6/6/10 - It's a Grand Old Day

Today was a great day. We got to sleep until our normal time…actually, I got up, and Olivia was still asleep. Today was Grand Old Day. Christian and I used to go EVERY year, but missed the last couple, so we were excited about making our return. I jumped in the shower, he jumped in the shower, we got the little one up, shoveled down some breakfast, packed up the car, and off we went. Luckily my mom called and offered to drop us of (it’s impossible to park around there!), so that save us a ton of time. We got there, snatched up a prime parade watching spot and settled in. Olivia loved the parade, she couldn’t get enough of it! She loved the police cars and fire trucks. She loved all of the people…and graciously held out her hand for candy and goodies every time somebody walked by. Poor thing, if only she knew she’d never taste that yummy candy J Luckily some people were giving out other stuff…some mini-beach balls, some light up buttons, some stickers and temporary tattoos….some stuff she can actually have! She loved it though, even the clown! It’s so fun watching the amazement on her face with each passing group.

After the parade, we made the LONG trek down to the family zone. Olivia was pretty exhausted at this point, and the lines for everything were VERY long, so we didn’t get a chance to do too much. We stopped at the petting zoo for a while. The only animal that really wanted anything to do with us was the camel. Mr. Camel really had a thing for Olivia too…I thought he was going to chew right through her shirt! She finally had enough of his licking and LOUDLY told him to “STOP”, so off we went.

We grabbed some last minute yummy food, and my mom picked us up (so yay, no walking back to the car either!). We dropped her off at home, and stopped over to Christian’s parents’ house again. They did some more work on the bench, Olivia and I took a nap, then we ate some pizza and were on our way home. It was a LONG day. At the end of the day, I sat down to write our to-do list for the next week or two…and OMG, I don’t even want to talk about it! That is one scary looking list!

Here are some pictures from Grand Old Day. BEAUTIFUL weather, lots of fun and good family time together. It was definitely the perfect Sunday event!









































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