Spring Fling

So every year, the preschool that Halli attends has something called a "spring fling" its a kind of carnival for the kiddos. This is the second year we've been and the girls really enjoyed it! We met up with some of their cousins to start, but unfortunately, Halli is a little more adventurous than the babies are so we went our separate ways and they ended up spending time at the petting zoo and playing by the water, which we did alot of last year.

We ended up sticking with non-other-than, Blake, and his little brother Braden and their cousins and our friends, Sydney, Spencer and Seryn. It was alot of fun and it's always great to spend time with the kids doing something they enjoy that doesn't stress the wallet. One of the first things we did when we got there was a little mini carousel and Peyton loved it! she had the funniest smile on her face the whole time. Not a huge smile, but a kind of nervous smile. It was really cute. Halli could have spent all day on the inflatables of course. Those are always a favorite of the older kids.

My sweet girls enjoying their day

The gang relaxing with their feet in the water. The bridge is a cute picture and just shows how much Halli and Blake really do love each other. Best Buds!

These pictures just melt a mommy's heart. These two seem to fight a lot, you know, little sis following big sis around all the time. It can get a little old, but this day they were just so cute with each other. They wanted to be together and I'm so glad it was one of those times when I had my camera and could actually get proof that they love being together. When they're teenagers I just may need it.

How did Eric get here?

Well, Eric, my little brother is in town this week from Cali doing some job interviews and apartment hunting. Because he'll be moving down, he drove here from California instead of flew. Now that we know that, let me go back to yesterday when I was driving home with the girls. Halli asked me if our car could fly. I thought this was an odd question, but she's asked weirder, so I told her yes it could, but only if the kids weren't in it cause it would be too dangerous to fly with kids in the car. I obviously had no idea why she thought cars could fly, maybe she saw a cartoon about it, I don't know.

Fast forward to this morning, I was in the car again and here is our basic converstation:

Halli: Mom, how did Eric get here?

Me: He drove here.

Halli: I know, but how did he get his car here?

Me: Well, he got in his car and he drove it here from California.

Halli: I know he drove here, but how did he get his car here?

I am totally lost, then I realize that we have only flown to california, so maybe she thinks its on a different planet. ( I think this because of my cousin-in-law, Julie's post about her little boy thinking sweden is on a different planet.)

Me: Halli, when we go in a plane, we go up in the sky then back down to earth, we don't leave the earth when we fly somewhere. So California is connected to Texas, and you can drive from one place to the other. (I really have no idea how to explain this to her without a map or something.)

Halli: I know that, you have to be in a rocketship to leave the earth and go into outerspace.

So I tried to explain a couple more times about where California is and where Texas is and why you can drive from one to the other. She just isn't really getting it, so I ask her to tell me what she thinks so I know where she's coming from, and her is her explanation:

Halli: Well, California is in a cloud, so I don't know how Eric got his car out of the cloud and down here to Texas, maybe it flew or something.

I just bust up laughing, poor girl. The carebears live in a cloud and when we fly we go up in the sky, it really all does make perfect sense. So I just agree with her, yes honey, maybe the car flew! (We'll have geography lessons later.)