Friday, October 29, 2010

Disney on Ice: Princess Wishes

All the cool stuff for sale...with not so cool prices (=








Waving bye to David (had to go back to work).

This was the part of the show that Julia has talked about endlessly (= 
The dragon made a huge impression.



Sunday, September 19, 2010

Saturday, June 05, 2010

First Annual International Biscuit Festival?

Hmm...we were puzzled about what to expect from a biscuit festival, but it was actually a pretty impressive event ( =  Unfortunately, they underestimated the crowd of people hungry for biscuits and most of the vendors had run out when Julia and I arrived, so no more tasting tickets were being sold.  It's just as well, though...thirty or so booths of biscuits, sorgham, honey, jellies, etc. couldn't possibly be good for anyone's diet.  But we walked around market square, listened to some music, and enjoyed the atmosphere.  Later, David left the office and joined us for lunch, so it was a nice day.


 






























Sunday, May 23, 2010

Our baby doll (=

David took this while he and Julia were playing outside today.  Every year, our little magnolia tree has added maybe one blossom each summer.  But this year, it looks like they've doubled...in number and in size ( =

Saturday, May 22, 2010

2010 Children's Festival of Reading

A friend of ours told us about a festival today at World's Fair Park and I am so glad that she did (=  I packed a picnic lunch for Julia and me and we headed downtown to see what was going on.  She was a bit grumpy at first (it was her nap time) so she was a bit overwhelmed (LOTS of people).  I asked her what she wanted to do and she said EAT RIGHT NOW.  Okay then.  We sat in front of the main stage on our beach towels, ate our lunch, and listened to a children's author speak (he was actually pretty interesting).  While we were finishing up, I spotted the Olson's with their daughter Ella and we all went over to put our feet in the fountains and chit chat for a bit before they headed out to get some lunch.  After lunch, Julia perked up and had a great time the rest of the afternoon (face painting, bouncy castles, arts and crafts, etc.).  AND we got a big stack of children's books for $3.50, along with a bunch of random free stuff (stickers, etc.).  Nice day!





Thursday, May 20, 2010

Splash Pad

I took Julia to the splash pad for the first time this summer...she had a ball, so I'm sure we'll be spending a LOT of time this year.  Also ran into her friend Carson from school...they were both SO excited when they recognized each other (=