Fall Festival

Last weekend, we met up with some friends at the Fall Festival at Bur-Mil Park. It was an absolutely perfect day! The weather was awesome, and there were so many things to see and do. Besides the normal playground and open areas for little ones to run around, there were all kinds of vendors (both food and otherwise), bouncy houses, a pumpkin patch, hayrides, face painting, kiddie tattoos, animal petting areas, games, etc. We met our friends, Michael, Lauren, Ethan (whom Ellison calls "Eaton") Sbihli there, and got to meet up with our friends, Rebecca & Allie Saffioti, too. I do have to say, that it is very difficult to stay in the same area as anyone else when you have little toddlers that have a clear plan. But they (and we) had a blast. [October 11, 2008]

This photo is funny. When Ellison was 3 months old, we got her pics taken, and she was doing this SAME thing to the bunny that was sitting next to her then.

Checking out her new tattoo. Later that night when we washed it off, she started crying for "flower".



Lauren & Ethan

Rebecca & Allie, with her little face painted

These pics are out of order, but I'm not attempting to change it. This is Ellison waiting patiently for the strange man (well, not strange, just a stranger) to finish applying her tattoo. We were surprised she sat there and let him do it.

The Soto 3 on the hayride. When we first got on, Ellison whined because she wanted to sit up front with the giant cow mascot.

That Daddy is such a trooper. Ellison kept trying to climb up with the big kids to go down the big slide. So her pa took her down "again" and "again" and "again"... She loved it!

Fun on the playground

Petting the miniature horse

Oh, and the cow that we literally had to chase down so Ellison could give him a hi-5. She wouldn't stop whining until she got to him.


The Sbihlis on the hayride