Fun Fair Weekend
Friday night we surprised the kids by taking them to Hadley's old school for their Fun Fair night. We had a BBQ dinner at the school, and then went to the carnival type activities inside the gym.
Both kids had a fantastic time, won lots of loot, and we even met up with lots of old friends. Some of the highlights were the plinko game which is very similar to the game found on the price is right tv show. The jars jars jars game where they drew a popsicle stick which had a number that matched a jar, and they won the contents of the jar, and the dice horse race game where each kid had a horse head on a stick which they pretended to ride as they waited for their number to be rolled on a dice to race to a finish line. I was surprised how much Easton remembered about the school since he was 2 when Hadley went to school there but he was very familiar, even with a few of the old friends that he hasn't seen in a LONG while!
Saturday was picture day for Hadley for baseball. I am SO happy we made the switch from her Ajax team to the Whitby team!
Picture day was fantastic! It was well organized to allow a new team to arrive every 10 minutes for 5 hours. After your photo, the team would go to compete against each other in a race around the bases, throwing the ball the farthest, and hitting the ball the farthest. This was followed by a pizza and cupcake lunch, and multiple jumpy castles which both kids enjoyed! Because of the ten minute delay between teams it made it so that the castle fun was not crowded at all.
After this we went to buy the kids a new bat. The bat that we had at home up to this point was great for when they both were really little but now a real bat (kid sized) seemed like something they would both benefit from. So we found one that was fitting for both of them. Lime green in colour.
Hadley also talked us into batting gloves. They are black with pink and EASTON on them.
Following this, we headed to the airport where we picked up Brian's sister who was stopping in Toronto on her way home from Barcelona.
We only had about two hours with her so the obvious choice was Dairy Queen treats. It was nice to see her if only for a few hours.
Then today, the kids had some Minecraft time in the morning, and then as a family we spent some time outside. Hadley was VERY impressed with how her new gloves made her a "super star!" She was swinging better than I have ever seen her swing and now had some weight change from one foot to the other.
Easton also had some really strong hits. They both wanted to run the bases too.
This was followed by sand and water fun. They both got so messy but they loved every minute of it! They made mud pies and an ice cream parlour.
Let's just say the rest of the evening was spent getting the mud off of everyone.
Good times.