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Grace was excited to see the cars and she loves parades so this would be an exciting morning!  We can’t get over how much Grace has taken to Hot Aug Nights, but it shouldn’t be surprising, as she loves anything where there is activity, stimulation and where she can people-watch and be nosy.   Yep, she has to be in everyone else’s business.  Mostly though, she just loves the attention.

The parade is the last major event and we arrived a tad early.   We stumbled into a couple of seats on some temp bleachers so we felt best not to pass them up.   Grace sat next to a very nice young lady -and Grace took a real liking to this girl!   And vice-versa, the girl and her family were very nice to Grace.   Before you knew it, grace was holding the girls hand and had her hand resting on the girls’ very cute poodle skirt.

So, it turns out this girl lives kinda near us, and is interested in babysitting.   Hmmmm, we’ll be in touch and we’ll soon put her through our patented babysitting interview.  🙂  She seems great, what a fun encounter.

Short VIDEO of a Nevada-Style Shopping Cart:

As we were making our way back to the car -we were walking against the parade -and a convertible that was in the parade stopped.   Two adults in the front, two kids in the back.   They had a very large stuffed animal -a pink horse.   They insisted that Grace take it.   Dad politely said “no”, but they insisted.   They gave Grace the horse, which is about 3times her size and all the parade spectators clapped and cheered when the exchange took place.   Grace seems to rule the world …and dad was a bit embarrassed.   Good fun all around.

First thing out of the crib this morning, Grace and Dad headed off to see a few Hot August Night cars.   Been going on a week and we haven’t had a chance.   We went to the Nugget and only saw a very tiny sliver of the thousands of cars that are enjoying the Reno area this week.

Grace LOVED watching the cars and our expected two hours of fun turned into about 3times that!     Grace loved the cars, the people and of course the attention.   She drove a few cars, the bucket car she gained a big audience and even had the newspaper reporter and camera man there!  She was really hamming it up.   We also caught some young girls doing some poodle skirt  dances and Grace very much was fascinated with that.

…finally, you’ll note the last picture and the pink car.   Grace kept wanting to go back to that car and so finally dad asked the owner to pose in a picture.

Grace was so wound up that she didn’t take a nap today  -too bad as we had planned to go back for the drag races  …..but instead we’ll likely go to the parade in the morning.

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Grace and Dad kept our train momentum going. Today a trip to Portola to their RR museum. Then to lunch in Quincy, and then back to the museum for yet one last train ride for the day. It was good fun.

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This was a full day of trains.   First Virginia City, then Carson City.

Grace has a strong fascination with trains.  Very Strong!   We don’t know why.

So Grace and Dad headed for Virginia City where we rode the small train.  It was good touristy fun.  Then to a very funky but fun lunch in Gold Hill  …And then down the backside of the hill to Carson City and the Railroad Museum.

*Note the Virginia City pictures Grace is wearing the white hat, In Carson City The Pink Hat

There are some great pictures so be sure to check them out.

The video is very long (almost 20minutes) but those who know Grace will laugh at how instead of attacking the trains like a crazy two-year-old, -instead she studies the trains like a curious scientist.  The funniest part to dad is during the touristy lecture during the 2nd train ride  -Grace nods during the talk as if to validate the points being made by the tour guide.   She is truly a wacky kid!

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A few weeks ago we bought Grace this toy motorcycle. She likes it, -but it’s not usually her first choice of fun. However, tonight, after some water-play-fun she took the bike for a little spin.

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Grace made an evening trek to the park and not only played hard (as usual) but also made it a point to infringe on the high school kids who seem to have made our neighborhood park their evening “make-out” headquarters.   It was too funny to watch as Grace interrupted the kissing and made new friends, and not 🙂

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Grace and Dad spent the whole day  having fun.  Started with a few hours in the park, then to Pottery fun, then to a simple Mexican food late lunch.

We also took some video during the day:   

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