Last year, I ended up getting pretty sick after my C-section, so I had to stay home and miss out on all Memorial Day-weekend fun. This year, things are so much better already.
Yesterday, I took Miss Olive and one of her cousins to a mom/kid event they have at one of the local malls. It was a carnival theme with a big blow up slide, cotton candy, face painting, a balloon-animal-making clown and more.
I've taken Olive to these events before, and she always seems to enjoy watching the other kids as much as anything else. Yesterday was about the same - she wasn't big enough to ride down the slide, but she loved watching her cousin slide down over and over and over again.
After too much sugar, a flower balloon, a (crappy) "dog" (a long balloon with a dog head and no legs or tail that the clown insisted was "fun for littler kids") balloon, and meeting up with some friends, I took the girls to lunch and to a few stores before leaving the mall. They were blinged out with lighted rings and glitter bracelets by the time be walked out the doors - I'm definitely a sucker, but it was SO much fun.
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| Posing with Miss Olive holding said crappy "dog" balloon and her cousin with a flower. |
The fun continued today. Miss Olive went with me this morning to run some errands while the Hubby worked on fixing up our once-falling-apart but now almost-back-to-usable 2nd bathroom.
On the way home, we passed through a village about a few minutes from our house and noticed chairs lining the streets and people setting up for a parade. I pulled over and asked some people setting up a float what time the parade started, then rushed home and told the Hubby I thought it would be fun for us all to get ready and go.
About an hour later, we were in our chairs on a friend's lawn telling Olive to wave and say "Hi" as the firetrucks, band, politicians, boy scouts and others passed by.
It was her first parade, and she absolutely loved it. The Ladybug is a big fan of being outside for just about anything. Combine that with trucks, waving and candy, and she was pretty much in heaven.
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| The fam. By the way - this was our first time to use this clip on umbrella on Olive's seat and we love it. It's from JCPenny and it was great to give her just enough shade. |
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| The Hubby with Olive, whose hands are filled with two suckers she picked up during the parade. |
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| My silly Ladybug showing off her tongue, which turned blue after she licked some Laffy Taffy. Her lips were stained blue all afternoon. Too funny. |
The rest of the weekend will be filled with family time with both mine and the Hubby's families, which will include swimming and cookouts.
Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day weekends as much as us - Happy Memorial Day!
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