Up, Up and Away

Today we went to a Halloween carnival at my gym and Conner was Superman! Conner will be staying with Granny B and Papa John next weekend and then Grandma and Grandpa Wilson's for the week so we decided to celebrate Halloween early. He was pretty scared when we got there and would not let go of Aaron. We took some time to sit and have some popcorn and cotton candy in the hopes that Conner would warm up to the carnival. Turns out Conner didn't like the looks of the cotton candy so Daddy stepped in to help out and ate it all. After some popcorn munching we decorated a pumpkin and played a few games. He didn't care to much for what was going on and it was a small carnival but I do have to say Conner was by far the best dressed!

After the carnival we went by Toys R Us to look at some things we are considering for Christmas and while there picked up a Hot Wheels ramp thing for him to play with. Conner wakes up and goes to bed saying "car" "truck" and doesn't play with anything else in his toy box. I just don't understand how some one can be so intrigued by cars and I'm wondering when the car obsession will end - oh yeah, he's a boy, so never. None the less I love watching Conner have fun playing and he played and played all day with his cars.

Red River Rivalry

If you don't know what the Red River Rivalry is then I'm guessing you're probably not from Texas. Texas hasn't had the best season and Aaron and I weren't sure if they were going to pull it off, but they did!

"Fifth-ranked Texas scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and rallied for a 45-35 victory over top-ranked Oklahoma in a classic Red River Rivalry shootout at the Cotton Bowl. The Longhorns overcame two 11-point deficits against the favored Sooners." - courtesy of the Dallas Morning News

State Fair Fun

We had a really fun time at the State Fair today. We didn't know if we'd make it since it was pouring rain when we woke this morning. The rain let up and we enjoyed a nice afternoon at the Fair. Conner saw lots of animals, touched a few, flew in a plane, ate some ice cream and of course a corny dog.

Anniversary Weekend

My friend Erin made a quick visit for work this weekend and we had the chance to visit Friday night. She enjoyed seeing Conner and he can now say "Erin" where as last time he was only able to say "E". She is about 20 months pregnant and this will probably be the last time we will see each other before the baby arrives. Aaron and I both think she's having a boy so we'll find out in a couple of weeks. Saturday she drove to Stacy's to spend the night so Aaron and I could have a anniversary celebration.

Aaron and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary at the W Hotel Saturday. The past Gala chair gave everyone gift cards to use for the spa, restaraunt and hotel last April. We checked in around 3 and headed to our massages at 4:30 then went to dinner at craft at 7:30. It was a very fancy place where we selected our dinner which included: buffalo tenderloin with blueberries, yukon gold puree, carmalized onion gruyere risotto and for dessert, chocolate terrine with banana fritters and hazelnut ice cream - yummy. After dinner we went to the very exclusive "ghost bar" on the 33rd floor that you can only go to if you are staying at the hotel or if you are "somebody". It has an amazing view of the city of Dallas - it has a neat little patio ledge you can go on and makes it feel like you are on top of the city. We hoped to see some famous people or at least maybe some Cowboy players, maybe if we had stayed past 10:30 but we had to turn it in early as we just don't have the stamina to stay out late like we have in the past.

Tommorrow is GISD Fair Day so I'm off work so we can go take in all the fair goodies. This will be Conner's first Corny Dog! If he truly shares the same DNA as me, then there's no doubt he'll need more than one.

Park Time

We spent another weekend enjoying the outdoors. Aaron and I both had errands to take care of Saturday but Sunday we had a picnic at a park in Plano and then let Conner run around for a while. We are headed to the W Hotel this weekend to celebrate our 6 year anniversary. My friend Erin will be in town Friday for work, so she is spending Friday night with us before we head to the hotel on Saturday. Monday is GISD's fair day, so I decided to take the day off so we could all go to the fair and eat lots of corn dogs! This will be Conner's first time to the Fair!

An Outside Weekend

We enjoyed the nice weather this weekend by staying outside most of the time. Saturday, Conner and I started at the gym with my water aerobics class and Conner played in the day care with kids his age. Saturday afternoon, Aaron mowed the lawn and Conner and I stayed outside to watch. About half way through one of the wheels on the lawn mower fell off - gives a whole new meaning to "used it til the wheels fell off". After a quick trip to the lawn repair store we came home and watched Aaron finish the lawn. The Plano balloon festival was this weekend. We didn't want to mess with the crowds but it is really close to my office so we went to the park close by my office to see if we could watch the balloons. We saw a few and gave up around 7:30 and headed back home. Today we took it easy and ran some errands and went to the park to let Conner run around. One of the other kids at the park brought a ball, which Conner quickly claimed "mine" and would not let the kids play or get it back. Luckily the other kid was older and was very good at grabbing it when he wasn't looking and took off. It will be hot this week and then hopefully we will be moving into 80 degree days after that.

Animal Crackers

We had a very quiet weekend compared to all the folks in Houston/Galveston. Click on Erin McNemar's or the McCumber link to see some pictures from Houston. We stayed at the house on Saturday, we had a steady rain all day but not too much wind, etc. The weather was gorgeous yesterday so we went to the park for a little while. I had a Gala party last night at the NYLO hotel in Plano. This was the first pre-party and we announced our theme "Safari Soiree" and our entertainer - Howie Mandel. This year will be a great event again. Because of the theme this year - I've ended up with lots of Animal Crackers that we have been using as little gifts for committee members, etc. I snapped this picture of Conner this past week having Animal Crackers for the first time.