Finds us beginning the first full month as hosts for our lovely exchange student from Belgium. She sings and plays the piano so our home is filled with lovely music. We have really enjoyed watching her reactions to American food - she loves it...seriously. She may not go home :) Here she being introduced to Italian Nachos (yummo!) from Old Chicago:
BNSF also hosted a family day. My husband, Shawn works for GE BNSF property so he invited us to tour his daily life (and his FABULOUS office). It was really cool to see. Everything is so much bigger here than it was in the Galesburg railroad shop. All of us really enjoyed it. They also treated us to a grilled lunch that consisted of hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, desserts, etc. It was all so wonderful. I am so proud of my husband and how hard he works for us.
Also this month we attended a hot air balloon rally here in Topeka. It was so windy Friday and Saturday of the event that only a few balloons out of the hundred attempted to "blow up" but the wind prevailed. Unfortunately, the ugliest balloon at the event was the one that was blowing up when we were there...
...luckily on Sunday we saw a few balloons fly by our house after the wind finally calmed down a bit.
Last but not least, we wanted to introduce Margot to another American staple, baseball! So we took her to a Kansas City Royals game on a Friday night. Yeah, I know, the Royals suck but to me, all baseball sucks so it did not really matter who was playing. It was a blast! It was buck night so we got hot dogs, peanuts, and soda for (you guessed it) a buck! We had dinner at the stadium that night. The Royals won. Afterward, they had a firework display. We are really looking forward to attending another game; even my husband who despises baseball agreed to return to a Royals game (on buck night, of course). :)
At the end of the month, Logan had school pictures (he decided on his own outfit, lol). Brooklyn also tried to hop the bus with Margot or Logan at least five times this month; all attempts ended of course in a meltdown because she just wants to "be big and wide the skoobus!" So, I included a pic of her dressed to chase the bus down before I deflated her plan.
We also went to Louisburg, KS and attended their annual cider fest. We also ventured to their pumpkin patch and picked our prize pumpkins for carving. We love this yearly ritual and everything that goes along with it.
Parched, we hit up a local BBQ pit that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and introduced Margot to the decadent world of pork with sweet sauce. Again, she was a fan! While we were there, Margot also got to pin Belgium on the map. The restaurant likes to map their visitors.
