Luvs & Hugs
After Rock Park we took a break and then headed up to Lake Tahoe. Grace caught a needed but brief nap on the way up.
Grace had a great time playing -and so did Mom and Dad. It was a fantastic day to appreciate Lake Tahoe -and a great day over-all.
Saturday night we had a late dinner at our favorite place: Murrieta’s. Always good fun.
Sunday morning we hit McDonald’s for a simple breakfast and then to Rock Park …where Grace rode her bike and played along the Truckee River. It was a great day of fun.
VIDEO of some Rock Park fun:
Remember the nice girl that Grace met at Hot August Nights? Well Today Ashley’s came over and spent time with Grace. They did very well together: -With grace showing off a bit, and testing the limits. Fun time at the park and a giggle-factory when playing at the house.
And, Ashley scored well on the interview!, -she’s got a good head on her shoulders. So no doubt Mom and Dad will be asking Ashley to come and watch Grace from time-to-time. Thanks much Ashley!
Grace was excited to see the cars and she loves parades so this would be an exciting morning! We can’t get over how much Grace has taken to Hot Aug Nights, but it shouldn’t be surprising, as she loves anything where there is activity, stimulation and where she can people-watch and be nosy. Yep, she has to be in everyone else’s business. Mostly though, she just loves the attention.
The parade is the last major event and we arrived a tad early. We stumbled into a couple of seats on some temp bleachers so we felt best not to pass them up. Grace sat next to a very nice young lady -and Grace took a real liking to this girl! And vice-versa, the girl and her family were very nice to Grace. Before you knew it, grace was holding the girls hand and had her hand resting on the girls’ very cute poodle skirt.
So, it turns out this girl lives kinda near us, and is interested in babysitting. Hmmmm, we’ll be in touch and we’ll soon put her through our patented babysitting interview. 🙂 She seems great, what a fun encounter.
Short VIDEO of a Nevada-Style Shopping Cart:
As we were making our way back to the car -we were walking against the parade -and a convertible that was in the parade stopped. Two adults in the front, two kids in the back. They had a very large stuffed animal -a pink horse. They insisted that Grace take it. Dad politely said “no”, but they insisted. They gave Grace the horse, which is about 3times her size and all the parade spectators clapped and cheered when the exchange took place. Grace seems to rule the world …and dad was a bit embarrassed. Good fun all around.
First thing out of the crib this morning, Grace and Dad headed off to see a few Hot August Night cars. Been going on a week and we haven’t had a chance. We went to the Nugget and only saw a very tiny sliver of the thousands of cars that are enjoying the Reno area this week.
Grace LOVED watching the cars and our expected two hours of fun turned into about 3times that! Grace loved the cars, the people and of course the attention. She drove a few cars, the bucket car she gained a big audience and even had the newspaper reporter and camera man there! She was really hamming it up. We also caught some young girls doing some poodle skirt dances and Grace very much was fascinated with that.
…finally, you’ll note the last picture and the pink car. Grace kept wanting to go back to that car and so finally dad asked the owner to pose in a picture.
Grace was so wound up that she didn’t take a nap today -too bad as we had planned to go back for the drag races …..but instead we’ll likely go to the parade in the morning.
VIDEO:
A fun birthday party with crazy glasses and party-favors!
Hard to believe, we’ve been doing the blog for 3years …the first post was August 1, 2008. (here)
A lot has happened, and it has gone sooo fast. Everyone warned us to take advantage and enjoy every minute. We have done a great job of doing just that! -But still it has gone way too fast, and continues to go way too fast. Our little girl is growing up so very quickly.
It is great fun for us to look back on the past years via this blog ….we hope family and friends enjoy it in the same way. Grace has had her picture taken more than a few times 🙂