The Fair

Though the days can reach in the 90's and higher, the nights have cooled down.  Fall is in the air at last.  The Graham County Fair was this past weekend (Oct. 7-10).  The Parade was Friday morning, the pictures were in the previous post, and we attended the carnival on Saturday.  We went with Janiel McNeil and her boys.  Curtis is Franklin's best friend.  He has so much fun with him!

Lisette didn't enjoy herself much, until we got her a balloon.  Of course it didn't keep her happy the whole time, and you can't blame her since she missed nap #2 for the day.  I also couldn't resist getting this adorable blue halter dress for Lisette from one of the vendors.  We also enjoyed the kettle corn so much that I have found a recipe, and still perfecting it, to make it at home.  It is very good for any that want it!

Sunday night we visited Great Grandma Reed's home and enjoyed dinner, and lots of catching up!  Sonia and Ethan were visiting also (I was so sad to have missed Tanya and her boys who also had visited over the weekend)!  We had Casa Manana Monday with the whole clan, so much fun to visit!!  I took so many pictures that I decided to make a slide show.  Enjoy!

Monsters

Franklin has reached that point that loves, and is scared of, Monsters.  Daily he tells me he wants to watch "Monster Door" aka Monsters Inc.  Since Monday we have restricted what he watches due to nightmares.  A few nights ago I made a run to the store to pick up a better nightlight, Wall-E and Spirit (non-monster movies with very mild scary images).  He loves to go to bed now with that nightlight, and its a relief to know he won't be crying in his room at night.  I've also stolen an idea from someone else that I heard years ago, before I had kids.  I purchased a Febreeze spray bottle, and am putting a No Monster's type icon on it.  So now in the future if he gets scared I will tell him to use the Monster Killer spray in his room.  He likes it already.

Lisette is very interesting.  She's an amazing angel one second and the next she's screaming murder.  She can fall, hit her head, get a bruise and either there is zero crying, or after 2 minutes she's moved on, and on the other hand she will get so mad and scream so deafeningly loud if she doesn't get to stand in a certain spot, play with something not safe, or get her way for any reason.  Franklin at her age was far more accommodating and easy to please.  She is definitely a beauty though.  This morning, during one of her fits because we wouldn't let her sit at the bottom of a slide that other kids wanted to go down, Stephen tells me, "Imagine what she'll be like when she's 13".  I respond with "You have just ruined my whole day."  I honestly think she won't be quite like this at that age though.  Here is the very clip of that fit just so you have a bigger idea of what she's like.

Some day I will enjoy Karma.


Franklin enjoyed the Graham County Fair Parade very much (the carnival is tonight).  One great thing about small town parades is the candy and various other things they hand out in plenty.  He got an Otter Pop, perfect for the heat, and I didn't have to help him.  He loved the bands, and that has made me proud.  He had to keep watching them, even after they had passed, and all the other kids had moved their attention on to the next thing. 

I will post pictures of the carnival next week.