We went to the Westmoreland County fair and had a fabulous time! There was a huge field filled with all sorts of tractors and equipment. The children had a field day! Alice was just as anxious as the boys to sit in the seats. Unfortunately, the horns still worked. So it would get *very* noisy if a child figured out how to blow the horn! Pryor thought he had died and gone to heaven! We had to peal him away from this area to go explore the rest of the fair. We came back to the tractors at the end, and literally had to carry him to the car. He was not happy to leave! The children's tent had several activities, one of them being "milk a cow." My parents took me to the Illinois state fair when I was young and I remember when milking a cow meant touching a live cow! This "cow" at least had real milk. Stephen and Grady put together a "treasure box." We thought we'd be there for ever but it only took them about fifteen minutes. Grady was so excited to do this! Especially with his Daddy! Here is the terrible twosome having at this project. Of course Pryor wanted to "help." We could only "milk the cow" for so long! HA! I love this picture because the way they were sitting really highlights their casts. Of course this was a week and a half ago when they still had the casts on. Ah, those were the good old days! HA HA!
As if being in and watching a parade aren't enough to do on any given day, we were invited and decided to attend our friend's neighborhood pool party and picnic. It was a gorgeous day but I think the high was in the mid-seventies. More than once, the children got out of the pool with cold lips! We had a great time with our friends and their neighbors. The food line was already open when we got there at 4:30. Of course Grady, seeing the food, decided to bypass the pool at first in favor of dinner. I think both he and Pryor had (basically) two dinners - one when we got there and one an hour or so later. The congo squares I brought were gone in less than an hour! The baby pool, like most pools, has a filter system with a cover by the side of the pool. I think Pryor played here for over a half an hour! He'd look in there, open the cover, take out the toys and put the cover back on. Stephen took the above picture while he was watching the toys in the filter! HA! Who needs to actually play with toys when you can look at them instead?
Alice had a Girl Scout Father/Daughter Dance back in April. It was a "Sock Hop" theme hence the white socks for Stephen. GrandPatti helped Alice do her "make-up." She was so happy! Unfortunately for these pictures, we had just had some of Grady's birthday cake - with black icing!!
We went to the Westmoreland County fair and had a fabulous time! There was a huge field filled with all sorts of tractors and equipment. The children had a field day!
Alice was just as anxious as the boys to sit in the seats. Unfortunately, the horns still worked. So it would get *very* noisy if a child figured out how to blow the horn!
Pryor thought he had died and gone to heaven! We had to peal him away from this area to go explore the rest of the fair. We came back to the tractors at the end, and literally had to carry him to the car. He was not happy to leave!
The children's tent had several activities, one of them being "milk a cow." My parents took me to the Illinois state fair when I was young and I remember when milking a cow meant touching a live cow! This "cow" at least had real milk. 
Stephen and Grady put together a "treasure box." We thought we'd be there for ever but it only took them about fifteen minutes. Grady was so excited to do this! Especially with his Daddy!
Here is the terrible twosome having at this project. Of course Pryor wanted to "help." We could only "milk the cow" for so long! HA! I love this picture because the way they were sitting really highlights their casts. Of course this was a week and a half ago when they still had the casts on. Ah, those were the good old days! HA HA!
