The TP Historical Society 10 year anniversary celebration

A few weeks back the Terrace Park Historical Society celebrated its 10 year anniversary with a celebration on the green. My mom is the secretary for the Society, or hysterical society as we often call it, so we were happy to not only support her, but also share in the festivities: magician, balloon maker, popcorn, cotton candy, ice cream and then concert afterwards. It was a beautiful day for this event.

I think someone was happy with the cotton candy :)

Our neighbor, Willow, joined us
She is such a good girl and the girls love having her around

What should I eat to further ruin my dinner? Popcorn of course.

Then we had to top off this nutritious pre dinner meal by
getting ice cream from the cutest ice cream server out there :)

Ella waited every bit of an hour to get this made.
Not because there were a ton of kids in front of her but because the balloon maker was quite a balloon artist. She loved making these amazing balloon hats that took at least 5 minutes per kid. I couldn't believe so many kids waited as long as they did. I have a feeling the balloon maker was paid by the hour :)

These balloons were for decoration outside of the gazebo
but Matthew had a different idea for the balloons.

At first he just played with them on the steps and the ground near the gazebo.


But then I spotted him and a friend sitting in the grass playing with them.

They were having a blast rolling around with these balloons.

Probably my favorite picture of the balloons...you see them, but where is Matthew? He loved that he could be in the tree and the balloons be out of the tree.

But with one wrong move, the balloons were off, way into the sky.

I can still hear him now: Balloon, up, bye balloons

In fact every time we drive by the green, he points and says,
"Bye bye balloons. Balloons went up."

A barber shop quartet entertained us all

A story was read

Here is one of our favorite families that we have just recently met. Laura e-mailed me out of the blue inviting us over so the kids could play. Although we had never met, we have a few friends in common. Laura and her husband, Steve, definitely embody what Terrace Park is all about. They are such a neat family! It is also fun because Amanda and Laney will be in Kindergarten together next year.

I used to play on these cannons as a kid so it was fun to now see my son
play on those same cannons.

What a small town, fun event!