Wildflower Festival

Well, it was another fun-filled weekend in California.  I signed up for a 10K trail run in Oroville and got a cool T-shirt for doing it.  Meema and Grandad watched the girls for me while I ran and they greeted me at the finish line.  I was pretty sore because I am used to flat terrain while I run.  The girls helped me eat the free snacks that they provide when you finish.  Jessica took it a step further, she decided she didn't like the blueberry bagel and spat it out onto the tray with the fresh ones. The people volunteering acted like they didn't see it while Meema quickly scooped it off.  I don't know if that was the most embarrassed Jessica has made me but it was up there.  

It was sure fun being greeted at the finish line by my adorable little babies.

Jessica and Allison got to ride ponies again. The annual Wildflower Festival in Oroville had pony rides for three dollars.  Jessica got to ride three different horses (or, "my little ponies").  Allison rode the same pony twice.

I think Jessica is more afraid of the fake carousel horses than the real thing.

Allsion kept tugging on the horses mane and Jessica was obsessed with the fact that the saddle was "broken".

Here are some videos of the pony rides:

pony ride 1

pony ride 2

pony ride 3

pony ride 4

pony ride 5

pony ride 6

pony ride 7

Allison was pretty exhausted after my trail run, she managed to sleep through our celebration meal at Denny's.

Grandpa came up to Chico to spend the day with us on Monday.  The girls decided that they wanted to finger paint with Grandpa.

Here are some videos of them finger painting:

finger painting with grandpa

finger painting with grandpa 2

After the finger paints the girls always need to go directly into the bathtub.  Jessica enjoyed washing her ponies while Grandpa gave both the girls bubble beards.

Here's a video:

bubble beards

Grandpa took the girls shopping for summer clothes while he was here.  He found them some really cute outfits despite their best efforts to run amok.  The girls like to run in opposite directions when we get in public.  Allison headed strait for the escalator and Jessica found this adorable training bra with monkeys on it (she put it on herself, obviously), I thought it was hilarious so I snapped a quick picture.

Here are some other videos I took throughout the week:

Allison will stare at her daddy book for a long time and she hugs it and kisses the pictures of daddy, this is a daily thing. She will point to the spot I keep the book and say "daddy!"  Joe got mixed up with the time difference the other day and missed one of our scheduled skypes, it wouldn't have been a big deal but Allison was not happy about it.  It was a meltdown and I told Joe that he can never do that again because Allison was so upset that she had me in tears.

daddy book 1

daddy book 2

Allison playing