The excitement was in the air as soon as we walked in.
Run! He's right behind you!
These large displays were throughout the West Pavilion of the Indiana State Fairgrounds. They are all animatronics, so lots of movement and sound.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Jurassic Quest
A huge dinosaur experience was in Indianapolis this weekend. We almost went to it a few months ago when it was in Champaign, but couldn't make it work. We knew when it came to Indy we would have to take our dino-loving girl. It sure did not disappoint her!
The excitement was in the air as soon as we walked in.
Run! He's right behind you!
These large displays were throughout the West Pavilion of the Indiana State Fairgrounds. They are all animatronics, so lots of movement and sound.
The excitement was in the air as soon as we walked in.
Run! He's right behind you!
These large displays were throughout the West Pavilion of the Indiana State Fairgrounds. They are all animatronics, so lots of movement and sound.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Beasley's Orchard Christmas
Camden, Gramma Pat, and I headed to Danville/Avon for the day on Saturday. Our favorite orchard was having a Christmas Open House so we stopped by to see Santa and do some crafts.
We caught Santa having a brief cookie and hot cider break when we arrived.
I didn't want to pay for the professional pictures and got a few nice ones. I couldn't get the optimal angle since the paid photographer was set up there, but these are still fun.
In the area of the barn where they normally press the apples for cider, tables were set up for crafts. It was wonderful having a second set of hands to help do all the activities. Gramma Pat helped Camden with a gingerbread man ornament, a Rudolph ornament, and a filled plastic bulb ornament.
There were fun samples of dips and apple crisp. And, of course, we bought a gallon of apple cider. It is the best I have ever had. I think I will serve some warm with fresh spices (cinnamon sticks, etc) on Thanksgiving!
We caught Santa having a brief cookie and hot cider break when we arrived.
I didn't want to pay for the professional pictures and got a few nice ones. I couldn't get the optimal angle since the paid photographer was set up there, but these are still fun.
In the area of the barn where they normally press the apples for cider, tables were set up for crafts. It was wonderful having a second set of hands to help do all the activities. Gramma Pat helped Camden with a gingerbread man ornament, a Rudolph ornament, and a filled plastic bulb ornament.
Camden also made a baggie of reindeer food and colored a winter picture.
There were fun samples of dips and apple crisp. And, of course, we bought a gallon of apple cider. It is the best I have ever had. I think I will serve some warm with fresh spices (cinnamon sticks, etc) on Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
New Roof
The roof on our garage at the new house was original and needed replaced. It was completed this week and looks great! Amazing what a difference a matching roof makes!
Picture from 4 years ago:
Current Picture:
Picture from 4 years ago:
Current Picture:
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016
Santa, Already!?!
We stopped last Saturday at County Market for their Holiday Open House. We have two things in mind: Holiday grapes and Frick's Ham. They are the only local place with either of these options. The ham is also on sale for $.99/lb. Best ham you will ever have!
What I forgot was that Santa is also there. Granted it is a very fake one, but he did a good job. Camden and I discussed that he obviously wasn't the real Santa, but one that he sends out this time of year since he can't be everywhere this early.
She didn't even have any ideas to give him for what she wanted...it's simply too early and she hasn't begun thinking about it. She did enjoy talking to him though.
Friday, November 11, 2016
Race For Education
Our biggest fundraiser for the year at New Market Elementary is our Race for Education. The PTO runs this event and sends letters asking for support to individuals from a list provided by a child's parent. The day of the race (really 3 races since we do them by grades - K-2, 3-4, 5-6) the students and teachers are bused to the Southmont field house and they run, run, run. The kids have a card that gets marked at each lap and they complete as many as they can. There is no prize for number of laps, but the kids love knowing how many they do. Each group has an hour, although with announcements and Popsicles at the end, most groups do about 35-40 minutes.
This year we also made it a glow run. For every ten names that a child submitted they got a glow stick of some sort. This was a big hit! I emcee the event and this year we had a DJ provide music (versus a CD playing over the sound system that we have to keep running to another room to turn on/off/up/down).
Parents volunteer to assist with marking the laps, as well as just come to walk with their kids or cheer them on. Sometimes the teacher does the lap markings too. Mr. Chadd really pumped his class up each time they stopped to get a mark.
Every I saw Camden she was doing a mixture or running/walking/dancing to the music. I think she said she got 18 or 19 laps in (her class had about 35 minutes of race time). Pretty good pace!
This year we also made it a glow run. For every ten names that a child submitted they got a glow stick of some sort. This was a big hit! I emcee the event and this year we had a DJ provide music (versus a CD playing over the sound system that we have to keep running to another room to turn on/off/up/down).
Parents volunteer to assist with marking the laps, as well as just come to walk with their kids or cheer them on. Sometimes the teacher does the lap markings too. Mr. Chadd really pumped his class up each time they stopped to get a mark.
Every I saw Camden she was doing a mixture or running/walking/dancing to the music. I think she said she got 18 or 19 laps in (her class had about 35 minutes of race time). Pretty good pace!
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