Founder's Day

It's Founder's Day in Arrowsmith! Even though it's a tiny little village, they always put together a nice festival. We had tons of fun today!!

The parade passed right in front of our house. I don't think Caeden even saw anything that was in the parade; he was too busy picking up candy!

After the parade, the kids and I headed to the community center for some fun activities...
First we had to get our faces painted! Annah chose a cat, Sylvia an angel, and Caeden a star.

The Children's Museum was making stepping stones with kids, so we did one together.

Annah didn't want to miss out on the pony rides! She still loves horses of any kind. In fact, as soon as she got her face painted, she got this look of shock and said, "Horses aren't afraid of cats, are they?!" She was afraid her face would scare the pony and she wouldn't be able to ride it!

Caeden hopped on a pony with no fear whatsoever, and loved every second of his four laps around the yard! He looked like such a tiny big-boy riding around. He looooooved his first pony ride!!

Caeden made fast friends with this sweet lady from the Bloomington Library. They came out to make flying saucers with the kids. Fun!
Sylvie cautiously decorated her flying saucer just right.

When Annah heard there was going to be a cakewalk, she couldn't wait to be in it! We made sure we were there at the right time, and she joined in until she won a cake! She picked out an angel food cake. She looked so cute out there with all the grown-ups!

We also enjoyed a root beer float together, watched some friends and neighbor kids demonstrate their martial arts, and saw lots of friends and neighbors out enjoying the day. We were tired when we walked back home.

At night we all five walked back to the community center, snuggled on a blanket together, ate apples, and watched the fireworks display. Awesome.