Parks, Parties, & Pizza!

We had a busy Saturday this weekend! First was Mikey's second birthday party at Fairmount Park in Riverside. This is such a cool park. Emma loves the playgrounds (yes, plural, as in more than one play area) and the water play area. She is still a little skittish about the giant sprinklers, but she enjoys playing around in the periphery of it and getting a little wet. We had lunch with Mikey and his family and then came Emma's favorite part... cake! you can see her surreptitiously eyeing it in one of the pictures. Too funny. Maria (Mikey's Mommy) did a great job decorating and with the party favors. Emma is still carrying around her little tote full of trinkets and her sipper cup.

After the birthday party we headed to the library. Emma got her only nap of the day in the car for about 10 minutes on the way there. They were having an end of the summer party for all the kids who had read at least 5 books over the course of the program. It was a really cute luau-themed party, but it was very crowded in the community room with all the kids and their parents. So we stopped in for half an hour or so, dropped Emma's name in the raffle (she was NOT happy that she did not win this time), ate some juice and cupcakes (which had ocean animal rings on top ~ check out Emma's clown fish ring!) and made leis with paper flowers and straw segments. Then we decided to head to the toddler play room for a while before returning to see if Emma's name was drawn for a prize. It was much more peaceful in the children's room and Emma loves all the puzzles and toys there.

As we were leaving the library party, we ran into Katie, Lucy, and Bubby who had come to the library to hang out and play on the computers. So we visited with them for a bit while they waited for Tim & Jen to get there to pick them up. By this time it was after 4pm, so we headed home. Within a few minutes of walking in the door, I was getting a text from Katie telling me that her parents had invited Emma & I over for pizza. Never one to turn down a free meal I don't have to cook, I said "sure!" We stopped at CVS to get drinks where Emma locked herself in my car! That was scary for a minute, but I had grabbed my keys right before she had hit the switch, so it was a crisis averted. We had a great evening eating pizza and ice cream from the ice cream man, playing board games and watching movies together. Emma even got Bubby to read to her for a bit, which she loves, and I suspect he secretly enjoys as well!

We had a great day!