Parade

Reese participated in her first parade today. She rode in a float for MOPS, our Mothers' of Preschoolers group we are joining this fall. She had fun throwing candy, but even more fun eating a sucker and freezie while she rode.

Softball Tourney

We enjoyed watching Daddy play in a softball tournament today. Reese was a trooper all day -- from 10am until 7pm. I give Grandma and Grandpa Haag, lots of toys, and the very nice weather credit for her patience. She played hard all day, then crashed during the championship game. Good second place finish, Daddy!

Mower County Fair

Reese and I made a quick trip to Austin to attend the Mower County Fair. She LOVED it. First she saw lots of animals - Clarabelles (cows), horses, pigs, ducks, bunny rabbits, and more. Next she played her first fair game and was thrilled to win a gigantic dolphin then a puppy dog! She also went on her first ride by herself - on a whale!

Reese had so much fun, we went back the next day to see more animals and go on a pony ride. Good times.

Morning Fun

Just another morning at the "water park" as Reese calls our fountain when she has her Strawberry Shortcake girls swim.

Libby vs. The Moth

Libby vs. The Moth... can you guess who won?

Movie Theater

Reese saw her first movie in a theater, and loved it. We went to the discount theater in Maple Grove (it cost just $5 total for the 3 of us), where "Rio" was playing. Reese ate lots of popcorn and was engaged and dancing throughout the entire movie.

She was a little too engaged at one point. If you aren't familiar with the storyline, there are two birds that are the last of their species brought together. There was one point when the birds were rolling around in the plants, sort-of alluding to the fact that their species wasn't going to be extinct anymore (if you know what I mean). Reese said very loudly, "What are those two doing together?" Everyone in the theater heard Reese and cracked up. I soon gave Reese her paci to help keep her comments limited.

When the movie ended and credits rolled, Reese said, "Let's watch it again!" She was very upset when we told her you only watch a movie one time in the theater. With this, we discovered another benefit of going to the discount theater -- the movie is already out on DVD! So we went to Target and watched it three more times at home.

Church Funnies

Reese did lots of funny things in church today. Here are a few...

When we were up at communion, Reese turned to me and said, "That is not good for me." Must have been her way of rationalizing why she did not get bread and wine.

As we walked back from communion, Reese grabbed both my hand and Todd's hand and swung her legs up and out, proudly displaying her undies to the entire congregation and giving everyone a chuckle.

When we got back to our pew, Reese put her face up to my mouth and said, "You have a drink in your mouth Mommy, I cannot kiss you." I guess the wine smell must have been strong!

Canterbury Park

We had a fun day with Troy, Tammy, Peyton, Brayden, Aubrey, and Shawn at the horse races at Canterbury Park. Reese helped Daddy get a big win in the first race, hitting a trifecta. She also enjoyed her first pony ride where we lucked out and got a light horse that Reese called "Honeypie" like the horse on Strawberry Shortcake. We concluded the big day with a huge meal at Denny's. Reese fell asleep for the night within 2 minutes on the car ride home. Exhausted!

Hot at the Park

We went to the Lake Rebecca Park today. While the thermometer said 80 degrees, it felt super hot in the sun. We only lasted about an hour, then treated ourselves with a trip to Linnie's Ice Cream Shoppe. Reese placed her own order and ate her entire adult-sized chocolate cone. Yum!

Grumpy Face

We have been working with Reese on friendly faces instead of grumpy faces. She often has a grumpy face when people approach her in places. Now we just have to say "put on your friendly face instead of your grumpy face" and she gives people a big smile.

Here's a picture of Reese showing us her grumpy face.