This one’s been playing some “owl-timate”. :) Well, throwing a frisbee at least!

We (ahem, E) seem to not be able to get enough of planes so it was off to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum for their Warbird Flyovers.

We were able to get pretty close and see them fly off. Loud engines but nowhere near the roaring Blue Angels.

This is Daddy’s favorite plane. Psssst, we need to get him current on his pilot license so he can take us in the air.

A rare moment — just the two of us. Ummmmm, more like a toddler moment. E just refused to get in the photo. ;) Why stop for pictures when there are so many planes to see?

Next door was a car show so E (and Daddy) got their fill of TWO of their much-liked things. :)

Mommy’s race last month at the Arboretum invited us back to visit! It was perfect as last time we barely walked through the Main Garden and the nationally acclaimed Pumpkin Village is not to be missed. 75,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash and 150,000 fall-blooming flowers!

We stopped by the White Rock Local Market which is just across the street. Oh, how he savors his once-in-awhile treats! :)

Mommy and Son took a fun little trip downtown via DART (“train”) to a venue Uncle Dan was helping out with. We got there faster than he did fighting traffic in a car so we strolled Thanksgiving Square which turned out to be a contemplative urban oasis with expressions of gratitude throughout the garden, park and outdoor chapel. So glad we stumbled upon it!

We helped put together hundreds of paper lanterns for a night market event happening the next day. E was more of a cheerleader. ;P Then we hopped on the DART to try to get back to our car before dark.

Daddy’s company hosted a Family Day at Sci-Tech Discovery Center. It was the world premiere of “EYELLUSIONS”, an exhibit showcasing the neuroscience behind mind-boggling illusions. The gallery and interactive programs were very well done and intriguing but the concepts were a bit of a stretch for E’s age.

We went into this little contraption and people outside see you as a holographic, all transparent!

This room made one look either really big or really small, depending on where you stood.

And then we wandered beyond the main hall to the permanent installations and that’s where all the magic happened for E! :) There were things to build, stack, join, roll, click, lift, lower and on and on and on.

We had a couple of extra tickets and invited E’s older friend, Joseph, to come. They made a great team! E seems to prefer playing with kids NOT his age. :P

It was another one of those “I-just-can’t-get-enough-of-this-place” days. At least for the young’un. :) Sci-Tech is right next to the Museum of the American Railroad so when we walked out to grab lunch at our designated food truck, we saw tracks and railroad cars. Trains > food for *someone* apparently so we took a walk beside the grounds of the museum. There, we ran into some friends from Gymboree and found out that the location we usually go to was closing (and in a few days)! :( Such sudden news as we had just been a few days prior and had not heard anything. :((

Then on our way back home, we tried to stop by the Frisco Farm Stop where we had finally found a respectable green tea latte in the area and there was a sign on the door saying it had been closed due to non-payment of rent. :( And yet another finding was the imminent closing of Champion – our fave place for homemade grass jelly. We went one last time on their final day before shutting down. It made us recollect all the times we frequented it while G was preggo and we were learning all things baby and so in anticipation of little E!

So these small business closings put us in kind of a somber mood. Nothing lasts forever, enjoy it while you can, life is vanity? Okay, let’s be more positive. Count your blessings and live purposefully! :)

We rounded out the weekend with yet another discovery: the lunar eclipse and blood moon. Not to happen again ’til 2033? What a phenomenon! And a fitting “ending” of sorts just thinking about the vastness of space and the universe; the God who holds all these things in the palm of His hands; and yet also our Father who loves and cares deeply for us, as tiny, insignificant as we and our mindless little matters like begone drinks and desserts and fleeting amusement are…

The Ultimate Discovery: “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13