Weekend Plans...

Well, Labor Day weekend has come and gone, and man was it a busy weekend. We managed to get everything accomplished that we had planned. Here is the low-down:

We entered Dakota into the Uniontown Old Settlers Reunion baby contest. I have to say, theirs was conducted differently than any I had ever been to. To be perfectly honest, I wasn't impressed with how they ran theirs. For starters, I think every baby contest I've ever been to was broken up into 3 month categories; well Uniontown broke theirs into 6 month categories. Secondly, on all the contests that I've attended, the judges set out in front of the babies, and they come up and interact with them a little. The judges were always separate from the people that registered the babies. Well, in Uniontown, the judges were the same 2 women that registered the babies into the contest. Also, they were seated behind the babies, and they never came up and looked at them or interacted with them at all. I have to say, I didn't care for how this baby contest was conducted. Now that I've ranted about that, I will say that Dakota did win 2nd place in the 0-6 month boys category.

The daycare that Dakota attends, "Imagination Station", entered a themed float into the Uniontown Old Settlers Reunion parade. The theme for this year was "pride & progress". The daycare requested that any child that was available to ride the float to please do so. So, after the completion of the baby contest, Dakota and I walked the 3-4 blocks to the bus barn where they were lining everyone up for the parade. We rode on the float with all the daycare teachers and approximately 15-18 of the 30 kids that are enrolled into the daycare center. It was very foggy here during the baby contest, and that made it pretty cool weather wise, but about 20 minutes before the parade started, the fog cleared and it got really hot & humid. They had us out in the open waiting for the parade to start. There wasn't any shade anywhere around us. I tried to keep Dakota out of the sun as much as I could. He did get a slight sunburn on his cheeks and nose, but it was gone the next day, so luckily it wasn't bad at all. Dakota decided he was just plain wore out - its hard work waiting around you know, so he fell asleep and remained asleep through the entire parade. When the parade was over, he decided it was now time to eat. So, that sums up our Labor Day. By the way, the daycare's float won 1st place, which earned them $100.

As for this weekend, I can hardly wait. This weekend we're coming back to Schuyler County. We're coming back up home to attend the Downing Appreciation Days. I'm taking Friday off as a vacation day, so we will be leaving Kansas about 5 am, and depending on how many times we have to stop with Dakota (this is our 1st long trip with him) then we should be there by 1-2 pm. I'm sure I'll see a few of you lingering around. I normally run into at least Andrea, Kristina, Kenny, Nick, Crystal, Mandy, Ember & Leah, but I may catch a few more. I try to always make it back home for Appreciation Days. It is the last time that I see my family for the year, and so we try to make the rounds and visit with everyone. This year we'll be entering Dakota into the Appreciation Days baby contest too. Whether he wins or not, we'll have a good time. Hopefully, it won't be too hot, and if it is, I hope I can keep him out of the direct sunlight. So, we'll be up that way by Friday afternoon, and then we'll be leaving to come back home sometime Sunday morning as my husband has to work Sunday night. So, whatever your plans, if I see you, I'll be sure to say hi. If I don't notice you, but you see me, say hi too. See ya soon - maybe!!!