You can't tell it from his face, but SK is very excited about his new shoes. When I took this picture last Tuesday, we had just finished our first "lesson" for preschool at home. He did great and we had a lot of fun learning about the letters M and L.

Anyway, we decided to play football in the front yard, and taking this picture was holding up the game. Hence the semi-scowl.

But the shoes light up, have wheels on the side, and they do make him run faster. He wears a size 10!





We went to the local Labor Day festival last Saturday, and had a good time. KiSA has made some new friends (on whose land he will be deer hunting this season) and they run a concessions trailer at fairs and such. We stopped by to say hello and they insisted on feeding us supper. No soggy nachos there; in fact, it was the first really good barbeque we've had since we got out here. I miss Dickies. Pulled pork? Whatever.

WB ate macaroni and cheese for the first time. Not the box kind, the buttery, melted cheese, big noodle kind. He put it away with great intensity. All of a sudden, my homemade baby food just doesn't suit him anymore.

I didn't get a picture of the coolest attraction. There's a company that does facilitated group drum sessions. They were in a pavilion with 40 or 50 djembes and chairs in a large circle. People were free to just walk up and grab a drum, and join in the song that the leader was leading out with a microphone. It was SOOOO much fun for KiSA and me, but the boys were pretty overwhelmed by it.




And the final picture? Well, let's just say that few things are more mezmerizing that a front-loading washing machine and dryer. They are popular attractions in the heat of the day.