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Parades are so much fun when you’re a kid.
Lily went to her first parade over the weekend and I think it was almost more than she could take in, but she enjoyed it.
Lily enjoying the parade.
From the horses to the floats to the candy, there was always something to look at and something to do.
When floats played music, we danced. When there was something being handed out, we wanted it. When the big vehicles honked their horns or backfired, we ran into daddy’s arms for safety.
This could get dangerous.
Going for a drive.
My little girl is behind the wheel; buckled in for safety of course. Oh and the car is on thanks to remote start.
Taking a ride on the carousel.
Lily has been really excited to go to the fair this year and tonight was the night. She loved the cows, horses and all the people. Most of all, she loved the carousel.
Enjoying the carousel.
Look at us go!
It was mom’s idea to go for a ride and it was a fantastic idea. From the moment the horse started to move, her face just lit up.
I’m pretty sure I’m growing a child who will love rides. And, as she gets bigger, so will the rides!
Sometimes parenting is messy.
While taking our daily photo, I must have spun Lily around one to many times as she gave back some of her dinner.
Spew Photo
Goodbye crib. Hello toddler bed.
I don’t know if I’m ready for this or not, but here we go. Lily’s crib has officially been converted to a toddler bed.
Lily's Transformed Crib
She’s yet to see it as she’s been at grandmas for the past few days, but tonight will be her first night in it.
I fully expect her to be up all night un-organizing her room. She usually takes over an hour to go to sleep in her crib as she’s up jumping and playing. Now that she has the whole room, I think she’ll be up all night!
How to get free passes to the MN Zoo and other great places.
Zoo Goats
Did you know that some Minnesota libraries have free passes to all sorts of MN destinations?
We were lucky enough to get our hands on a MN Zoo pass last week and the whole family got into to the zoo for free!
We got to feed the baby goats, see the fish, lions and all sorts of other animals. Lily had a great time not only with the animals but also watching all the other kids.
The program is called the Museum Adventure Pass and they can get you into:
- The American Swedish Institute
Wait. Our garage sale tricycle is worth how much?
Lily's new trike.
I recently wroteabout how we got some great deals on a garage sale and one of those was a tricycle for $5.
While searching for instructions on how to adjust the seat, I had quite an amazing discovery. It seems that Kettler trikes retail for $200! Damn!
This was one great find and we’ll have to be sure to keep it stored inside at night.
Sad part is, I still have no idea how to adjust the seat so Lily can’t really ride it yet.
Spoiling Lily and getting great deals.
When you have a kid, you realize how expensive they can be. However, with a little bit of looking, you can find great deals.
Lily loves to swing, so we looked at getting her a swing for the back yard. We went back and forth on the decision until we found the one we wanted on the clearance shelf at Target. It was such a good deal that we couldn’t pass it up.
Lily and her swing.
Lily has completed her first swim lessons.
Swim Lessons Certificate
Today was Lily’s last day of swim lessons.
The 1 month program was just to get her comfortable with the water. She learned some things and got exposed to quite a bit.
She even got dunked under the water a few times. One of these days she’ll learn to close her eyes and mouth first, but that hasn’t happened yet.
The next stage of swim lessons isn’t until she’s like 5 so we might re-do this class in a year or two just so she continues to learn.
Waconia has a pretty nice beach.
We’ve only been to the beach one other time since we’ve lived in Waconia and that was for picnic. But today we decided to check it out and go for a swim.
Waconia Beach
The setup is very nice, there is play equipment and picnic tables on the grass and there is plenty of beach for everyone. There are even big umbrellas scattered across the beach to keep you cool.
It’s also free, as long as you don’t drive. If you drive, then it’s $5 to park which isn’t to bad.
