Alden’s New Room
Saturday morning we went to the Bellville Market Day to get some ideas for Alden’s cowboy themed room to-be. I made bratwurst sausage in scrambled eggs and we all had some with toast. Alden had spent the night in our room since Mary-Helen and Grand D. had been painting all Friday afternoon. I had moved the mattress downstairs.
We visited all the booths and all we purchased were some pickles They proceeds went to help the volleyballteam go to state. But we got some more ideas for barbed wire and signs. We did walk through an over-priced store, I guess for high end cowboy decorations. Nothing there, but they did give us a good pointer on where to get some bbq. Battle Creek BBQ, good place to go! Mary-Helen even liked it! We all got bbq sandwiches and mommy got a ham baked potato that she liked.
We tried a tac shop and bought Alden a cowboy shirt that was on sale, they gave him a free sucker. Alden chowed down on the sucker on the way home but didn’t finish. We played Alden hiding in the blanket after he got a little restless. He liked dropping it on the floor and making mommy or I fetch it. 
Alden and I took a nap while mommy and Grand D. painted. They did an excellent job of a base coat and mommy did the color wash with a plastic bag. Before Grand D. left he helped me bring the mattress upstairs to the baby’s room.
Alden and I didn’t do much in the afternoon but play around the house. I couldn’t find the Horseshoe Junction card. I made steak for dinner for MH, Alden, and I, but it was a bad piece of meat and was too tough, so we cut it up and made Sandy treats out of them. Lucky Sandy!
Alden spent the night in the baby’s room, and seemed excited about it, though he woke up during the night and mommy went and spent some time with him until he went back to sleep.
