Dylin's overnight and following day

Friday
Dylin loves to have sleepovers. Could it be because I usually buy her some clothes? Nah, I tested her this time when we were at the mall as she said she had brought her own money to spend. Indeed she did. She bought this new shirt, and then numerous necklaces and bracelets at Forever XXI.

Here she is modeling her new acquistions

Saturday
We had to get up early, 0630, as she had a basketball game down in Sugar Land. Practice was at 0730 so we had to be on the road by 7. After she had a huge bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and a clementine orange, we got in the car and boogied on down the road.

Okay, so she missed the shot; but have you ever seen someone so enthusiastic about it?

After the game, we came back to the house as we had quite a bit of time to spare. We met Carolyn and Beau, and Beth and Savannah and walked the small lake with them. Dylin was quite taken by these special dogs and all the other dogs that were being walked.

Next we drove back down to Sugar Land to watch Aedin while she was taking her test to earn a yellow belt in Kook Sul Won, a Korean martial art form. Coverage of this will be a separate entry.

Meanwhile, Sneed was at a car show and festival benefitting Homes for our Troops at the George (H.W.) Bush Park. Dylin and I  joined him and had fun on the festival side.

Our first ride was the ferris wheel. We hadn't seen it move since we got there. We asked if it were running, and the man nodded yes. After collecting our tickets, he belted us in and pulled the bar up to hold us. We climbed upward and I got a photo of the flag suspended from a crane. Dylin was quite excited. Since we were the only ones on the ride and no one was clamoring to get on, we had 10 uninterrupted circuits before disembarking. Dylin also had fun 'driving' a Jeep.

She had seen the pony ride from the ferris wheel. From the sky, she picked out the pony she wanted to ride. There were some children riding on 4 of the 5 ponies when we arrived, so she changed her mind and rode HoneyBunch since she was the odd one out before. How thoughtful.

We worked our way back to where the motorcycles and cars were displayed. Dylin's favorite was the1932 Cadillac. Of course, she said she liked Marque too but he was in a different category.

Flags lined the drive about every 20 feet into and out of the American Shooting Centers located in the park and where the benefit was held.

After dinner, we drove a sleepy Dylin back to SL. "When's the next sleepover, Grandma?" she asked.