Memorial Day (also our anniversary weekend) was just a perfect family time. During the weekend we got a number of items accomplished around the house which is always good since we are forever in the middle of a project. Saturday one of the projects was to build a bon fire pit in the back yard, just a small one, so it was off to home depot. We managed to build a small fire ring at the back of our cement patio slab ie old garage's driveway.
Saturday Jared and I went to the movies and saw iron man which we both really liked. Afterward it was very nice to be able to light a fire at night and we had aunt Anita and grandma Tanya who had just finished babysitting stay over, we had pizza, a small bonfire and we roasted marshmallows and made smores-yummo! I felt like a kid again. Lillian was not sure what the fire was all about and didnt like being close enough to it to feel the warmth (thankfully), she kept saying, "ot, ot" and "owwiee" after I told her it was very hot, it would burn her and give her an owie.
For memorial day we went down to the parade in the morning, a very small parade but the good part of that is it didnt get old for Lillian, she got a stuffed animal and luckily no candy. After a morning nap we walked to scidmore park and had a picnic, then we got to see all the animals and feed them which Lillian liked but I got a bit scared when a goat got a little too vigorous with trying to obtain my feeding cone. We learned Lillian can definately say bird (they have a small animal barn as well) and she knows the difference between that and a big bird which for her are called ducks---not matter if its a geese or peacock.
After walking back we were hot and tired but we decided to go off to ice cream shop. Later in the evening we relaxed, made some steaks on the grill and Lillian went to bed early, worn out from all her events of the day. Jared and I decided to light a fire again, it is amazing how relaxing we find it to just sit out in the yard and watch the fire (or for Jared to play with the fire). I may have to get a mask as the smoke gets to me but overall very enjoyable. We hope it will be fun in July when we Jason & Tammi and hopefully Dave & Lisa's crews over.
All in all I would rate the long weekend a 10!
Here, as always are some pictures of Lillian enjoying herself. Notice on the swing you can already see how tired she is, she was also not feeling 100% that day due to some teething issues. She REALLY enjoyed the ice cream though and didnt seem to mind being tired.
