In case anyone forgot, today is Edwardsville Autumn Fest. Parade starts at 10 AM. Several BBQ crews and booths were setting up yesterday and there will be a band most of the day into the evening.

yeah...we now have a couple $$ for today! i borrowed from sis. we went down lastnight till about 10pm so the kids could DANCE!
the bar set up a band outside. nice cool evening and all well well till i told a guy to keep his large dogs away from my kids. he was walking around sucking on a bottle in a brown bag...
he became very verbal and abusive in his behavior so i snapped a picture of him and the kids and i went to look for a . seems they had already told him to leave. they did nothing about my complaint as the guy was staggering back the way of the liquor store. now i just need to file my own charges if i have further problems with this guy that walks his dogs past my house fairly regularly.
i did find a bike in my yard this morning that belongs to the daughter of the gal he dates in the home park. took a pic of that to but i did not find any damage around the yard or house

wow...great morning! a local stopped traffic and the party started!
whoo hoo..we ran into our fourm family....tnt and lilmama! whoo hoo...tnt bought the kids tickets to ride ...yeah! lilman had a ball! all 5 kids had a blast on the giant slide and they were the last to ride the small ferris wheel...they broke it i guess. they had fun watching the parade to! we saw Kit and P to! we will go back after 3pm to see what else is to see!

It was cute when the grand kids seen p. They ran to his car so they could give him a kiss. It was good seeing you nanny, I chatted with lilmama, thier baby is soooo cute. Seen tnt also. The weather turned out great today.

opps..i said 5 kids...tiny T did not ride other than in the arms of loved ones or the buggy! nice seeing your mom again to Kit! she enjoys getting out to see everyone! you are such a good daughter xoxo

who hoo! one of the 6 year olds won 3rd place in the pumpkin painting...
we need to go get her prize when she gets out of school! she will be so happy!
but to me they are all winners!!

she received a $5.00 bill. you would have thought it were a $1,000 she was so happy! xoxo

the Western Wyandotte Art Festival is tomorrow from noon till 5pm. http://www.pitch.com/events/western-wyandotte-arts-festival-1144716/ the flier says lots of free things for kids to do. at the hollis center http://www.holliscenter.org/
i love free things to keep the kids busy!
today we went to the American Royal Parade! then a $1.00 burger and they have had a great time!