Fall Festival at St. Theresa's!

Saturday was the annual Fall Festival at our Church, St Theresa's!  This year it's name changed from Octoberfest to the Family Fall Festival.
We had a great time!

Lon still was good at the balloon pop!

Jack had a great time fishing

The boys loved the game truck The man running it did not charge the kids to use the truck! He would rotate them out every so often

Lon is getting some pointers on how to improve his dart game

Lon did better at the ring toss this year!

Test of Strength.  He will get better next year!

Snuck a peek inside the games truck.

Cotton Candy!
It was a wonderful day! Perfect weather!

October's Third Thursday

Today was the third Thursday of the month.  We picked up Lon from Spanndroids and off we went to Downtown Summerville. First stop was Off the Wall framing, we dropped off the last two prints to be framed.  Then I have all my art in frames!

Let's see what this is...
I think Lon had another idea.

It's Ashley Ridge High School's ROBOT!
It is the high school lego robotics team!
It throws frisbees

Lon is getting lessons on how to drive the robot!

Lon is driving!  He drove it for a while until he almost ran into someone. Granted, she did not even try to get out of the way, but still he had is driving privileges revoked

We were all getting hungry. We went to a pub called Montreux.   We sat outside in the back.  It was a nice evening.
They had all sorts of games back there.
Lon tried golf.

They tried ping pong! Only a couple serves

Out door sized Jenga! The boys had a lot of fun with that!
They also had a corn hole game. Then our dinner came, it was good.
After we ate it was time to do more exploring of Third Thursday!

Inside the tower is a snow man blow mold. never noticed that before!

We went in to look at some South Carolina art.  They had cake! Lon got a little slice.
We walked around and looked at everything.
We even got a dentist appointment scheduled!
We are liking the third thursdays!

Scout Meets the Hamsters!

Just a couple pictures of Scout with the hamsters.

TWO!!!

This is fun

It would be more fun if they were out of the balls.  Can we do that? The answer is no.

Kitten Update!

We want to post some newer pictures of the kitten. His name is now Scout.  Even though it has only been a few days, he looks so much better. We are getting the litter box situation worked out, he was not using the box, piles of random clothes and fabric were his preferred box. We think we worked it out, but we are still keeping all the doors closed.

Getting a little bit fluffier

A little bit of cream

Scout likes to cuddle now. He will be with people and is not so shy and skittish.

Hanging out in his kitty condo. He loves it !

can we stop taking my picture now?

How We Got A Kitten

Monday was a cub scout den meeting!

Our activity for den was soccer!

We had a little difficulty figuring out who was on what team!

The boys went to shirts and skins. Only those boys who wanted to take off their shirts did,

There was no clear winner, but the boys had a great time

While they were playing, I saw something move in the open shed beside the boys

We found an abandoned kitten!

The kitten was staying where we could not reach him.
I went back with Lon the next afternoon, but no luck. We saw him and fed him but he would not let us get close enough to catch him.

We went back on Wednesday after school, with some more food.
Finally, I was able to grab a hold of him.
We went to Pet Smart. I knew they had a vet on duty and took walk ins. And we could get a carrier, food and a litter box there.
They told us he was a boy, he did not have worms, ear mites, or lukemia, or feline aids. All good things to know.
He is 12 weeks old  and probably had not been outside too terribly long.
He does have some fleas, but otherwise, he is healthy.

We brought him home and gave him a bath.
He did not move from my arms for a couple hours.

After bath picture

Sleepy boy.
He has had some food and a nap. He is now exploring his new domain.
Lon wants to call him bunches, but we are still open to another name.

Yes, Mark knew all about this from Monday night. This was not a surprise.

Playground Dedication

Today was the dedication of the new playground !

We all were supposed to bring a side dish to share. It turned out that we had hot dogs and desserts. I brought banana pudding, but Jen out did everyone with candy sushi! SO COOL! It was really tasty too!

They boys played on the new equipment

There was a paint your pumpkin table. Sharpies and tiny pumpkins. The kids LOVED it!

Mark looks over the table of desserts and hot dogs!

Lon loved the sushi Ms. Jen made!

Then it was back to playing
The weather could not have been better for this dedication party. We all had a great time!

Fun at Home Depot

This morning I helped a neighbor get some bookcases at Home Depot.  When we pulled into the parking lot there were fire trucks, balloons, pallets of plywood for work stations, lots of booths set up.  I knew I had to bring Lon back for this!

We brought Jack with us too!

After getting their aprons, they got their kits. The build this morning was an ambulance!  This was why all the fire engines, ambulances and police cars were there!
The boys built their ambulances mainly by themselves. I had to fix some bent nails or start a nail, but not too often. They had a great time with this.
There was some one handing out cups of treats, a big plastic cup with candy, stickers or tattoos in it.  When they got done with their ambulance, they got their certificate and pin.  Lon saw one kid with an entire apron covered in pins.  This is something he wants to do, the first saturday of every month.

Working hard at it

Putting the stickers on !

Then it was bouncey house time!

Checking out the fire engine
Lon realized that he had grown too big for the jr fire hats and gave his back.  He also noticed that some kids were taking 4 or more hats and wearing them at the same time. He did not think this was cool.

Checking out another engine

Checking out the back of the ambulance.

After playing the games, the pyramid was for target practice, the boys went and got a hot dog

What a fun way to spend the morning.
The boys had a great time!

Birds of Prey Campout

The boys went to the Birds of Prey campout again this year. September 27.
They had a wonderful time.

The tent.

There was much playing with the wagon

looking at the vultures

Watching the vulture cafe!

Part of the Hawk show

the whole camp!

The last picture. Lon took this one.