family fun fest

our town hosted a "family fun fest" on friday evening. since sitting around watching a baby is not high on the toddler/preschooler "fun times" list, we thought we'd get out of the house and check out the event.

let's just say it was a huge hit! first, ellie did this:

and then she dunked this guy, seriously. (my gals got a good arm.)


then buggy played a little tic-tac-toe... and won... without any help!

for a prize she chose these:

and sweet p, well, she spent her time doing this.

and the highlight of the evening was ellie winning a coupon for a free goldfish. she has been really interested in getting a pet recently. so when she approached the game table where you could win a fish, she developed a deep level of determination. she tossed that ping-pong ball with great focus, missed and then headed to the back of the line to try again. she did this for a while. eventually, she got her coupon and skipped off on her merry way. we had sort of been holding out on the pet thing until we arrived in calli, because... well moving a family of 5 across the country proves to have a few challenges on its own and adding a fish into the midst didn't feel like the best idea... but with that amount of determination, who could deny her the prize? not this momma. so off to the pet store we went.

we are now the proud parents of this:

and for the record, he's not looking so hot in his little bowl. i give him about 48 hours and then we could be in trouble. here's hoping he makes a speedy recovery.

life is good. i'm going to miss this little town.