Busy Weekend

We had a lot of fun this past weekend. I still haven't found my camera so hopefully those that took pictures can send them to me and I'll update this post.
Friday afternoon, Grace's Grandma, Pop and Great Grandma came over to visit for a little while. She had a good time playing with them. Then Grace's babysitter Rachel came over so Jack and I could go out to Art on the Rocks at the Museum of Art. It's a fun event with food, music and art.
Saturday we took a little risk and took Grace to Do Dah Day- the dog festival downtown. Recently Grace has developed a fear of dogs, all but Elliot, so we weren't sure how the day would go. But, Elliot loves his one day a year where it's all about him so off we went. Jack spent the day at the War Dog Memorial tent and even walked in the parade with Elliot. Grace and I spent most of the morning and early afternoon watching the parade and hanging out at the tent. She did pretty well with the dogs. I think she was too overwhelmed to get upset because there was thousands of dogs. She enjoyed watching everyone and everything.
Saturday night we went to our friend Noah's 5th birthday party at Pump it Up, an inflatable gym. Grace had a great time playing with all the big kids. She had a special friend, Anna Grace, who made sure she was well taken care of. The only problem we had was that the instructors blew a whistle part of the way through the party to go into another party room and Grace thought the whistle was signalling pizza and cake time. You know how she likes her cake....
On Sunday, after church, we went to our church picnic. Grace surprised us all by running to the playground and demanding to go on the big girl swing. Those of you that have been to a park with Grace know that she hates all swings. She sat on the swing by herself and wouldn't get off. She wouldn't even be lured off by food. Finally after 20 minutes, her friend Sarah Grace convinced her to get lunch but she went back to the swings many times for the rest of the day. She had a great time playing with her friends on the playground, a mini carousel(that had to be hand pushed....the poor dads) and even the tall slide.
It was a busy weekend... If you have pictures- please send them to me ;o)