Playland

While I was at the bachelorette party baseball game, Chad and Maggie spent the afternoon at Playland and Storyland. Maggie loves it there. We have unlimited ride passes which means she can go on the train, carousel, carnival rides and more as much as she wants. She was still sobbing when they picked me up from the baseball game because she was mad that they had to leave...after playing there for nearly FIVE hours.

toddler Olympics

In May our moms group hosted an annual open house and this year we organized it with toddler Olympics. A non-competitive, fun obstacle course was set up at a local park and the kids each got little gold medals for participating. We had snacks for everyone, along with face painting, crafts and a bounce house. Perfect weather to spend the day with friends at the park.

egg hunt

On Monday our moms group had an egg hunt for the kids at a local park. There were somewhere near 25 kids and tons of filled eggs for each of them to find. While the kids were in the playground distracted and playing, the moms tossed  the eggs around the large grassy area. When the kids were lined up and ready, it took them less than five minutes to gather the entire lot of eggs. After the hunt the kids sat on the sidewalk to check out their loot, then ate from a potluck of snacks, and finally spent the rest of the time playing with and chasing their friends.

Happy 84th birthday, GG! We love you.

Pirate Party

On Wednesday one of Maggie's friends turned three. He had his pirate themed birthday party at a local park and his mom went crazy with the decorations, food and activities. I wish I'd taken photos of everything before the kids enjoyed it because it was so stinking cute. Maggie got to make a pirate hat, search for some jewels in the pirate's booty tub, spot treasures with her scope and, of course, play at the park. The food included the most adorable blue jello cups with orange floating pirate ships, cupcakes, tons of fruit, crackers, etc. Cute cute cute.

She ate cake!

One of Maggie's friends turned three this past weekend and we helped her celebrate with family and friends at the local water park. Even with threats of thunderstorms in the air Maggie partied hard. The kids played in the water, climbed around the play ground, kicked around a beach ball, ate cake (a first for Maggie!) and overall had a great time. It might be one of the last few times we're at that park this summer so we let her soak it all in. She did and loved every minute of it.

Girl Time

On June 1 Maggie and I met up with a couple of our friends at a local park. It was a mild-weathered day and I'm glad we took advantage of it with them.

Park Play

 Last Friday Maggie met up with some of her friends at the park. They played with bubbles and climbed on the structures, but the most important and entertaining part of the morning for them was playing in the puddles. Stomping on, splashing in, sitting in, and even (gasp!) drinking from (I know--gross gross gross) were all on the list. Cute, but crazy kids.

Angels of Grace Foster Care

We've been super busy this past month and to be honest, blogging hasn't been at the top of my list. I'm finally feeling motivated to blog again so whew, here we go!

The mom's group that Maggie and I belong to sponsored an early Easter BBQ for the Angels of Grace foster care program in Fresno.  It was at a local park and included a BBQ, egg hunt, bounce house, basket decorating and bubbles. Maggie, Chad and I had a great time, even if I did stain my new shoes while hiding the eggs. Dang!

Light-socket Lass

This photo of Maggie was taken with my phone earlier this week. The weather was sunny and warm so we trekked down to the park. I captured this shot as we were going down the way-too-big-for-her-to-go-alone slide. She never got to see her hair this way because it was only this crazy cruising down the slide, but I think she'd love it. I know I did. Happy 18 months, Maggie!

Playing at the Park

Maggie and I have hit the park quite a bit lately since the weather's been perfect and she loves being outside. She enjoys running around, watching the big kids, and figuring out how to use the playground equipment. Last week was a real treat because we got to bring Chad with us to the park. And two sets of eyes watching her isn't such a bad thing when she's curious, brave and fearless out there.