Pretty Perfect Sunday

Every year, we look forward to Festival of the Arts downtown.  It's the first big festival of the summer season.  Bands, dancers, choirs entertain on stages throughout downtown.  But really, who are we kidding?  We go most of all for the food! 

With over 30 different non-profit organizations manning tents of yummy goodness, it's always a struggle to decide what to try.  To better cover our bases, we split up.  Jason went with Asian and I went with Greek.  Neither would disappoint, and even the kids would agree.  Jack couldn't get enough of the cheese pie.

We cannot get Hannah to eat broccoli at home to save our lives, but she ate every. single. piece. from Jason's chicken stir fry.  Go figure.

Now that Hannah's a little older, she could participate in some of the kid-zone activities.  She had a great time painting (and chatting with the little girl next to her).

It was yet another hot day, so what better way to cool off than ice cream!  Actually, Hannah ended up with a ginormous cookie sandwich, which we thought had ice cream in the middle but turned out to be peanut butter frosting.  Delish!!

By mid-afternoon, the sun was beating down.  Perfect time for a boat ride on Reed's Lake.  No pictures.  Just trust me.  All four of us actually went out for a spin and were really wishing that we had our bathing suits to go for a swim.

After returning from our ride, we headed down to our neighbors' house for their little boy's birthday party.  It was so nice to FINALLY have a chance to socialize with our neighbors.  Everybody around here pretty much waves and says hello, but that's about the extent of it.  I have been LONGING for a way to better get to know our neighbors for years (sad, I know).  When our outgoing neighbor down the street invited us over, we jumped at the chance, and were we glad we went.  The kids had a ball and we had a great time visiting.  

When they invited us to a party, they invited us to a party!  They had a huge water slide/kiddie pool set-up for the kids, which we couldn't keep Hannah out of, a cook-out, pinata, and cake. 

Jack had so much fun crawling after the big kids.

Hannah took an immediate liking to our neighbors' babysitter from down the street.  Hmm... a new resource perhaps?  She also made fast friends with Maya, another neighbor down the street.

By the time we walked home, we had two exhausted kids.  A packed day?  I'd say so.  Worth it?  Absolutely!