Cedar Hills Festival

We loved the Cedar Hills Festival last year so we were excited to go again this year. Monday they have a family swim night at the PG pool. It is only for cedar hills residents from 630-830 so it isn't crowded. The kids had a blast. Then friday we went to the carnival. It only had 1/2 or a 1/3 of the rides they had last year and was a ripe off. We still got Alyssa an unlimited wristband. That was the only way to do it otherwise it was 3-4 dollars a ride! She went on everything 3-4 times. Kate went on a few rides and loved the bounce houses. She sat for 10 minutes watching kids go on one of them that was an obstacle course before deicing to brave it herself. She was able to climb up the steep later by herself. she was so proud. On saturday night they had a firework show. We have a great view from our front porch. And for our little city the show was awesome!!That was probably the highlight of the whole week!

Lemonade Stand

Alyssa had been begging to have any sort of "stand" for months. When it was winter she would say "Lets have a hot chocolate stand". I have turned her down so many times for different reasons. "I don't want to stand out side in the cold..." Today she REALLY wanted to have a lemonade stand. It was overcast and I thought it wasn't the best day since it wasn't SO hot. But I gave in (she really wouldn't stop asking). I thought it would be a good idea to sell cookies too. So we went to the store bought a pitcher, crystal light raspberry lemonade, made cookies and got it all ready. We put it up in front of our house. We live at the back of our neighborhood, so we don't get a lot of traffic. I wasn't sure we would get many buyers and thought we might have to move to a higher traffic area. But we actually sold quite a few to our neighbors. Alyssa was so excited and kept saying "I can't believe how many I am selling!" She earned $13! She of course wanted to go buy something right away but I convinced her to save it for later till she found something she really wanted.
Kate just wanted to eat the cookies and drink the lemonade.

Covered in chocolate