Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Hello October...


October has arrived.. and I feel like it came rushing in and we haven't even had a minute to think.....why does time rush so...
The weather has been beyond beautiful... the days feel like summer and the evenings have that hint of fall. Our old Silver has some very good news.. I had truly feared that we would be putting him down this fall, he had been failing over the past year. But, our vet recommended a different feed, and after just three weeks of being on it, I am seeing HUGE changes in him. So, it has been decided that he isn't ready to leave us, just yet.... (whew!!!!)
Abbie stayed with us over the weekend, and just had the best time playing outside. I got this antique pram at an auction years ago.. I remember thinking that "one day maybe my grandchildren will play with it"... well, that day has arrived. It needed some repair, which Abbie pestered her Papa about until it was done... Then she loaded in all the babies she could find....(which it holds alot of them)...
And she was off. We went up and down the road several times (because it went much better on the hot top than the dirt driveway) and she had a blast with it. Stopping every so often to 'check that everyone was alright" and enjoying their walk.
Duke and Tonka were quite interested in the going ons......
The sunflowers are beginning to pass... I showed Abbie how we are going to get the seeds from them, and she is so excited to 'save some seeds to plant" next year.....(the rest will go to the turkeys and the wild birds)
One of the local big fairs opened this weekend as well. This "poor" fair has the reputation of always having rain, so for the past couple of years, planning to go was always ruined by the weather. However, this year, with all that great weather, we ventured out with Kass,  Nate, Reagan, Rachel,  Rob, Naomi and Abbie.... and so did about a "million" other people. It was jammed packed.
We started out by letting the girls have some rides... thinking that if we did that first, they would be much happier touring the grounds. The lines to the rides were long, and I began to have some doubts about how much we'd be seeing...
They had a really good time....
Course, this year, Reagan is a bit too small for that sort of thing, but next year, I suspect he'll be climbing right on.... at least he had Papa to talk to while we waited for the girls....
We made our way up to the barns, but the walk there wasn't fun. People were crowding every where (and sadly --- were quite rude at times). I had thought of bringing Debbie and was so glad I didn't, keeping an eye on Abbie was more than enough. I think we stayed just two hours, and I was done. I don't do well with crowds anyways, and not being able to 'see" anything just made it "not fun".... so, we headed for home. Think I'll stick to the smaller fairs and be just as happy with that.
October 1st is Kassy's birthday!!!! She had to work that day (as was Ed).. so I decided to drive over to work and spend some time with her there. I have never missed a birthday of her's and I'm not about to..... Dave and Nate got pizza for everyone for a birthday lunch....
And it was great fun to have a break and spend the time together.....
Then Nate surprised Kass with birthday cupcakes.... ( there were yummy!!!)
Happy Birthday my sweet girl!!!!!!
Debbie has a batch of kittens, so after we had lunch, we walked to the house to see them. They're so cute.. and Reagan was fascinated by them. He's really noticing things and it becoming 'a real little boy"....
He has no choice about loving animals, between his own family, and his two Grandmothers... one must love animals  LOL!!!!
After we played with the kitties, Deb put them in the pen with her bunny... the bunny was very interested in these little creatures, and they were pretty fun to watch...
And we can't forget!!! to put the monthly photo in here.... so not only happy birthday to Kass (on the 1st).. but happy seven months to Reagan (on the 2nd).. October is on a roll, I have no doubt it will go speeding by.....