What a Day!!

I am exhausted! We had such a packed day, but it was so much fun.

We started the day with an Easter egg hunt at a local church. They advertise this as a 20,000 Easter egg hunt, so literally, there were a TON of people there. You had to register by 9:45, so after standing in a long line, we walked around the "carnival" until the egg hunt started at 10:30.

There was a parachute, a ball pit, a bouncy house (which Kate didn't participate in because there were lots of "big kids" in there... and the line was too long. ha!), a really scary Easter bunny, face painting, and lot of other games. We were pretty much content to just walk around and watch everyone.

Around 10:15, everyone started to go to their area (the egg hunt was grouped by age level) to wait for the egg hunt to begin. The area was roped off, but leave it to crazy Kate to go out there before it even began and start picking up eggs! We had to empty her basket and make her wait.

When the hunt did start, HOLY COW!! Some of the eggs were filled with prize vouchers instead of candy, so there were parents grabbing as many eggs as they could find and cramming them into their kid's basket. So obnoxious.

Kate did really well picking up the eggs she saw. She took her time with each one. She was absolutely adorable. She got about 10 eggs (literally, it was over in about 3 minutes!).

See her little green "wrist" band around her ankle? That was to show that she was in the 1-3 year old group and that think drove her nuts!!

After the egg hunt, we came back home for lunch and Kate's nap. Mark and I got all ready for the Cardinals game.

The game started at 3:00, so we left here around 1:30 to make sure we got there in time. Which meant we had to wake Sleeping Beauty up from her nap, which usually goes over horrendously. But, amazingly, she was in a great mood for the rest of the day!

We were a little nervous about taking her to the game. (How will we keep her busy? Do we take a stroller? On and on and on). Honestly, it all worked out great.

We found a parking spot for only $5, but we had to walk awhile to get to the stadium. So, I was glad we had the umbrella stroller. We were able to check it in at Guest Services when we got to the stadium, so we didn't have to worry about putting it under our seats.

It was Kid's Opening Day at the park, so all the kids got a voucher for a free ticket to a Cardinals game and a Cardinals hat.

Mark's company had given him tickets for the Redbird Club, which is up behind home plate. It is a section of just regular seats, but there is a big "food court" type thing with flat screen tv's, tables, lounges, etc. for only people sitting in the Redbird Club to go to. Pretty cool.

On our way up there, I ran into a local dj that I am mildly obsessed with... Cornbread from WIL. :) I have met him once before and acted like a blubbering fool that time, so why would we expect any less this time?? Hopefully, I will never see him again. Let's just say it involved me grabbing his arm and yelling his name and my face turning really red.

Kate was a champ during the game. She clapped when the fans clapped, threw her arms in the air when everyone stood up for homeruns, and even wore her free Cards hat for longer than 10 seconds.

We had packed lots of snacks, crayons, and a Binky, and that pretty much kept her occupied.

That and flirting with all the people around us.

Oh, and playing this really "fun" game after the people next to us left, called Play with the Springy Seats.

And... messing with our neighbor's soda after they had left. I kept telling her "No, no". Can you see the sneakiness in here eyes in this picture??

This is the only picture we had taken of all three of us there, and it's all dark. Oh well. I accidentally deleted the CUTEST picture of Kate and I at the game off of my phone and I could literally just throw up I'm so sick about it.

We came home and we were pooped, but we had time for this! :)

Hope you all had a Super Saturday!! Have a fantastic Easter.