State Fair Fun

One of the things I've missed over the years living in Chicago was the State Fair of Texas. We finally had time to go on the last day of the fair this year. It was a gorgeous day and we had a great time as a family. Emma started out quite grumpy and didn't want to smile for a picture with Big Tex. I told her I'd have this picture forever because it was her first picture with Big Tex. She didn't care. This year there is a new Big Tex since it burned down last year.

Cade has become obsessed with cars lately. I'm going to blame it on my nephew Paul. When they spent time together this summer, they started "calling" cars while driving. This has led Cade to researching cars and learning more facts than I could ever imagine knowing about cars. He rattles off information to me non stop while we are driving. Needless to say, he was quite excited to test drive a Camaro with Brett and go to the car show at the fair.

Cade is trying to figure out the best career so he can earn enough money to buy all the cars he wants. He was saddened to learn a bull rider doesn't make the kind of money he wants to make. I guess he has thought being a bull rider would be a great career since we went to the Mesquite Rodeo a few months ago. lol

We all enjoyed the dog show at the fair. This dog Maddi is with was missing a leg but it was amazing how far he could jump into the water to catch the Frisbee.

Cade's favorite food at the fair was fried gator.

Maddi's favorite food was her caramel apple.

Maddi and Cade only went on one ride. It was the one that spins around and the floor drops. They loved it! Here they are getting on the ride.

Emma had a very hard time choosing and decided to ride the mermaid ride because it had bubbles.

She also went on the baby swing.

Maddi was excited to help Emma do the "little hands on the farm". Maddi remembers doing this as a child and loved it.

Emma really enjoyed it too! It's crazy to think the last time we were at the fair, Cade was Emma's age.

These two sweet girls enjoyed looking at the animals outside the petting zoo. We didn't go in the petting zoo because the line was so long. It was insanely crowded the day we went. I heard they even cancelled the parade that night because there were so many people, the floats wouldn't be able to get through.

I'm so thankful to be back in the great state of Texas and I'm thankful for spending family time with the four most special people in my life.

October=Birthdays

October is the busiest month with birthdays. We have a ton of family and friends with October birthdays and this year almost everyone in Emma's class has an October birthday. She's actually the youngest in her class with a November birthday. Last Saturday two girls in her class had parties at the same time. She had a very hard time choosing if she should go to the princess party or the party at McDonald's. I think she made the right choice with princess and had a great time. All the girls got an awesome loot bag that even had matching pjs for them.

The beautiful princess with her makeup on.

Looking at the cake. It was such a cute cake and Emma was asking all night when they could eat the cake. She never even took a bite of the cake. I think she just liked that it had edible glitter on it and thought it was pretty.

That same night, Maddi was at a party. This weekend is Maddi's party and Emma has two other parties to go to. All these birthdays are making Emma exhausted apparently. Look how she was sleeping on the couch! Doesn't look very comfortable to me.

Jinxed

In my last post, I wrote about Cade's friend with broken bones and playing football. As I was finishing the post, Cade and Brett were leaving for Cade's football game. At that game, Cade broke his arm. I jinxed him, I am afraid :( I had left the game because it was delayed 45 minutes for lightning so I took Maddi and Emma to the fall festival in our neighborhood for a bit before it started raining and then I took Maddi to her friends to sleepover. Well, during the time I was gone, Cade fell and caused another player to fall on him and he broke his arm. I think it broke because of the way he fell, not because someone fell on him. Not sure. Cade ran off the field after the play and then the trainer called Brett down and said he needed to take Cade for xrays. Sure enough it was buckle fracture of the radius. Here is the big man after his visit to Acute Kids in his splint.

Luckily the kids were out of school Monday for Columbus day so I got Cade in to the orthopedic doctor. Apparently a buckle fracture is a good kind of fracture to have. 3 weeks in a cast and the next Saturday he was able to go back to football. Cade got his cast and his friend Mitchell got his cast off the next day. Here they are in matching casts before Mitchell got his off.

Well, after about a week in his cast, Cade started saying it was getting loose around his hand. The next day it was cracked and the next day it was completely broke. Who breaks their cast? Cade does! Ugh! Here he is getting his old cast off.

1 1/2 weeks in one cast and 1 1/2 weeks to go in his new cast.

Let's hope this new cast lasts and let's hope this is our last broken bone for a while.

Life

Where does the time go? I've been meaning to catch up on the blog, but life keeps us quite busy and I never find the time. A few pictures from life lately: Emma, Sara, Mathew, Janet and I went shopping one day to find outfits for the kids to have pictures taken with Grammy. We enjoyed lunch at Cheesecake Factory after shopping. Yummo! Emma loved her time with Matthew. She was obsessed with Matthew at first but lately has ignored him to spend her time with Grace. Since it was just the youngest cousins this day, Emma was all over him. He's such a sweet and happy baby. The kids were all great for pictures with Janet, I'll have to a add a picture on here one day.

I got tickets from work for a Rangers game one Sunday afternoon. It was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed some family time together. I took Emma in the kids fun zone for a while where she got a tattoo.

I think it might have been her first tattoo?

We've enjoyed watching Cade play football this fall. He has enjoyed playing it too and he's doing a great job. His friend broke his thumb after the first scrimmage. He played with his cast the next week and broke his wrist on the other hand. He's still played with both hands in casts/braces. Crazy. He's a little guy, makes me thankful Cade is a big kid. I know he can still get hurt but at least he's got size on his side.

Here is Miss Maddi as a flyer at the 7th grade football game. Our Monday nights are spent watching the B and A teams play football. Actually, I mostly watch the cheerleaders, not really the game.

Emma loves her big sister and thinks she is so big climbing on the fence watching the cheerleaders. I know it will be soon enough that this little stinker can be a cheerleader.

When Emma is not being drug around to her siblings events, she likes to ride her scooter...

...and have races. Here she is racing Aunt Rebecca. She does skipping races, gallop races, jumping races, running races, she just loves to race.

More pictures from football. Cade is #45 blocking in this picture. I find I either have to just watch Cade or I can watch where the ball is, but I can't do both. Darn ADD. I wish he would run with the ball so I could just watch him and the ball at the same time. lol

National Anthem. A parent from the team takes pictures at each game. It's so nice because he puts them online and we can download them.

Emma and I joined Cade for lunch one day this week. Emma was not cooperating for the pictures but in the one she actually smiled in, Cade looks goofy. Sorry Cade, I chose the sweet one of Emma. I ate lunch with Maddi last week, but didn't get a picture. I love that the schools are so inviting here and welcome parents and siblings. Not so much in Illinois.

Last Sunday, Maddi and I went with several of her friends and their moms to watch the movie Grace Unplugged and then for dinner at Cheesecake Factory. It was a great movie with a good message for the girls. I am so thankful for the girls she has met and the moms are just as sweet.

That's all for now, gotta get ready for Cade's football game!