Riley Days with Richie

Now that Claire is bigger I dig her Baby Bjorn. I love it for crowds because strollers are hard to push through crowds and over hoses, etc. that run around fests like these. Here we are on the corner of State Road 9 and Hwy 40 in downtown Greenfield.


The bright light hurts my eyes. OUCH. I try to take my shades off for some pictures, but my eyes can't handle it. Notice Claire's hat shading her eyes? Boo to cataracts. She also had some sunglasses with but she kept ripping them off despite the Velcro band. :( Argh. I need to staple-gun it to her head. That'll keep them on.

Here is my brother Richie. He makes me feel short. I love it. :) I also love Claire's face in this picture. She is making her monkey noise. She quacks, moos, and hoots like a monkey. Do monkeys hoot? Or is that owls...

So we saw the parade at 11 am. They throw gobs of candy in this parade. And I swear the kids these days are so lazy they don't even pick it all up. But why would you want a tootsie roll if you've already had something like the awesomeness of a deep-fried Snickers. Richie shared his ice cream with Claire. She loved it. Josh, carnivore, that he is, enjoyed eating meat-on-a-stick from this Asian place.

We enjoyed our visit with Rich. Then he headed back up to Purdue for a football game. Go Boilermakers.

Riley Fest

Today we went to the Riley Fest. http://www.rileyfestival.com/ I didn't bring the camera with, so here are some other pictures of Claire above. Soon it will be too cold for her summer stuff, but today managed to warm up nicely in the sun! My brother Richie came down last night so Claire and I went with him. We tried a deep fried Snickers. It was glorious. I'm sure it was about 1,000 calories, but it was so worth it. It was sort of like a warm donut with chocolate frosting and pudding (nougat) in the center. MMM. We saw the Children's Parade of Flowers at 1. It was exactly that. Kids carrying flowers. Highly overrated. They just walk down the main street and lay them at the feet of the statue of James Whitcomb Riley. We came home. I decided to take a nap with Claire. We slept from 2-5:15 when Josh came home. Oops. My food-coma nap, was also, very glorious. I don't know what I'll do if we have another kid. I need my occasional nap.