Last Friday, we had our niece, Hannah, come spend the night at our house. I usually try to do something fun with her when she comes (I'm secretly trying to brainwash her into thinking that Tala's house is the funnest place on earth). So I made some goop for us to play with. After getting the floor all dirty, I made good use of the free child labor and had Hannah help clean.
The next morning (after I let Hannah watch TV while I got a few more "minutes" of sleep... and got the times mixed up and made us really late), we were on our way to the Princess Festival!
(yes, I put some eye shadow on her, but it was theprincess festival and she wanted to look her best)
After somehow getting lost in Lindon, we finally found the festival. The little girls were all put into a big group where they went from house to house (including a log cabin where Snow White lived with the 7 dwarfs, and a castle where Rapunzel let down her hair) to help rescue the princesses so they could go to the ball.
At the end of the ball, Hannah got to take pictures with all of the princesses. She even got up the courage to go take a picture with the evil witch (Hannah then ran up to me smiling and said, "She's nice, Tala!").
But even with all of the fun and adventure of rescuing princesses, going to a ball, riding in Cinderella's carriage, splashing at Ariel's water fountain, going "flying" on a trampoline with Peter Pan, and playing in a tepee, I think Hannah's favorite part of the princess festival was... the playground! She loved the rocking duck.
She loved the swings and wanted me to keep pushing her higher and higher, but I was so scared that she was going to fall out that I would just tell her she was going really high. I don't think she believed me.
She enjoyed the slides, but was a little scared of the rickety bridges.
And the sandbox was definitely one of her favorites. She could have stayed there all day.
All in all, we had a really good time together. When I heard about this little princess festival, my first thought had been that I wished I had a daughter that I could take. But it was sooo much fun being able to borrow my little Hannah for the day. I love that she is at an age where she understands what is going on and is willing to participate, but not quite old enough yet to make fun of you for getting so excited about such a silly thing. I can't wait until Lia is a little older so I can do fun things like this with her too. And as for Abel... I'm going to have to figure out what people do with boys... good thing he is only a baby.
