Well, for those of you who come to enjoy my sarcastic "wit", I'm afraid I may be disappointing you this time (I know -- "what do you mean, this time??"). All in all, we have had an awesome couple of days. Crazy, yes, but then again, they usually are!

We went to the Hairy Man Festival on Saturday, where Ryan got to meet Spike, the Round Rock Express's Mascot (see pic). They were standing under a blue tarp, which should explain the quality of the pic. However, Shawn took the pic, so you never know...;) We had a really good time-- Ryan played games (Shawn was sooo impressed by how well she nailed the giant Jack-o-lantern with her bean bags), won candy, and she and I even won the Cake Walk on our 1st try. Naturally, we took home the cupcakes with the MOST gaudy decorations, but she liked them, so we made the sacrifice... We saw some dancers who should NOT be classified as such, took a "train" ride, and Mommy ALMOST tried the "Euro-Bungy", but we ran out of tickets. Next time, though, you better believe I'm gonna be ready!! The only bad part was when Ryan got the BIGGEST Strawberry I have ever seen on her rear from one of those moonwalk slides. Seriously, I would have been crying! BTW, Jax slept through the whole thing. Then, of course, the Astros won game 3 (BIG WHEW, considering binky is still MIA), so Shawn was in a great mood for the rest of the day!!

We all went to church this morning, had a lovely lunch with the fam, came home and took a group nap, and then celebrated another Astros win!!! Ryan had a great time playing with the neighbors, which she has been DYING to do since she waited on the doorstep for them to come home for an hour the other day, only to have to leave right when they arrived! Jax is still suffering from his croupy cough, but we have a doctor appt tomorrow, so we should be able to take care of it quickly. This is important, because we'll need to make way for the next illness waiting to take hold and suck the life out of our little family. Ryan freed the snails today, though not intentionally -- she took them out to show her friends, and then just forgot to put them back. Whaddya know, ADD can be a great thing. We painted little monsters (supposed to be pumpkins, but Mommy realized a little too late that there was no orange paint, so we improvised and used black & red instead) out of to-go cups -- I'll post pics tomorrow.

It's almost 9:30, and Ryan is till running around, so I guess I should stop typing and go do the "Mom" thing. I'm telling you, "Mother of the Year"...believe it baby!!