Monday August 13th

A weekend of FUN!

Friday I went to Walmart before I came home from work and got 5 12 packs of Big Red soda. Eddie is trying to get a Big Red beanie with points that come from the bottles and boxes, and he needs about 50 more points. That's 5 more cases or 17 bottles. The promotion ends at the end of the month, so we need to find them before then!

Eddie's sister, brother in law and their baby came over and we all headed up to Old Settlers. Vallerie had a great time. She rode some rides and played some games. I got an elephant ear, it was delicious, but too big. I couldn't eat it all!

Saturday we had baked steak with my gpa and aunt at the VFW. Eddie loves it and waits for it all year. Then we all headed up to Old Settlers. Vallerie rode a bunch of rides. Eddie and I had to ride with her on some of them. She also played some games and won some prizes. My gpa went home early because he wasn't feeling well. My aunt bought Vallerie this cute little romper from one of the people selling things there. It's adorable. We played the quarter game (you put a quarter in the machine and it pushes more quarters towards the front.) I spent $12, but Vallerie played too, and she won a roll of quarters! We put it in her piggy bank. I wanted to spent it on the quarter game, but Eddie said that since Vallerie won it, it should go to her. I reluctantly agreed. We got 1 prize token and my aunts friend gave us one, so we got Vallerie a plastic dinosaur. Eddie played darts and won Vallerie a shark stuffed animal (in honor of Shark Week). Vallerie picked the color. (green)

Rides ridden: Trains, boats, tilt a whirl, tea cups, carousel, and roller coaster. She also went into the "fun house", but she didn't get far because there was a vibrating floor that really scared her.

Games played: DUCKS! She won a baton, a small stuffed bear, and a squishy ball
Quarter game. Won a roll of quarters ($10), a big plastic dinosaur, a small Barney doll
Darts. Eddie won her a green shark
Fishing. She got a small penguin stuffed animal. (She has a big one at home, so this is the "baby")

I was going to play the fishing game and win a blow up crayon and send it to my sister. When we were kids, we always got those. But, I decided not to.

That night Eddie and I watched Mirror Mirror. I didn't think it was that bad, but Eddie thought it was stupid.

Sunday we stayed home and didn't do much. I went to Alco and bought a new purse and the Lorax for Vallerie. It looked so colorful and I thought she would like it. She watched part of it before dinner and then we ate and she went to bed. After that I went upstairs and made a folding album for my sisters friend and then Eddie and I watched a little of Shark Week and I went to bed.