With Grandma & Grandpa here, we've done some true Texas things. Last weekend we headed to Ft. Worth to see the old Stockyards. It was a great day! It's a little old western town, complete with brick roads, lots of little shops, an antique working railroad, a maze, cow camp, a rodeo, a cowboy museum, some cool old bars, a mechanical bull, and they do a cattle drive right down the street twice a day. Charlotte wasn't too fond of touching a longhorn (see pictures), but she did love the cowboys from the street-fight skit and sitting on the saddle at the bar while the adults had a bottle of Buffalo Butt beer. Grandma of course had to buy Charlotte a souvenir: a pink cowgirl hat which she also loves. I can't wait to head to the rodeo with someone friends from home.
Here's a slideshow from the stockyards:
On Friday night, we headed to Babe's Chicken Dinner House, this is a true Texas tradition (so we've been told). The Babe's in Frisco is in a little old town-type setting they're building. The place is huge. We put our name in & dad headed to the bar to grab some beers. After looking around for a minute, he asked the hostess where the bar was and she replied "it's BYOB." What?! A restaurant, seriously...BYOB?? Our wonderful new neighbors forgot to tell us to pack a cooler. Yep, there were several people hanging out with coolers...hilarious! So we settled on iced tea with our meal. Here's the deal with Babe's, they have 5 menu items: fried chicken, chicken fried steak, pot roast, smoked chicken or fried catfish. You pick your meat, then the sides are family-style: corn, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy and of course biscuits. Oh yeah, and there's salad. Did I mention everything is cooked in straight-up bacon grease? The food was YUMMY and we all left stuffed, no room for the Snow Cone Lady or the Double Dip. Good thing we didn't have any beer to take up room in our tummies. Oh yeah, and for a doggie bag, they seriously hand you a plastic baggie from a hook on the wall. It's an experience! Here's a few pictures from Babe's and the web site. You can see Charlotte loved it too (no she didn't eat anything fried in bacon grease, but it looks like it huh?):
So yes...it's fall now and surprisingly enough we've had some great cool fall weather the past few days. I love it!! I did have to run out and buy Charlotte some clothes to cover her arms & legs, since all she has is hot weather stuff. Here are a few pictures to document...Charlotte helped me plant a mum ~ we finally have a color other than green in our front yard! It was chilly & she needed some covering. The pictures look cute, but in actuality she was wearing: a green striped summer romper, pink baby legs, purple socks, and a pink jacket - such a little ragamuffin : )
