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Monday, July 2, 2012

Beautiful Weather for a Weather Picnic!


Saturday was the 21st Operational Weather Squadron's annual picnic.  And happily, the weather guys were able to plan a successful picnic that included really nice weather.  (You'd be surprised!)

I volunteered to lend a hand with face-painting, which was really fun!  I hadn't done it in awhile and the night before I was totally freaking out... specifically that some little boy would ask me to paint his whole face as Spiderman and I'd have no other options for him.  "How bout a flower?  A manly colored butterfly?  Eh...?"

Thankfully, I had help brainstorming some great little boy options (planes, snakes, spiders, fish, basketballs, etc.).  And I only really ended up painting little girls' faces anyways so my freak out was completely unnecessary.  This is Say's daughter Audrey in the picture... isn't she so sweet?



The girls were rockin' red, white, and blue.  And I rocked gray, black, and salmon.  (I was seriously tempted to throw together a patriotic outfit but... too much matchy-matchy for me!)


So what did Double Trouble do while I was face painting and Jesse was at work?  Played with Jen of course!  (Thanks Jen!)  And boy did they play hard!  The picnic was right at this great play ground, so they were climbing all over that.  And then there was a PIRATE SHIP BOUNCY HOUSE!  Oh, and tons of food to gobble...

I was helping Lily eat some baked beans and she literally asked me to give her the "pink beans" (aka kidney beans) first.  What a funny little girl!  When I asked her later to tell me all about the fun she had at the picnic her highlights were: playing, eating BEANS (which she yelled excitedly) and hot dogs, getting her face painted, and jumping on the slide (pirate ship had a slide).

It's so fun now that Lily's so vocal... I love hearing her actually tell me what's going on in her sweet little brain!



True test of a successful day at the picnic:  Are your kids sweaty, full of sugar, slightly sun burned, totally nap deprived, face painted, and completely wiped out?  CHECK.

Big thanks to the OWS for a fun filled summer day!   

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    1. They had such a blast with you. Couldn't have done it without ya!

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  2. So cute! I love how you love to talk to Lily. I had a really fun conversation with Katie this morning, too :) She kept telling me "I scared of astronaut" (there's a picture of one in a book we've checked out at the library a few times) and I kept telling her that the astronaut was far away and it was just a picture. Then she said, "Astronaut in big flap book at library." It was really fun to hear her string it all together!

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    1. I know I love how they piece their sentences together... it's so funny sometimes! Gosh they grow so fast!

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  3. Aw man, I used to love getting my face painted by you! It was the highlight of the Easter Egg Hunts and Community Fairs-and you did such a great job too! Also, you're girls have gorgeous eyes, I mean really, they're stunning!!! :)

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    1. Thanks! They got em from their Dad. Lucky little snots. They have wicked long eye lashes and everything!

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  4. so glad you were able to participate by face painting! what a full day- did dads attend?

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    1. Yeah Jesse came after his shift ended (around 4 by the time he got there) and stayed the rest of the time. So we got to hang with him, too. And he helped tear down the picnic (sound familiar? ha!)

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