flight days

for the first time in the four years we've lived down valley - we made it to flight days - a summer celebration in eagle. whether we've been in canada, florida, salida or somewhere else, we've just never been around for it. so this was a first for us & i must say - it was quite fun :)

the party started friday night - kennedie & i headed to eagle with my friend heather for the free concert, take in the park scene & to see what flight days was all about. there were food & vendor booths - some of the same people we saw the weekend before at FIBArk in salida! - and i believe the same carnival set up as well! kennedie quickly found a face painting tent & was at it again :) that girl loves to have her face painted! she also enjoyed her first snow-cone & loved dancing to the band - which was made up of some local kids - one whom tommy coached & had in band - she was terrific & kennedie was particularly impressed with (she'd stop dancing just to watch her sing)

 saturday we got up & ready early so that we could take advantage of the pancake breakfast in the park before the parade :) where we met up with kennedie's best pal calvin & his mom, dad & aunt. the kids were too distracted by the park to enjoy the pancakes - which meant more for mommy :) 

we made our way over to the parade route to snag a spot in the shade - let me just say that a parade route of only about 5 blocks gets very crowded very quickly! kennedie, along with all the other kids in the area, passed the time waiting for the parade by dancing & running in the street. 

apparently every year a HAT helicopter starts the parade by flying very low over the parade route - which is quickly followed by a huge just of wind caused by the proximity of the propellers/machine to the ground i'm sure! but it was a huge surprise & hats, blankets & other objects went flying! 

 once the parade got underway, both kennedie & calvin were impressed or confused (hard to tell which!) by the shrine clown trying to juggle/spin a plate. as soon as the candy started to fly - kennedie knew exactly what to do! however, she was not as lucky this weekend - too many other kids around (note to mom & dad - find a place by older people like you did in salida - it makes for a much fuller bag of candy at the end of the parade) - which worked out just fine anyway, she only gets one piece of candy in the end no matter how much she has :) the fire truck at the end shooting the water was a hit as well. 

after the parade ended, the group headed back to the park to let the kids ride on the train - kennedie is kind of obsessed with trains :) they had a fantastic time. 

pulling back into the 'station'

the park was getting super crowded so we headed home for lunch & naps for all :) overall, our first flight days experience was great fun! lots of good times were had with friends! sunday morning kennedie said when she woke up.."yesterday i go to parade, big wind and get candy and calvin ride the train!"