MONA Annual Family Picnic

Today was the MONA Annual Family Picnic at Lacey Woods Park which was free for members and their guests. The picnic included BBQ lunch, balloon animals, face painting, bounce houses and a kids musical performer. There was no way Mason was going to wait in line and sit still for face painting and balloon animals, so we skipped those activities all together.  There were four bounce houses and one was specific for the three and under crowd.

Most of the toddlers were being placed inside by their parents and then promptly crawling out. Mason had never been in one of these but thought this was the best toy ever so he jumped around solo for the first few minutes. I think others saw how much fun he was having and decided to test it out. He's such a leader!

This occupied him for about 20 minutes which is a looooong time for him. (I think we need to buy one!). After bounce house rounds 1 and 2, we met up with a girlfriend and her family for the BBQ lunch. We also ran into a few playgroup families. I loved being out in the neighborhood and seeing friends. It makes me feel really connected to the community!

After lunch, some playground time, and bouce house round 3, we decided that Mason was already quite off his routine and we better get home for a nap. Lucky for Mark and me, we have a date night so the sitter gets to deal with him being off schedule today. :)