Brynn has already been waiting for what seems like a long time for the ice cream truck to start running its summer route. The wait was over this past week when she heard the jingle and spotted the famous white truck coming down the street. She was so excited, she could hardly stand it. She chose a cookie ice cream sandwich, and even shared a bite with me. She's now left wondering when it'll be making its next stop on our block.
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| She kept inching closer and closer to it waiting for it to get to her. You can barely see it coming down the street here. |
Share A Story
Today was the "Share a Story" event at Rheault Farm. They had so many fun things to do there. Brynn was most excited to go and meet Arthur from the children's book series. And he did not disappoint! He was so big and cute. Brynn gave him a big, long hug.
The first activity we did was write your own story:
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| Making the most of the glue stick. |
Meeting Arthur:
The fire department had one of its trucks there to 'tour' and you could even run the
hose to put out a pretend house fire.
hose to put out a pretend house fire.
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| He was asking her if she had ever done this before. :-) |
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| I love her face in this one. Ha ha! |
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| They had to try and put out the 'fire' in the windows. |
This guy was a musical storyteller. He used various instruments to tell a story and the kids could join in by clapping and singing along. After a couple of songs, he took the group over to help plant a tree, but Brynn didn't seem too interested in that, I guess.
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We were in the face painting line when a pair of grandparents in front of us alerted us to the free ice cream. It was about 11:45 am at this point, so I wasn't necessarily too eager to be having ice cream at this point. The grandma thought BOTH Brynn and I needed some ice cream and offered to save our place in line while we went to get some and came back. I said we could probably just swing by after the face painting, but the grandma commissioned the grandpa into getting some for Brynn. So, she stood in line and ate her ice cream. (If she looks wind blown in all these pictures, it is because it was incredibly windy there.)
After the face painting..and ice cream...Brynn was actually still hungry, so we made our way over to the free hot dogs and chips for lunch. We sat and listened to this historian/storyteller/artist guy talk about the history of North Dakota. I was surprised how interested Brynn was to sit there and listen. After he started talking, she turned to me and said, "are these stories REAL?!" Yup, it's called history, dear. ;-)
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| Signing "tatonka" for bison. |
Next we made our way over to the anti-bullying booth where Brynn could draw a story to illustrate a time when she was kind to someone. At this booth they were also reading books to kids on a blanket. So, Brynn hunkered down and listened to the lady read all the books she had there.
We were there for about 2 1/2 hours and I was exhausted by the time we left. There was so much to do and with the wind, I guess it made me sleepy. They also had inflatables and a puppet show there, but we didn't end up doing those things. Brynn has been asking me when the fall festival will be at Rheault Farm, as she loves going to that one, too. So, it was nice to have this in the summer time.
Dana had taken the ice cream truck pics with his phone and when I was e-mailing them to myself, I came across a pic of Brynn at the Butterfly Ball, so I figured I may as well include that one.
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