My brother & his family... Tim, Tim Jr. (aka "Bubby"), Jenny, Katie, and Lucy.
Happy to be at the Chili Cook-Off!
Chili tasting can wear a kid out!
I think this might have been Emma's favorite part of the day. She LOVED the fact that she could create her own snowcone flavor and had control over all the syrups! End result??? A disgustingly sweet concoction, but she enjoyed herself!
My beautiful nieces, Lucy & Katie.
Aunt Jenny, Uncle Tim, and Emma.
Lucy on the Titanic Slide.
Even Katie's not too cool to love the giant slides!
Tim's face-plant as he ended another turn on the tiger slide!
Lucy finally got Emma down one of the inflatable slides! Emma was NOT happy when she got off!!!
Tim & Emma, happy to be heading off on a train ride!
We had another fun Saturday this weekend! First Emma & I met our friends at Lowe's to build the weekly craft project. This week it was a little school house. It turned out really cute, especially since one side of the roof is hinged so the kids can actually open the school and store "treasures" inside. Emma's favorite part was that this project had STICKERS to decorate it. She loves stickers and really liked putting on all the windows and wall stickers.
Then we met up with Tim, Jenny, Katie, Lucy, and Tim to head to the annual chili cook-off. It was really nice a couple of years ago when it was held at the park around the corner from Tim and Jen's house since we could park there and walk to the park. Plus there was a lot of shade. This year, however, the venue was changed to the National Orange Show grounds. Not as convenient, and we had to pay for parking, but it was still a lot of fun. There was nowhere near as much shade and I got a pretty good sunburn too. Emma wasn't as into the chili this year ~ she said its too spicy ~ but her tasting cup came in handy anyway. Some of the booths would have toppings (cheese, onions, etc) for their chili so, everytime we hit one of these booths, we would get Emma just a cup full of cheese, which she loved. Carnival type atmospheres can always make the most basic food taste delicious too so we had to have hot dogs, nachos, and snowcones throughout the day. There were a few giant inflatable slides set up too, which the Ames kids enjoyed but Emma is still not a fan of. She really liked the train ride though. All in all, we had a wonderful day hanging out with our friends and family!
On a side note, I swear I was at all these events too! At some point I'll remember to ask Katie or Lucy or somebody to take a picture of my daughter and myself together to prove I'm actually there...
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