Pixie Sticks & Taffy

For the third Labor Day in a row, we found ourselves at the Crocker Museum for their Buckaroo Days.  This is important to The Redhead because they have a petting zoo. And today, we only went for the petting zoo.  (And for my Favorite Two to laugh at some art, which wasn't fine by me.)  We also went to Old Sacramento for their Gold Rush Days.  This wasn't really going on last year, but we attended it the year prior.  It's hard to believe we've been in this state that long.  Sadly, I have no photographic proof we were in Old Sacramento today, but please know we went.  We had to go.  They have pixie sticks and cupcake taffy.  These are two very important details to The Redhead.  Much like petting zoos.


Also, I did take photos of The Redhead wearing white while petting livestock.  As long as she's not wearing white after Labor Day, it's okay, right?

For the first time, we parked in the Old Sacramento garage and walked to the art museum.  It was a short walk and we had a few photo opportunities.

Overall, it wasn't a bad way to spend Labor Day.  I'm almost guessing next year will look similarly.

The Trolley Cart

On Wednesday, The Redhead got out of school at 12:10.  This is only important to mention because we then went miniature golfing.  We love to monster mini golf.  Under the black lights.  One minor snafu- my black shirt doesn't glow under the black lights, but all of the little white doggy hairs I didn't know were on my shirt did.  Also, all the primer I smeared on my arms while priming and sealing walls was glowing, all the little dots and smudges, looking like stars in the sky.  I was not amused.

The Redhead glowed nicely.  Without dog fur.

After golfing for monsters, we ended up at the neighboring Old Spaghetti Factory for a snack.

That reminded us of two things:

1.)  We haven't eaten dinner there in a while and we need to.

2.)  We have never eaten in the trolley cart yet.  The trolley cart is fantastic.





So this brilliant idea hit me as we had chocolate mousse cake and spumoni at our table.  We made a reservation for tonight at 5:30.  They couldn't guarantee us a table in the trolley cart, but guess what? We managed to score a table!




So tonight, we dined in a trolley cart, just as The Redhead had so desired.  It was perfect.

My photos aren't though, as they are all from a cell phone, but they shall do just fine.

It's About That Time Again...

Or rather, it is that time again.  Even though it doesn't feel like it should be, today was The Redhead's first day of school.  More importantly, it was the first day of sixth grade.  How is she is already a sixth grader is beyond me....but she is.  And so I made this today to celebrate.

I shared more on Facebook this morning, and perhaps I will  post more later on the blog (hard to say/type), but I officially have a sixth grader.  I'm not sure how thrilled I am about that, but I love her outfit choice so much, I'll let it all slide for now.  Also, I miss our summer together already.  No amount of Whovian references can make up for that, unfortunately....

The Absence of my Partner in Crime

The Redhead is off to camp and I just don't know what to do with myself.  She will not be returned to me until sometime between 3 and 3:30 Friday afternoon.  Until then, she's off hanging out in the California wilderness and mountains, hiking, canoeing, and everything else one could possibly do while at camp.  Mister Man and I went out for Mexican and a Spy movie.  I'm curious how crazy and lonely we will feel by tomorrow evening.



She has never gone an extended period of time without being with at least one of us.  And she couldn't be more excited.



Here's hoping she has a splendid time.  I better use this time wisely and finish up some party tasks...

Making Friends on a Friday Night

We're exciting around here.  I found myself baking banana bread at nine tonight.  Mister Man and The Redhead watched Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, and oh yeah, we made a new friend this evening.

This is Chuck.  Not the car.  The bird that's blending in with the concrete.

And yes, we know fully just how ugly our driveway is.

But Chuck is really cute.

He is a chukar partridge, discovered all thanks to Mister Man's father.  It helps having a birder in the family.

For a while, we thought this little guy might belong to someone.  So we even considered bringing him inside.

We didn't want anything happening to him.

He was quite friendly.

And he enjoyed hanging out.

He felt welcomed at our house.

Alexandra wanted to hang out with Chuck as well.

And these two couldn't stop watching him.

You can't quite see it, but he was enjoying one of my glass dishes.  He both drank out of it and bathed in it.

After some research, we discovered he liked eating clover.  And peanuts.

The Redhead thought we should keep him.  But we declined.

Chuck eventually left out house to see if the grasses were indeed greener on the other side.  But we sure loved the visit.