Our Fun Weekend

This past weekend was so fun!  I've been wanting to take Pearce to the Austin Rodeo and Saturday was the last day, so we went!  My friend, Virginia and her little girl, Stella went with us, too.  We didn't actually see a rodeo, just went to ride the rides and see the animals, and eat junk food, of course :)  This was our first time ever going, so I wasn't too sure what to expect.  It really was just like a fair.  It was pretty hot, and my only regret is that I didn't bring the stroller.  Pearce would walk some, but everything was pretty spread out, so he wanted me to carry him a lot, too.  Maybe next year he'll be better with walking :)  Virginia and I got lots of tokens for the rides and off we went.  The ride they loved the best was the haunted house.  It was so LAME!  The only thing spooky about it was that it was a little dark inside and there were a few spooky sounds, but for the most part, it was a car going through somewhat dark tracks and that was it.  BUT, Pearce LOVED it and wanted to go on it over and over.  We settled on two times.  They rode several more rides.  We also went to see the animals.  Again, there were lots of cute animals to see, but Pearce and Stella LOVED sitting in the bleachers and watch the cows being shown and judged :)  We finally convinced them to leave so that the mommies could get a funnel cake!  I feel like I am always prepared for anything and keep my bag well organized with must-haves for Pearce: change of pants, underwear, snacks, sippy, bandaids, and lots of sunscreen.  That day there wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was over 80 degrees out at 3:00.  While I was getting more tokens for rides, a man came up to me and asked if I had any sunscreen.  Of course I did! He was so relieved and said he and his wife had totally forgotten sunscreen for their baby and were about to just leave because they were so worried about him being in the sun. I gave him and his wife the sunscreen stick for the baby's face and then the spray for his arms and legs.  So glad I was prepared and could help them!  We spent several hours at the rodeo and before we left the kids had an ice cream cone and a bag of cotton candy....I mean, why not??

 

  

 

 

 

 

On Sunday, Chris and I took Pearce to an Easter Egg hunt at Bledsoe Park.  I know by now that Easter Egg hunts start right on the dot on time.  If you are a minute late, you miss it.  The hunt was at noon, so Chris and I decided to leave early so we could get Pearce Sonic for lunch and he could eat it at the park after the hunt.  Well, it took forever at Sonic.  We finally got his food, and there was no toy in the Wacky Pack.  Of course that was unacceptable for a 3 year old, so I had to wait for them to bring him his toy.  We got to the park with 15 minutes to spare only to find the two parking lots were all full and people were turning around to park across the street in a neighborhood.  I quickly found a spot to park and we walked as fast as we could to the park.  The hunt is sectioned off by age groups.  We found the 0-3 age group and got there with literally a few minutes to spare.  At this hunt, they just have a ton of candy all spread out on the grass and the kids just go pick it up and put it in their baskets.  I actually like this idea.  Well, I was stressed out that we were going to miss the hunt, but it was nice that Pearce didn't have to look at the candy for too long before being able to go out and get it.  They counted down and then let the kids go for it.  Man, Chris and I were so surprised at how cut-throat a lot of the parents were!  They were scooping up candy and putting it in their kids' baskets instead of letting the kids do it.  We didn't help Pearce at all, just told him to get what he wanted.  He definitely didn't get a bucket full, but he was totally happy with what he got.  Now, I did call out two older kids that had their buckets absolutely filled to the brim with candy.  I said to each of them, "Oh sweetheart, this hunt is for 0-3 year olds....are you 3 years old?"  One said he was confused and didn't know (yeah, right) and he dumped his candy out, and the other was apparently getting candy for his sister because the mom came up to him and took his hand to lead him away from this mean mommy :)  Sorry, 0-3 means ages 0-3!  Anyway, Pearce got what he wanted and then wanted to go sit down and start eating!  He alternated eating his candy and eating his lunch from Sonic.  After he ate, he played on the playground for a while and then we went home.  He had a lot of fun and Chris and I had fun watching him :)