A "Fair" Day

I have been begging Mike to take me to the State Fair since we moved to Phoenix, 3 years ago. He's not one for crowds or standing out in the heat that sometimes accompanies the month of October in the city. However, this year, he surprised me by sending me an e-mail about Dora the Explorer appearing at the Fair.

Since our son happens to be obsessed with and completely in love with the cartoon character, Mike decided Aulton needed to see she and Boots the Monkey in person.

So, we made a day of it.

We took Aulton on several rides, we visited the farm house where Aulton rode on the John Deere rocker, he and I pretended to be farm people and he and his dad got thrown in jail,

Mike played a basketball game and won Aulton a Univeristy of Arizona basketball,

and we, of course, ate (way too much fried food). We had a really fun day and it wasn't even that crowded and the weather was absolutely beautiful!

Growing Like a Weed

So many people have been telling me how tall Aulton is getting. Obviously, when you see your child everyday you don't notice those subtle changes. However, the other day he accidentally hit his head on the kitchen counter, which is pretty high. I decided I better find out how tall he really is. I got out my tape measure, took off his shoes, marked the top of his head on the wall and found out he IS tall. Aulton is now just a 1/4 inch shy of 40 inches. Today I weighed him, to get the whole picture. He is 37 pounds . . .still my tall and skinny guy.