Greatest Show On Earth

Thursday, Dagny and I went to see the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. We were joined by her good friend and mom. This was the first time for both of us at the circus. Craig boycotted it because of the animals. He doesn’t believe they should be in cages and preforming for our enjoyment. I whole heartily agree with him on this, but I really wanted Dagny to experience the clowns and acrobats. So, of course whenever the animals came out, I was hearing Craig’s voice in my head and remembering the book Water for Elephants. I found myself looking away. Besides my internal struggles about the animals; I really liked everything else. Some of the things were actually pretty amazing. Plus, Dagny and her friend had a blast.

Barbara

4th Annual Biro Bonfire

After Dagny’s dance class on Saturday we headed down to Binghamton for the 4th Annual Biro Bonfire. I look forward to this weekend every year.  It was great seeing my family along with the extended family too. As Dagny is getting older, the weekend gets so much more enjoyable.

Barbara

A Family That Gets Wet Together, Stays Together

The weekend started off Friday afternoon with a birthday party for one of Dagny’s friends.  It took place at Kango Place, which Dagny really enjoys going to.  It was so nice because they pretty much had the place to themselves. It was such an great sight to watch them playing and chatting with each other and not parallel to one another.

the girls

Saturday, we decided to take Dagny to Niagara Falls, more specifically to the Maid of the Mist.  This was the first time on a boat for her and what a way to start out.  The only thing she didn’t like about the whole thing was getting wet, hmm. It was such a weird comment coming from the girl that loves the pool.  But, I think that was the exact problem.  She has come to associating getting wet with a bathing suit and pool (of course not to mention bath time).  But, this was such a different experience.  Besides the whole getting wet part, she really seemed to like it.

getting ready

right before

getting wet together

us

Afterward, we got some ice cream, because lets face it there is no better way to end the day.

yum

Barbara

One Active Day, One Not

Saturday turned into more of a active day than we planned, or honestly could of planned.  The only thing on our calender was a birthday party for one of our friend’s son. That quickly changed when I got a text from my friend, Jessica, wondering if we were interested in joining her and her son at Springdale Farm.  Dagny and I decided to go, while Craig stayed home and did some yard work.

She did this a lot.

D loves her horses

Dagny and Mason

On our way home from our outing Dagny fell asleep and had a power nap.  I was very excited about this because I knew that we still had a busy day ahead of us.  We got home had lunch and rested before we headed out for Jacob’s birthday party at the Clubhouse Fun Center.

Dagny with her quadropus

After eating, opening birthday presents, and cake the kids were able to ride go-karts, play miniature golf, and video games. The first stop was the go-karts.  From what I saw I think Craig was as excited about riding them as much as Dagny.

Craig and Dagny

Then, Dagny played her first round of miniature golf. She’s still super young for it, but she loved the idea.

First lesson

She is very independent.  She didn’t want further instructions on how to play.

Solo

When Dagny used up all her tokens and picked out something with her tickets, we headed over to our friend’s house, Dan and Denise.  Denise had knee surgery last week, so we thought we would visit with her and the rest of the family.  This gave the opportunity for Dagny to get together with her little buddy, Danny. We ordered some take-out and enjoyed some wonderful company.  By, the time we took our last bite of dinner, Dagny told us she wanted to go home.  Little girl was beat.  We did everything possible to make sure she wouldn’t fall asleep in the car, it worked!  Got home, bath, story, and sleepy land.  Of course, she was up by 6:30 the next morning. :-/

Did you notice that Dagny is wearing jeans and a hoodie?  Yeah, because it’s been actually fall here. Don’t get me wrong  I love that I can have my windows open all day, but I do wish we can get into our pool.  Someday soon I hope!

Sunday, was a relaxing day at home.  We did walk over to our local farmers market and got some fruits and veggies.  To our pleasant surprise our local Fire Department was there letting the kids sit in trucks.

Fire Chief Dagny

She loved this thing

She was trying to figure out how it was talking and moving.

Trying to figure it out

my girl

The rest of the day was hanging out at home, playing in the backyard, and BBQ.

Before I forget.  Dagny finished Preschool last week.  She is now in summer camp and will be starting Pre-K in September. I didn’t expect the emotional reaction that I felt when all her folders and projects were in her cubby for us to bring home.  It hit me like a ton of bricks that she is getting so big.  And, I have to go through this every year.

Barbara

Busy Weekend

Friday, my Brother and SIL came up.  We are installing a removable fence around the pool for extra security and my brother came out to help scope out the best way to tackle it.  While the two boys worked that out,  my SIL and Dagny had fun.  My poor SIL couldn’t do much, because Dagny wouldn’t let her.  It was cute tho.

playing tag

Per our usual Saturday, our day started with dance class.  This was Dagny’s last class for the dance year.  The smile on Dagny, as she came out of class with a trophy in tow, was pretty amazing.  She was so excited to go home and show it off to everyone, then she promptly put it on her nightstand.

Dagny's first trophy

Later in the afternoon after my brother and SIL left, we decided to check out the Positively Pittsford Festival. It was small compared to others we have been to, but it was just right for a 3 year-old.  Soon after we got there a clown eyed Dagny and asked her to help with a magic trick.  I think Dagny was so busy concentrating  on being a good assistant that she wasn’t even paying attention to the trick.  It was so cute, tho.

Dagny, Clown Assistant.

Afterward, Dagny had her first taste of funnel cake. Little girl loved it. She was kind enough to share it with us.

Family love over funnel cake

She is truly a natural when it comes to anything sporty.  She not only surprised us with her accuracy, but the kids running the booths.

Natural

Fun times

Fun times

Sunday, we had a play date with her friend, Samantha, at Kango Play Center.  This was our first time and Dagny loved it. I am not kidding when I say they didn’t stop moving for the three hours we were there. It made us tried watching them.  We really like that place.  It wasn’t huge so you can watch them pretty much anywhere you sit.  It’s a definite contender for Dagny’s Birthday party.

One of the things that they offer is rollerskating.  We were really excited to have Dagny try it.  Honestly, I thought it wouldn’t go well.  I thought she would get frustrated and give up.  But, to our surprise she really did well, very well.  She seemed to really like it too.

My little skater

happy girl

skating

the girls

Barbara