To the park we go...and stay!

This past Saturday Jason's squadron had a picnic at the park and it was quite the party! The park was right by our house and it's a huge park...room enough for lots of people to have parties so when we arrived there were bounce houses everywhere and people cooking all kinds of food! We ended up being there for over 6 hours and Riley played like a champ running on only a 45 minute nap that we snuck in before we headed to the park!

When we arrived she ran like a wild child checking everything out!

She found her friends and had fun playing with them. The Bogart kids are so cute...Tye (6), Kailey (4), and Ashley (2)...they live in our neighborhood and Jason works with their dad so we see them quite a bit! They all LOVE Riley and help take care of her...they often ask if she can come spend the night! Here's Kailey with her awesome blue eyes taking care of Riley...you can't see it in the pic but Kailey is actually holding Riley's milk cup and this was after she fed Riley a brownie!

Family pic!

Chowing down on some watermelon!

So the guys in the squadron had a pie in the face contest and they all bought votes for who they wanted to get a pie in the face and they threw pies for the top 5...Jesse was picked and he got a scrumptious pie thrown in his face. Here's Kailey so upset that her Daddy looks so scary...poor thing!

We were reluctant to let Riley play in the jump castle and the ball pit because she was by far one of the smallest and there were some CRAZY kiddos in there...I just couldn't handle the stress level, but she was so eager to play like all the big kids. We managed to get in a few play times in each after the newness wore off the the bigger kids were off to do other things...Riley had a blast!

The bounce house with the balls in it was really a batting cage but due to too many kids getting whacked in the face with the bat it was taken away and we just let them play in the balls. Air would blow up through these two tubes below to suspend the balls in the air so the kids could swing at them but Riley just had fun trying to get the balls to stay in the air and letting the air blow in her face!

She finally made it in the bounce house and a sweet older girl played with her and watched out for her!

Time to get out...no fun!

Riley got to eat the normal "picnic at the park" foods like hot dogs and mac 'n cheese, but her Daddy brought her/us a special treat because the ice cream truck came through the park...we had a HUGE watermelon popsicle that was super messy but so yummy...the two of us couldn't eat it fast enough! By the time we started to head home we were all dirty, sweaty, and covered with stickiness...the true sign that we had a good time at the park!

For proof look at my sweet little girls dirty dirty feet and cute sandals that now reside in the trash...they weren't worth cleaning and her toes were beginning to hang over the ends so we said our goodbyes!

Even after an exhausting day at the park Riley put on her party girl hat and said she was ready for more!

And more we did...instead of being the parents who rushed home to bathe their stinky child and get them to bed after a LONG day of playing outside we figured we would just keep having fun...we also heard there was a bike sale going on at a local sports store and since we have been looking into getting bikes for all of us to ride we headed there to check them out!

I'm glad we went even though I was so exhausted...I ran after kiddos all day and sat down for only a few seconds to scarf down a hot dog! We found bikes for Jason and I and a front riding seat for Riley...all for a great deal! Jason's bike was in stock, but mine won't be in for a few weeks. We have so many parks and bike trails that we really wanted to make biking a family event so in the next few weeks we can start riding together! I had a reality check, however, as I rode a bike in the store and realized I haven't ridden a bike in several years...haha!

Here's Riley in her new bike helmet...we actually haven't bought hers yet but I'm pretty sure we are going to get her this ducky one!

She looks thrilled doesn't she! She got on a few tricycles while we were there and is almost big enough to take a stab at that so I think that may be what Santa or her birthday brings her this year!

After our bike shopping we headed to a Chinese restaurant that Jason had been itching to try since we moved here...sort of a spin on PF Changs since we don't have one locally and the food was very good. After all of that it was home, quick baths/showers for all of us, and we were all quickly asleep! A fun but exhausting day!