The O.C. Fair

We went to the fair last weekend with cousin Callan and Auntie M. We started by looking at all the animals at the farm.

Milan and Callan got to pet the chicks.

We saw lots of babies - chicks, kids, a calf, and piglets.

We got close to some sheep.

The reason this guy stepped it up? To try to eat the strap on my diaper bag, of course!

They were sizing each other up:)

The kids of course went on lots of rides:)

Dean could not go on the rides, but was able to taste test everything:) Here you see fried, fried, and more fried food (we are good parents huh).

Milan got lady bugs painted on her face.

In the end, Milan spent a lot of time on this obsticle course.

Dean was a trooper and hung out in the stroller most of the day.

But even without walking much, the little guy was still tired out by the fair:)

Tiny Dancer

Okay, so there have been some posts about Milan's ballet/tap class. And, you may know that she has had her ups and downs with dance even at 3 years old!

Well, Grandma Mercedes bought Milan a new outfit. It was a bit of a struggle to get her into it.

But, once into it, she would not take it off ALL DAY! Not even the tights (and it was a hot day)!

Before we left for class, she practiced her moves.

She really did look sweet:)

Dean wanted in on the picture action too:)

Rudy was good-natured and allowed his picture to be taken too.

During the actual class, I was able to get out my camera when Milan changed into tap shoes (because it is a mommy and me class).

She does everything the teacher does:)

And, sometimes she is silly too:)

I loved dance when I was younger, and I really hope Milan likes it for a long time too.

Patriotic Intentions

Ok, so this will show how behind I am in blogging...I had this idea that I would make these patriotic cake balls for the 4th of July. I got all the ingredients for red, white, and blue cake balls to make a fantastic and delicious cake ball flag:)

I made the cake, crumbled it, and added the frosting.

Mixed it and chilled it.

I rolled it all.

I made a double boiler and started with the red chocolate.

I rolled the first few balls.

I had a few that came out okay, but looked really lumpy and not at all smooth like the ones my friends make or that I see online or in bakeries:(

So, I thought oh well, I will make the blue ones next. The only blue I could find was an aqua. I decided to add food coloring the darken it a bit. Well, I found out that you can not use water based food coloring with this chocolate because it gets really clumpy and does not work AT ALL! Then, I got discouraged and stopped to clean up the big mess I had already made.

The few cake balls that I did finish tasted good, but left a lot to be desired in the looks department.

I think I will stick to using the candy quick for my coating for now on. It is so much easier to work with and they look a lot better:)

Chicago Trip

This was my first time in Chi Town.

I loved all of the architecture!!!

We ate a lot of great food - and of course had Chicago Style Pizza!!!

Does this look awesome, or what???

Jay and I shared a small pizza and were so stuffed after!

I wish I was there again right now eating this pizza:)

We give Pizzeria Due 4 stars:)

I took a lot of pictures of the buildings.

We also saw a lot of art work. This is known as "The Bean". It is so cool (it reminds me of those Tiffany bean necklaces that were popular in the 90's).

This piece has an image of an older woman and she smiles and frowns.

Then, she spits water out of her mouth and all the kids play around in it:)

Our only picture together during the trip and it is soooo far away.

Here are a few pictures where we are closer to the bean. Can you see me taking the pictures???

It was great to get away with Jay and I loved the city. I would definitely go there again:)