Safe Kid Fest

This morning we went to the Safe Kid Fest at a park around here. There were all kinds of balloons - so of course we had to get one first off!!


Maggie adores balloons :)


BMX bikers were there. I thought Dallin would be more interested in this one, but I was wrong.


This is called the superman.

This is totally crazy. I was on continuous shoot mode thinking it would be cool to get the whole flip...

What's that?

GRRRRRR... It's Dallin walking in front of me. So much for getting the whole flip :(

The slide next to the bikers that was much more of a hit than the bikers were!

The dummies that don't wear their seat belts there.

And then... the dreaded, awful event of letting go of the beloved balloon.....

Up, up and away....

It was a very sad time for her.

After that she would cry whenever she saw a balloon in the sky and say, "Buh-lyune won away!" --- Balloon ran away.

The Empire and the good guys came to visit us on Safe Kid Day!

Surprisingly enough, Dallin decided that he did NOT want to go meet them. I guess it's all fun and games in a movie - but meeting Darth Vader in real life isn't his cup of tea!

Of course Maggie found the lady that gave her a balloon. And she got another one.

Dallin got to shoot a sling shot for a free pass to the Aquatic Center. Darn, I guess we will have to go swimming.

Look how thrilled he is that he got it through the hole!

We got to get the kids photographed, weighed and their height checked and put on a CD for the Amber Alert system. Maggie wasn't interested in getting her picture taken. Maybe she is too tired of the camera...

The Hunter Safety people were there too. Dallin got to shoot pellets at a target. I don't know that he hit anything, but he had fun!

See all this??? This may look like snow... but it's not. It's cotton. I am SO SICK OF SNEEZING!!!! The other day Lasca said to Dallin, "Look, it's snowing!" He said, "No - it's cotton. It makes mommy sneeze."

It's crazy. I hate it. I have never had allergies before a few years ago. This stuff is awful!

It was "so freaking hot" as Dallin put it. We found a water fountain on the way to the car.

Bye, Safe Kid Fest! We had a great time!

Brown Belt Ceremony

Today was Dallin's belt ceremony. He is now officially a brown belt. He is the highest belt he can get in the Tiny Tigers program. His sensei wants to keep him for a couple more months - and then send him off to Little Dragons!

First he took off his green belt...


Then Jeff told him all the things he was proud of Dallin for accomplishing.


He mentioned the whole Luke Skywalker thing again...


And then he gave him his Brown Belt...

Ok... so that one would have turned out better if the brown wasn't so close to the black... Oh well :) The intent was good!!!

But he is so very happy. Look at this crew! They are all pretty good little karate fighters!

Dinosaur Park

Today we decided to go to the Dinosaur Park. We have lived here for 4 years and never been - it's only a few miles away! So we went...

There were trails to forge...

And dinosaurs to scout out....

There were dino roars being sounded through the trails and Maggie kept her ears covered...

Until she got brave enough to get down... But then she kept signing "scared" and saying, "Sca-wee!!!"

Don't ya love her outfit? She is wearing a purple velvet dress and then right before we left she found her terrycloth swimsuit cover up and HAD to put that on over her princess dress!

Finally it was snack time, so we found a bench...

There was a dinosaur wanting our fruit snacks!

There were also pretty flowers.

This place is pretty neat. It has lots of hands on things for the kids to do. Here they are comparing their hands to the foot/hand prints of dinosaurs.

Maggie and Bailey - Friends forever :) Except when they are fighting :)

Dallin and Maggie eating Dino Burgers.

There was a playground for the kids to play on. Maggie is going to give me ulcers, I tell ya!!!!!

When we got back we had brats/hot dogs and then made homemade ice cream! And who better to help - but Dallin and Maggie!

And what else is there to do while we wait for the ice cream to get done - swing!!!

The moment we have been waiting for -

Oh baby - Come to mama!!!

Maggie approves...

They both do!

But then we had a little accident :(

She tried to scoop it back as she is crying her little heart out...

But there was plenty more where it came from and she got more!

And what better way to finish off the night???

But to watch Jurassic Park!!!

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Thank you to all the military people out there protecting our freedoms. We are so grateful to those who have given their lives for ours!