Perfect Little Saturday

This past Saturday would have to be my version of the perfect way to spend a day off. 

First of all, we were soooo excited to have Daddy back after he spent a week away from us in Copenhagen, Denmark for work.  He has been to Sweden a few times this year, so I guess why not add another Scandinavian country to the list, right?  At least this time while he was away, Mommy & Ryleigh had visitors to occupy our time.  GGma & GGpa stopped by for a few days on their way back home to Florida from Michigan.  They haven't seen Ryleigh since we were all together in California for Easter.  That was almost 6 months ago!  Lets see, at that time Ryleigh was just learning how to sit up on her own and her only means of getting around was rolling over.  I'd say a lot has changed since then! 

We mostly hung out around the house so that Ryleigh could show GGma & GGpa all the new cool things she has learned.  GGma & Mommy did venture out one afternoon while Ryleigh was napping...Mommy still had to get in some coupon trips even though visitors were in town (a successful one too, paid $16 for $80 worth of product).  Much to GGpa's dismay, Ryleigh awoke while we were gone and needed some immediate diaper attention.  But GGpa stepped up to the plate and hit a home run with his diaper changing abilities : )  We were also able to get out of the house and purchase Ryleigh a new toy (of course), a dancing and singing Frosty the Snowman, which she now loves to play with.  She can't figure out how to turn him on, so she will sit and point at him until someone comes over and squeezes his hand so she can dance around with him.   I tried to snag as many photos as possible while GGma & GGpa were visting, but sadly GGma came down with a really bad cold and they had to leave after only a few days with us : (  After much worrying, she will be happy to know that she did not give Ryleigh or Mommy that cold : )

We enjoyed our time with GGma & GGpa and look forward to hopefully being able to see them again at Christmastime!

 

Lucy & Ryleigh are both very interested in the singing/dancing Frosty that GGma & GGpa bought Ryleigh.

  

GGpa teaching Ryleigh the art of relaxing..and probably the rules of The Price is Right



Ryleigh teaches GGpa how relaxing is meant to happen



After GGma & GGpa headed home, Ryleigh & Mommy had one day to spend together until Daddy came home.  He didn't get home on Friday until 6 p.m. (midnight Denmark time), so he was pretty sleepy and ready for bed.  Both Daddy & Ryleigh went to sleep for the night at 7:45 p.m.

Our Perfect Little Saturday began with sleeping in.  Ryleigh must have known that Daddy needed lots of rest in order to play with her because she slept in, thus allowing Mommy & Daddy to sleep in until 9 a.m.!!  All 4 of us (don't forget about Lucy!) lounged in Mommy & Daddy's bed watching cartoons until we decided it was time for lunch.  Off we went to one of our favorite locals spots, The Village Tavern.  After enjoying a delicious lunch (Daddy had a burger and Mommy had fish 'n chips), we headed home so our little munchkin could catch some afternoon zzzz's. 

While Ryleigh, Daddy & Lucy all attempted to take naps, Mommy was able to plant her fall flowers...

backyard patio (please don't pay attention to our sad, dead grass, we're working on it)

Mums : )  I can't wait until these are fully bloomed!

Front porch Mums 

She was also able to decorate for Halloween a little bit....

baby Mums with Pumpkins

gord & berry wreath

the whole shebang

the "spooky" mailbox...I plan to add more spiderwebs to the bushes around the house

After a few hours, we realized Ryleigh wasn't going to nap like we had hoped she would, so we decided it was time to do something.  The Dixie Classic Fair opened in Winston-Salem that weekend, so we bundled up (because it was about 60 degrees this weekend) and headed off to the fair....

  

all bundled up and ready to go...like my Winnie-the-Pooh hat?!

 

waiting patiently in line for my tickets 



Ryleigh checks out the chickens

  

"Wow, that is one big chicken!"



Ryleigh in the chicken coop

 

"hey kid!  Let me outta here!" 



Ryleigh has deep conversations with the sheep

  

Largest Pumpkin...contestants...I guess?



taking in...all...the...sights....yeah, thats it...sights.

I mean, we can't leave without getting some Deep Fried Butter, right?

Daddy enjoys some elephant ear topped with cinnamon apples 



Ryleigh snags a couple bites of elephant ear for herself 



oooooohhhhh the candy apples 



too much fun for one little Ryleigh to handle

Once we arrived home, Ryleigh stayed awake long enough to change into her PJ's, have a bottle and then she was down for the count leaving the rest of the evening for Mommy & Daddy to enjoy a movie snuggled up on the sofa.

Perfect brisk fall weather + decorating for the holidays + eating delicious food + spending time with the people I love most = The Perfect Little Saturday : )