Austin Rodeo and Carnival

Today the girls and I went to the Austin Rodeo and Carnival with our awesome friends Nina, Veronica, Alyssa, Claudia, Nildalis and Jaycee. It was a gorgeous day and the perfect day for the carnival. Lillian was so excited to make it to the carnival and it is her first one of 2010 and Lydia's first carnival ever in her little 17 months of life! :)

I must say all the girls did great and had such a good time. Lydia only got to ride the Ferris wheel with me and they wouldn't allow her on anything else. It was her first carnival ride ever! It is okay to take her a mile up into the sky, but not okay to ride the little ladybugs?! She did enjoy the Ferris wheel, but it was so hard on her at first to see all the big girls riding everything and she could only stand and wave. At first, she broke into tears at every ride, but then she was okay with it. She stood there and smiled and waved at her sister and friends. She loves seeing them happy and having fun. She is a sweet little girl! Of course, the other girls could ride almost everything as long as their stomach could take it! :)

After we finished our lunch and riding all the rides the girls wanted to, then we headed to the petting zoo and pony rides. Lydia loved seeing real cows which are her favorite animal right now. She thought they were amazing and even got to pet one! Then, I took the girls on a pony ride. And this was Lydia's favorite part of the rodeo! She had such fun and kept petting her little pony. Lillian rode Lucy the Pony like a real cow girl! We walked around the petting zoo and then just played in a little farm area.

By this point, we were working on four hours at the rodeo and carnival and all the girls were getting tired especially the little babies who missed their nap. So, we went back to Nina's house for about an hour. The girls played outside the whole time and jumped on the trampoline, went on the swings and slide. They even had ice cream!

Poor Lydia started getting clumsy from exhaustion at this point in the day! :) We were only there for 45 minutes and Lydia fell on the concrete patio and has a red mark on her forehead, fell off the picnic table and busted her lower lip, went down the slide too fast and bumped the back of her head and then had her fingers pinched in a doorway. And do you want to know what Nina's little 6 year old daughter had to tell me about the slide? Veronica said, "Julie, I don't think that was such a good idea!" She is so cute! Then, Lydia spilled water all over her and rode the hour home in a diaper! What kind of mom am I today? hee hee And to top it off, both girls are sun burned!

It was a great day with friends! And Lydia even said another word today- Hi. So stinking cute! Our spring break is coming to an end and I will miss it! We will be back to normal on Monday, but what a great week this has been! Love and miss you all!

Love,

Julie