Nockinbirds--having fun

Last Saturday, we made it to our first Kids Workshop at Home Depot.  They have one the first Saturday of every month from 9am to 12pm.  The set up was not as spacious as Lowe's, but we had as much fun.  The project du jour was a "school bus" pencil box/desk organizer.

They had wood glue available, so Loverboy was especially excited.

So now we have an orange Home Depot apron to complement the blue Lowe's one.  However, whereas Lowe's gives the kids patches to put on their aprons (I have got to remember to buy some fabric glue--we don't have any put on yet!), Home Depot gives them pins for each project.  Score one for Home Depot.

Little Miss is very brand loyal.

We enjoyed a visit to our favorite library, even though the summer reading program is over as are the Saturday entertainments.  The end of summer is so sad.  Note Little Miss' goggles around her neck.  She wore this accessory look for several days.  Never know when a swim opportunity might pop up, best to be prepared!

This is one of the posters in the teen section of the library.  I thought it might spark a Halloween costume idea for Aunt Alice.

Our favorite snowcone stand will be closing shop (and consolidating with one they own down the street a few blocks) this Saturday.  Tear, sniffle.  I think my Nockinbirds are getting tired of being photographed here, though.

I sense some surliness.

I actually got to eat all of my blackberry snowcone.  Heaven.  Loverboy is a convert, too.

Little Miss was pleased with her Spongebob (wrong in so many ways) flavor.  After this summer of intense snowcone sampling I've come to the following conclusion:  ALL snow cone flavors are created in some sort of coconut, grape, cherry, pineapple matrix.  The exception to this alchemy is pickle juice--that abomination is simply of the devil. 

Since Tuesday, I've been in hell trainings/meetings.  I'll share after tomorrow.  It will be somewhat censored, however.  Several people have been sternly reprimanded for their negative Facebook comments directed towards the district training we went to Tuesday and Wednesday.  Even those postings made after work hours.  Hmm.  Anyway.  Tuesday, Loverboy and Little Miss picked me up and we went to the pet store for Emily food.  Of course, we had to look at, pick up, love on, and cry when forced to leave the puppies.  This is how her father lets her leave the house:  a too small t-shirt that she wore to sleep in, shorts that in no way match any color in said shirt, a silver glitter shoelace tied around her torso as a "belt" (she added that bling by herself), and a walkie/talkie tucked into her shorts with the antenna poking out.  Now, I did add the Purina ballcap because it came in the mail (I loooooove freebies) that we picked up before we went to the store.  The state of her hair was a whole other matter.  I'm glad she'll be wearing a uniform to school.