Cheetos...Jelly Bellys...Fun Fun Fun

This week seemed to fly by...I think we were busier than usual for some reason. With Jason on swing shift it felt like everything was sort of thrown out of whack...but in a good way! Tuesday night Jason's squadron had a "Burger Burn" as they sent of the squadron commander to Oklahoma...Jason was technically at work but we were able to spend several hours with him and Riley got to meet all the kiddos from the squadron and play! During the ceremony Riley clapped so passionately after each award was given...her spirit was infectious! In between the clapping sessions she was getting a little loud as she chatted while climbing on and off the chair so we completely buckled as parents and gave her Cheetos to keep her quiet...it was her first time to taste Cheetos and I think she might be in love! Considering the amount of cheese residue on her dress, face, and hands it was hard to believe she actually got any of them in her mouth but trust me...she did!

After the ceremony and dinner all the kiddos were "unleashed" to play and Riley played with more energy than I have ever seen...she was so fun to watch! She ran in HUGE circles screaming and giggling and she hung with the older kiddos like a champ! She had several total wipe outs due to her smaller size but she would get right up and go right back to playing...it was so hard to get her out the door and on our way home and she slept great that night!

Thursday we spent some more family time in the morning since Riley didn't have school and decided to check out the Jelly Belly factory at the headquarters here in Fairfield. The tour is 45 minutes long and there was a bit of a line when we arrived so we didn't do the tour but instead just checked out all the Jelly Belly goodies!
It was fun to see all the flavors...they had a tasting bar where you could just stand there and taste anything. They have some rather interesting flavors...vomit, ear wax, pencil shaving, booger, and skunk...Jason was intrigued and thought he would try the vomit! As I watched him eat it I could tell it was not a good decision...he actually asked if he could spit it out but instead he made an awful face and swallowed hard...apparently it tasted JUST like vomit...who thinks of this stuff? After his experience the girl at the tasting bar actually tried to persuade me to try one...she must have thought I was stupid!

While Jason was picking out jelly beans I was scoping out their amazing bakery...I somehow managed to exude major willpower and not try one of these amazing cupcakes...but I know we'll be back and I just might have to give in!

We were pretty impressed with the Jelly Belly factory and can't wait to get back and do the actual tour...I'm sure it will be fun to see how they make all those crazy flavors!

Friday we spent the afternoon at the pool and it was lots of fun! Riley and I played for a little bit before she had an issue sharing with another little girl and I decided it was time for a snack or a "naaack" as Riley calls it so we laid out and shared some goldfish and strawberries!

California strawberries are the best...check out the juice on her neck!

Gotta be silly at the pool sometimes...check out this face!

After our snack our friends John, Amanda, and Madison joined us! Madison is 9 months old and Riley is so cute with her...she really tries to take care of her which is great because I had some worries when Riley would throw her baby doll out of the stroller...looks like we're all good!

Riley pushed Maddi all around the baby pool in her floaty!

Maddi was very amused!

After the pool they came to our house and the girls played while we all chowed down on some food..it was a great summer night...too bad Jason had to work through all of our fun!