The first day of Fall was super packed and a sure sign of the season. It started with Pumpkin Spice Coffee and creamer is a super(hero) mug.
I made some hanging towels on Friday and hung them up first thing in the morning.
I started on the process of closing the pool around 7:30 and by mid morning we were both outside working. Baylor in his jammies and boots totally rocking the look.
Until it got wet or something and then he changed into another pair of jammies but still had the boots on as I drained the pool into another pool to keep if from washing out the sand.
Just like last year I did an emergency worm rescue of the worms drowning in the flood. We relocated them to the garden beds again and while there were some losses, it could have been worse.
Around noon it was time to head to the Construction Rodeo. It is our third year there and we loved it. We were hoping Tara and Lucas could join us but the plague hit their house and were not able to this year. We will be sure to try again. I did tell a Mom at swim class about it (she has three boys) and I saw them walking in as we were driving in. The first thing Baylor asked for was a hamburger and fries. We shared of course. Then he wanted to play in the sand until he realized all the good toys were taken and then it was off to the bounce/slide.
I knew he would be there until the ice cream called.
But first he wanted to play with his balloon and cat on the end of the string.
Until the balloon got loose and I talked in the funny helium voice to make him laugh.
And Turkey Hill ice cream called. He took the vanilla on the first round and I ate the salted caramel (second round he switched things up).
We played a few games like toss the hoopa hoop (his term) on the cones. He picked a little popper thing. And then we had his finger prints done.
And then he wanted to play fireman. And he loved it.
And then I had him do the hoops again to get the cool eye ball glasses.
We checked out the ambulance on the way to Life Lion. It flew in while we were eating out lunch and I wanted to make sure we saw it before it left.
And we made it just in time. Baylor was the last kid to get near it before they prepared for take off.
And then we checked out the fire truck. But he was very been there done that about it.
We stopped at the Home Depot booth to build a little tool box. While he wanted to build a house out of it, I pushed along the with the plans and we grabbed another one on the way out for him to build his way.
Two handed hammering. Nice form.
This was the lady I meet at swimming class with her three boys. I ran into her a few times but I did not want to intrude too much.
Baylor played the helmet toss and won a lollypop.
And back to the sand, This time he got a digger.
And then he was the digger in the pile with the hidden blocks that were traded in for prizes.
He rode the John Deere that was like his own but he acted like it was his first time and he did not know how to steer or pedal.
He did the bean bag toss and won a small ruler. And then he was done and we headed off.
We went to That Fish Place in Lancaster for a snail and maybe a few new fish. As usual he wanted to see the snake room. He found a new friend in there and they looked at the creatures together.
I was glad to see these signs because the thoughts of it being empty and not sold kind of freaked me out.
We headed home with two new otocinclus catfish and an upside down cat fish. He feel asleep about 10 minutes from home and is still asleep. Lori was nice enough to pick up a pizza for dinner but she helped me finish closing the pool before she went inside.
So on this first day of Fall, we have closed the pool. It was a great day with my son and I look forward to all our fall adventures!
