Eggrolls and Chopsticks: Fun In The Inclement Weather

Today was Jacob's company picnic. It is truly geared for the little ones and never ceases to entertain the socks right off of them.

Just as we were getting ready to get in the car it started to rain, big Miami sized raindrops. If you are not familiar with Miami's torrential downpours just imagine getting a huge bucket of water thrown at you, as that is what it is like. You are drenched to the skin in a matter of seconds. On the bright side, it isn't cold here so apart from the fact that you are soaked and your hair looks like a rat's nest it's not really a big deal. It can also be raining in your front garden and not in your back garden so if you are heading to a place more than 3 minutes away the chances are great that it's not raining there.

It wasn't raining at the picnic however the sky looked threatening but we thumb our noses at threats. The girls were oblivious to the grayish/blackish sky and ran full force into the fun.,

Will she ever tire of these walls?

She made it to the top in seconds

Then she found out she was to light to repel back down. The ropes were to tight and she was stuck...ha ha ha/

This sign looks so bright compared to the sky.

Rosie and I on the left, Lilipop on the right.

Jacob and Rosie centre, Lily right.

Rosie loved this slide and we went on it too many times to count. She was peeved that she wasn't tall enough to ride alone.

Rosie rode this roller coaster to death!

Notice the beautiful blue sky here

weeee. She went on some rides alone today which is monumental.

Lily looks rather bored.

They only did this once as it didn't make their tummies do flip flops so it was considered dull.

This year the picnic was held at the Equestrian Centre so it was only fitting that they had ponies there. Lily found them to be a bit little and chose to pass. I suppose after actually riding competitions in that very arena she does have a point. Rosie thought she was the cat's pajama's riding all by herself.

Oh how I love that cheesy grin.

Whist we were waiting for Rosie to finish her ride Lily went into the petting zoo,

Look at that tiny weeny ducky.

As she walked out of the petting area she saw a mechanical bull and immediately wanted to have a try. Now that is so Lily, something new and something difficult and she is right there. This video is long because, as you can hear from the commentary she didn't fall off of it. Thankfully the ride operator had a good sense of humour and listened what I asked him to speed it up. Most people fell off within the first minute. Not her, it's her amazingly developed thigh muscles from riding horses. She could crush you to death with them.

Being the mean dreadful parents that we are we forced them to take a break from the fun and eat something.

Good grief it's as big as she is.

Just after Lily rode the bull it started to rain. That big Miami rain again only this time it didn't appear that it was going to only last for a few minutes. We ran into the arena for cover and waited for a few minutes but realised we were rather close to a hornets nest. Probably not a good idea with a kid with allergies to venom that can be fatal so we moved to the front. I then decided that after nearly 4 hours of being there it was time to leave. Our car was parked, Hell's Half Acre away from where we were so I asked the kidlets if they wanted to walk in the rain. I think they thought I had lost my marbles but didn't hesitate to say yes. I have always loved walking in the rain. The kind of rain that soaks you to your skin and makes your shoes squidgy but usually it is at an inconvenient time when it happens and I can't go marching in to see a client looking like something a cat threw up. Today we were going to go straight home so it was perfect. The girls loved it. They were drenched, they splashed in the puddles, no they jumped in the puddles and as everyone else was trying to stay dry we were getting as wet as possible. Their giggles and squeals could be heard for miles. By the time we reached the car we looked like this.

It's raining. it's pouring