The Kennedy's: Food, Fun and Parties!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Food, Fun and Parties!

Grandma and Papa Clinger came for a weekend visit and brought cousin Lexi and so we packed as much fun in as possible over the few days they were here. First, we explored the Price house where we learned about different birds, bats and animals. The girls had fun coloring and fishing with butterfly nets in the outside pond.

Next, we walked downtown Blacksburg to the International Festival. We got to sample food from all over the world and see lots of people dressed in their native counties clothes and watch lots of dancing. The girls even got a chance to try on coin belts and dance to the music. My mom and I really enjoyed the festival and wished we had more time and bigger stomachs to try all the wonderful looking food.

But we didn't have a lot of time because Raquel had a birthday party to get to in the afternoon. So we left Grandma, Papa and Lexi and headed out to the back woods of Hiwassee, Va about a 40 minute drive from our house to attend Raquel's friends birthday party. It was a long drive through beautiful country and well worth the fun the kids had at the party. They all enjoyed running around, playing with bubbles, eating cake and riding a horse. Natalya wasn't quite sure she wanted to ride a horse before going to the party and Mike had told her maybe there would be unicorns there that she could ride. She said she would ride a unicorn and so she was excited to go. Well as you would guess there were no unicorns to ride at the party. As we were hanging out waiting our turn to ride the horse Natalya leans over to me and said there are no unicorns just a horse to ride. I told her that was right and did she want to ride the horse. Even though there were no unicorns she was very excited to ride the horse and had a smile on her face the whole time. Marcus loved looking at the horses and petting them but was a little cautious when he was placed on the horse to just sit there. I'm sure it will take him no time at all before he loves them as much as the girls.

After a fun afternoon on the farm we meet up with Mike, Grandma, Papa and Lexi for dinner. The kids were all so tired by the end of the night but Lexi and Raquel wanted to go swimming. We left Marcus and Natalya home and I took Raquel to the pool so she could play with her cousin Lexi. They had lots of fun in the pool together and played for over an hour. That was long enough since we didn't get home and into bed until after 10pm. After such a long busy day the kids slept really well that night.

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