Youth Day on the 1st Day of Spring!

Today, Oakland Park celebrated it's 53rd Annual Youth Day. The City plans all things exciting for kids! Rides, Fair Games, Parade, Fireworks, let's just say, after 53 years, the Youth Day celebrations are still going strong because kids of all ages (and adults) enjoy all this day has to offer! I wanted to bring Riley to the parade last year, but being only 10 months, I thought she still might be a little young for thrown candy, loud sirens and crazy characters. This year, she was definitely old enough. She LOVED running around, picking up candy and was more than mesmerized by the marching bands and dancers.





After the Youth Day Parade, Riley wanted to read Wile E. a book...in his bed-lol!


And after a long nap, more running around the backyard and checking on our caterpillars, we decided to jump in Nana and Grandpa's pool.


Happy 1st Day of Spring to all!

Swimming in October...

Why? Because it's SO DARN HOT!!!! The heat over the past few days has been brutal! One day last week, I got in my brother's car and his thermometer read 110 degrees!!! I guess, more the reason to hit up the pool while we can, right?

This weekend, I ran over to Toys R Us and picked up the last remaining pack of floaties for Riley. I was pretty skeptical on how well they would hold her up (if at all). She got such a kick out of me blowing them up on her arms. She kept leaning over and blowing on the floaties to "help" me inflate them. It was so cute! I am looking forward to the day where Riley can actually swim unassisted. What a relief it will be once she is trained properly to swim. Until then, we will continue to go to Grandpa and Nana's pool every weekend to have fun, cool off and splash, splash, splash! At least until our Florida winter comes around. =)

Riley has been "swimming" in the pool since she was 2 months. Here is what her pool days back then, looked like:

And here she is now, just one short year later. What a difference a year makes!

Always on the run with the doggies in the backyard! Riley loves being outside!

I must say, the floaties worked much better than I thought they would. And Riley "swam" much better than I thought she would! I am such a proud Mommy!