Saturday was fairly well organized: dance class, lunch, naps and Main Street Festival.

I took William’s stroller to dance class and he pushed it around from about 10 minutes before class started till we left. They have long hallways and outside was a nice ramp next to a loading dock. He gave himself a good workout. While out there, one of MaryVic’s classmate’s Momma’s flagged me down. She was hanging in the car with her son. He had banged himself on the side of the head next to the eye. He had a slight black eye but it had puffed up and warranted a ER visit. He was okay but gave everyone a scare.

After class, MaryVic wanted to go to Panchos. We quickly figured out why when she told everyone it was Grandmomma’s birthday. We had a nice lunch and then Grandmomma was serenaded and got to wear the big black and gold sombrero. There was a special dessert that looked like some sort of pudding. William was wanting to walk outside so I didn’t get to stay to see what it was.

We went home for naps and quiet times. After which Mary Alice and I loaded the kids up and went to Main Street Festival. We divided the kids up with her taking care MaryVic and me keeping an eye on William. On the way, MaryVic was made to repeat the Mommy Law of ‘Not Running Off’. There will be a lot of people. Stay with Mommy or Grandmomma. If you disappear, you will have to wear the harness, etcetera.

We went to What’s In Store first which happened to be right next to an air brush tattoo tent. “I want one!” No. And so on. MaryVic monitored the number of people in the tent and kept us updated. We promised to look for face painting on the Children’s Aisle and she was appeased. The sale at What’s In Store was very nice with several baskets of jewelry marked down to $2 each. We love the little shop and seriously, where can you beat the deal? They had a lot of neutral jewelry that I picked up – gold, silver and copper. Mary Alice picked up several pieces in a variety of pieces in pretty colors.

Finally we made our way down to the Childrens Aisle. William pushed the stroller for a block or two then opted for crawling or being carried. He was most disappointed not to be allowed in the inflatable bouncies. MaryVic went in every single one. I tried William in the ball tent but he freaked and we were refunded our tickets. William did go in the petting zoo and touch a rabbit and baby duck. I also rode with him and MaryVic on the train. William screamed at first but quickly became amused with waving at everyone. We don’t have a lot of pictures because we were handling the kids.

William was hanging on to the inflatable and I ran to get a picture of Mary. I thought he would slid along it but he became upset instead.

Mary had no problem with the balls.

Momma had her blood pressure taken at the Williamson Medical Center tent (120/60) and William didn’t like being put down.

Right before we rode the train, MaryVic told me her stomache hurt but then she ran off to go in the dragon bouncer. She became very sick on the train and complained about stomach cramps. She and I went into Mellow Mushroom to order a pizza for dinner. We put her in the stroller and carried William. She quickly fell asleep in the stroller. When she woke up, Momma had a pink pony webkinz and all was well. We figure she just became overheated and tired from bouncing.

We hoped to find the vendor who did the shadow art profiles as we had one done of MaryVic when she was 2 but couldn’t find him. We didn’t get past the roundabout or down any side streets since MaryVic wasn’t feeling well. One year he was on the roundabout and a year before on down towards Dotson’s.

We went home and had pizza. The dough from the Mellow Mushroom had a different taste so that was a disappointment. But there was cake! MaryVic sang Happy Birthday to Grandma and William chimed in at the end. Greg picked out a great cake from Kroger, very good. A good end for a good day!

William’s progress: He will hold your hand and walk or he will push the play stroller or shopping cart. I think he’s averaging 1.5 to hours of walking practice a day now. His preferred and fastest mode of travel is still crawling and he’ll bottom scoot when his knees and knees start to bothering him. Not much independent walking at all, just the occasional 2-3 steps to grab something that has captured his interest.