Sono Arts Festival..

My friend Neha is in town this weekend. So while she and I headed to the beach for the day, Felix took the kids to the South Norwalk Arts Festival.

There is a switchtower museum right in the heart of South Norwalk. I think it was the original spot where the engineers would switch the tracks for the train.

Looks like a toddler yoga class...

Sidewalk art...

Oh yes, wouldn't be a festival without Elmo!

Dancing with the band and puppets!

Finally!

This kids' rooms are finally done. It took awhile (Liliana's border took forever to come), but all is up and that takes one major item off my summer to do list.

The artwork is something he did this winter at Green Room.

Candlewood Lake....

On Tuesday, we went up to Christie's parent's house on Candlewood Lake for some beach time and dinner.

We hung out at the house for a little while playing...

Bouncing on the trampoline with Tio Peter.

Cousins hitching a ride on the golf cart down to the beach.

Beach time!

There was a raft with a slide (and another one with a diving board!)

We had a pizza dinner on the beach.

It was a beautiful night. Thanks Elaine and Pete!

Aba's in town...

Felix's mom is feeling better and is out of the hospital. She came to stay with us for a few days.

On the way home....

We headed out from PA on Sunday morning. Felix's cousin was having a baby shower around noon, so we stopped by NYC for brunch.

All the little cousins...

Congratulations Ruthie and Jonathan!

Sesame Place Part 2

We were all a little tired after the first day, but luckily since we were staying just minutes from the park, we were able to sleep in.

Obviously, we couldn't take pics of us on the water rides, since we were slightly busy. But the second day, I took a pic of the kids in front of all the things that they went on. This was by far the biggest ride they went on. They went all the way up to that far rubbie ducky up top. We all got in this hug tube and went barrelling down the slide, under waterfalls and such. It was great!

This was a two person slide. We each took a kid in front of us and went down tandem.

This was the Count's Castle. Lots of slides and just a ton of water.

Every five minutes the huge barrel would dump gallons of water on everyone below.

Lazy River. Lucas tended to like to go with me on one tube, while Liliana liked to go in her own tube with Felix nearby.

More climbing...

In the afternoon we went back for "dry" rides. Flying Elmos were our first choice.

Then the carousel.

This was a bouncy ride that the kids could go on. We waited about 30 minutes in pretty intense heat for the kids to have a chance to bounce and when we got in, they freaked out. With all the other kids bouncing, they were afraid because they were getting bounced around out of their control. Absolutely no parents were allowed in, so we ended up skipping it.

Waiting for the 9 pm parade.

A great ending to a great night. Same parade we saw the day before, but the kids loved it even more.