shot is probably closest to what I had in mind. I just keep trying and trying when I see the early or late light on it.....
Oh well, there is always tomorrow......
I PASSED!!! And at least I now know how to load, unload, and somewhat handle a gun.....
The parakeet babies grow so fast, and they are kinda ugly, only a mother could love them. These two have a mother that is turquoise and a daddy that is light green. Too early to tell what color these babies will be.....
Man, this momma has her hands full!! Apparently, her eggs have hatched at different times. She takes motherhood to a whole new level, and she is nearly always in the nestbox with her babies. Four babies appear to be fairly close in age. Then you can see the two pink naked ones at the bottom of the picture, one has just the beginnings of feathers and the other has none so assume that those two are different ages as well. Once they get all these babies out, I will be taking the nestboxes out until next spring.....
This is the latest baby to leave the nest box.....its mom is yellow and dad is blue.....
This is the yellow mom, and if you look closely, there is an itty bitty new pink baby in amongst the eggs....
This is the momma in the other nestbox, she doesn't look very happy so she left the box.....
.....and her eggs and new baby.....Greg is going to take a couple of keets to his classroom at school, but if they keep hatching babies, we will have many more.....anyone interested in a cute parakeet???
I have never traveled alone so was a bit apprehensive. Had no problem at the airports, and caught a shuttle to my hotel. The view from my window was pretty nice....
The pool was on the 4th floor, we did take advantage of it a couple of nights, as well as the hot tub...
The last night I was there, we walked around downtown for dinner and to see some sights. The Hyatt has a restaurant/bar at the top that rotates so you can view the city. We had to go check it out.
The restaurant was really nice and we were a bit underdressed, but they let us sit at a table and order a drink. Figured they wouldn't kick us out if we at least spent a little money....
Every morning but one, I walked across the street to Starbucks for breakfast.....YUM!! I am so spoiled now, I will have withdrawals this week. The trees in the park where the shop was had lights in their trees at night, it was really pretty.
I was in Phoenix this past week working, there was lots of data entry to be done but I think between the three of us temps, we did a good job of getting the office gals caught up while they were gone to a training. I actually got an office!!
Friday morning, there were three naturalization ceremonies in the courthouse. I finally managed to get over with my camera for the last one (I didn't take it at first because I know that they are a bit skittish about cameras in a courthouse but I saw family members of the new citizens taking photos so ran back to the office and grabbed mine). As the judge spoke, and then Lee Greenwood sang about being an American, and they took their oath, I got a little teary eyed.....we live in a great country, and these people were becoming citizens the RIGHT way.....
Justice Sandra D. O'Connor, whom the courthouse is named for....
A friend of mine whose husband is on the balloon team for Curves told me that they were having a competition this weekend so I was ready for them this morning.
I just didn't realize that the first target was less than a block down my road.....this guy threw his bean bag really close to the target...
This guy didn't get as close to the target but he was certainly close to me. He wound it up and threw it as hard as he could.....not at me, at the target....
He was off just a bit, but he waved and I wished him a good morning and he went on his way....
Papa called flag football on Saturday morning. That is him waaayyy over on the other side......
Jonathan took his football with him. He was sitting in my lap, eating goldfish and drinking juice. All of a sudden he said, "you ready to go, Mimi?" and I was thinking hey, he had it made, why was he ready to go? So we packed up and left.....
I headed to Goodwill this week because they had an ad for a birdcage. Got the birdcage and picked up this cute little trike!! All that is wrong with it is that it needs a pedal on one side. It even has a bell!! Jonathan isn't quite tall enough to reach both pedals at the same time, but it won't be long. I just love little trikes/bikes!! Now I need to find another one since Jonathan taught Charley the word "mine"......
For the first time in three years, we aren't using ice trays for our ice. We have a working ice maker again.....and that neat little ice/water in the door thingy!! I had to do away with a lot of things on the frig, so far, this is what is back on it. I am sure more things will find their way on the doors as time goes by.....
