Balloon and Sky Fest

One weekend, Isabelle and I went to Aunt Alysha's for the annual Balloon and Sky Fest with great hopes of seeing hot air balloons and riding vertically in one. Unfortunately, all hot air balloon activities are very wind sensitive and are not inflated or fly if the winds are more then 8-10 mph. Fortunately, this slight breeze kept us from dying in the wide open sunny airport. The other factor that saved us was that we happened to have some umbrellas in our vehicles for some shade. That would have been a huge selling item for a vendor.

Surprisingly, Isabelle did pretty well with all the air show part except when there was a couple explosions on the ground in front of us during a show that startled everyone.

After a few hours there, we went back to Alysha's to cool off, relax, and play. Little Miss Muffet decided to sit on this tuffet drinking her water. However, no spider came along.

Aunt Alysha found a bandana to play with too. Isabelle dressed up as a pirate and a hippie.

Another fun toy was the fuzzy pink bunny ears Aunt Alysha gave her for Easter along with the bunny from the movie "Hop" which is appropriately named Hop Hop. Sometimes Isabelle wanted to wear the ears and other times she wanted other people to put them on. That weekend she learned to say "hop" and supposedly hop herself but I have never seen it.

Even without the hot air balloon show or ride, we had a great time. Maybe next year the winds will stay away.

Buddy's Birthday Bash

Isabelle went to a birthday party for her church buddy, Jordyn. She even carried the present around the house for a while without digging into it.

At the party, Isabelle had a lot of fun playing with a bunch of kids her age. While holding the balloon, she also paid close attention to how Jordyn ate her cupcake. Maybe Isabelle will learn by example and dig in at her next birthday.

No Fooling

No fooling, April Fools Day was a great day spent with friends. Isabelle played at the park with Nina and Adela while mommy visited with her high school friends, Katie and Melanie, and their husbands, Reid and Timothy.

 Isabelle loved bouncing on this toy.

  She likes the swing again!

The merry-go-round was fun at a slow speed.

Melanie, mommy, and Katie pose for a picture.

Melanie and Timothy Worstell were visiting Florida from California. So we picked up the Webers, met the Worstells for dinner at a Golden Coral followed by some time at a park and ending with ice cream.

Though it was a short visit, we had a lot of fun. I'm so glad we were able to make it work.