Dogwood Festival week is now over. I’m guessing that next year, Lydia will need a wristband too to ride until she can’t ride any more. We reached a sad turning point this year – we can no longer walk around as a family without someone not so happy. Evan wanted to be with friends and do “grown up rides.” Ashlyn eventually was convinced to graduate to those rides too. Drew, on the other hand, was still pretty excited about the bouncy cars. At least they all united for the Monkey Maze, Pirate Island, and the Kuckoo House–3 fun house type rides (all of which drive me crazy). I’ll be glad when all are tall enough to not need a parent escort. I wonder if Lydia will ever be tall enough. :)
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Mother’s Weekend
I’m coming off of a mother’s Day weekend stupor. Saturday started special with Mark giving me the Canon t2i which we had wanted to get for our trip to China but hadn’t been released yet. We had fun playing with it at our family picnic that afternoon which was a great time despite tornado like winds (not kidding. We had to park the cars in a sort of automobile fortress to protect us. We were worried little Lydi may well blow away. Don’t worry, she didn’t). Even enjoyed a game of kickball with Nanma and Grandaddy even playing (in fact, Nanma had planned this game for weeks).
It’s official
in all of America.
Now that she is definitely a mover and a shaker and because leather robeez are a little warm for the weather we’ve been having lately, we headed out to a kids speciality shoe store today to find some little walking shoes. That’s when I found out that there are not walking shoes made in Lydia’s size. Her feet are that small. I managed to find a cute pair of Pedipeds that will work for us though I’m not thrilled with the sole of them which is still pretty soft and slippery (I know that soft and flexible is good and all, but what if she steps on a rock or something? And, with our hardwood floors, the girl is slipping around everywhere if she’s got anything on those bare piggies.). I couldn’t believe we had to buy the 0-6 mo. size. I mean, really, Lydia, you are petite! She is 14 months old in 3 days! And, I couldn’t believe how much the teeniest shoes you can buy cost. Geez. Perhaps I should have bought more obnoxious little squeaky shoes in China! Apparently, they do make (and sell) small walking shoes there! The pricey Pedipeds are pretty cute though. They are deserving of their own picture on the blog.