Pear Blossom 2009

This year we decided to take Rayden to the Pear Blossom parade and festival. I haven't been to the parade is many many years so we thought it might be fun. We got there a bit early to find a good spot to sit and let the guys hang out there to keep our spot while my friends and I took the kids around to the games that they had set up. The kids threw balls into water filled buckets, (Rayden won this game 4 times) played a bean bag toss, played a bowling game and then grabbed some huge balloons and some popcorn. The parade was fun and Rayden really enjoyed herself. Her favorite things in the parade were all of the bands and the fire trucks. After the parade was over we walked downtown to the area where all the food and vendor booths were set up. We walked around for a couple of hours enjoying everything, then decided to walk back to the car. We made it home just long enough for Rayden to take about an hour nap and then off to a birthday party we went. The next day was Easter so we had a very busy weekend, but a fun one!

All of the kids waiting for the parade to start.

Playing games.

The giant green balloon.

Cotton candy!

Noise makers!!

Waiting for the more bands to come!

Sad because giant green balloon popped!! :(

The aftermath!!

Rayden fell asleep on the walk back to the car, with lunch in her lap!!

Easter Craft

For an Easter craft we got some little foam eggs and some glitter glue pens and let Rayden have at it, decorating them any way that she wanted. She had some of us decorate some of them too. She had a great time doing this craft and it was right up my alley too....simple!!

Dyeing Eggs

Rayden had a wonderful time dyeing eggs this year. She eagerly waited as the colored tablets dissolved in the water. When it was ready she dropped her first egg in a little too hard and it landed with a loud plop! She got better and better at dropping the eggs in all of the colors and by the end she was a pro! Each of the kids that were around for Easter had an egg with their name on it. After all of the eggs were dyed Rayden put a cute little sticker on each one :)

Easter Morning

The kids woke up Easter morning to find their Easter baskets sitting on the table. Rayden was super excited to see what the Easter Bunny had brought her. Each of them had one basket from the Easter Bunny and one from Papa and Grandma. Rayden's favorite items were her Imagination Movers CD and her lip glosses. Parker loved his ball and all the little plastic eggs, they both loved the bubbles! They got very little candy this year (that was a good thing!) but they each enjoyed their colored bunnies from Papa and Grandma, Rayden's pink and Parker's green. It was then time to get dressed and get some pictures and then an egg hunt!

All Dressed Up

The kids looked so cute dressed up in their Easter outfits! Rayden had a cute pink dress with brown polka dots, he baby had a matching dress as well. She loved her dress and twirled around in it quite a bit. She was really good about getting her pictures taken this year....much better than last year! Parker was the turkey this year when it came to pictures. He refused to stay sitting down most of the time, and when I did get him to sit down or to look at me he scrunched up his face and gave a really funny looking grin! I finally got an okay looking photo in the kitchen later, but I managed to chop off the top of his head in it. Both of the kids were getting tired so at the end I only ended up getting one photo of the two of them together, and the only reason Parker stayed there is because he had Rayden's doll.

Hunting Eggs

It had rained the night before and sprinkled a little in the morning, so once again the Easter Bunny had to hide eggs up on the porch for the kids. Rayden darted all over the place, as fast as she could, looking for all of the colored eggs to fill her bucket. Parker picked up one, then another, then he found another....so he dropped the first one to pick up the third one, then he dropped the second one to pick back up the first one! He did this over and over so we had three eggs badly cracked...he did not want to put them in the bucket. Jordan was out there to find eggs as well but got preoccupied with a toy and only picked up one egg. Later in the day the whole family was together for a wonderful Easter dinner. Easter was fun this year with everyone around.

Not Feeling Too Hot

Rayden had a yucky cold last weekend and had finally gotten over it, just in time to come down with another one! The poor thing just doesn't feel too great and is just laying around relaxing. Parker is being a turkey and bothering her while trying to lay down too, he just had to get in on the pictures! We had family in town this weekend to visit and Rayden had been looking forward to visiting with them and going swimming, but we didn't think it was the best idea so she stayed with Papa and Grandma instead. She was really bummed, but she did get some rest and will be able to see them in a couple weekends anyways. We sure hope she starts feeling better soon.

Kicking Back

Parker and Rayden were watching some kids music videos on T.V. Parker decided to kick back and just lay on the floor in front of the television to listen and watch.

Being a Munchkin

Any of you who know Rayden well know that she is obssessed with Wizard of Oz. Here she was singing the "Lollipop Guild" song from the movie right after she had gotten up in the morning. She gets her mouth just like they do and tries to sing just like them. I will have to get a video of her doing it, it is pretty funny.