Take today, for example. The wonderful city of Clarksville offered the Strawberry Jam at H&S Strawberry Farm, the Downtown Market (Farmer's Market), the Hayloft Sale, Family Campout at Dunlop Park, Foster Care Awareness event, Sango Pharmacy's grand opening where kids could meet Mickey and Minnie, and a showing of Little Mermaid at the Roxy. Whew!
Well, I decided to pick the stuff I thought would be most doable and fun. Since rain was in the forecast for tonight, we ruled out the campout, and since I am in saving money mode, I elimated the Hayloft Sale from the list. From there, I decided to pick stuff that would be the most fun for our family and allow us to participate in as many of these as possible.
We started off our morning at gymnastics from 9-10, then picked up Daddy and the fun began from there. Although, for Anna Claire, the fun actually began at 9 because she LOVES gymnastics!
I thought about all we wanted to do today, and realized that if we saw Little Mermaid, we'd have to sacrifice all the other events because it was right smack in the middle of the day. Nothing's really going on next Saturday, so, decision was made to go see Little Mermaid next week. By the way, it would have cost an extra THIRTY DOLLARS for us to tag on a peanut butter and jelly and mac n cheese lunch and meet the cast. Once I found out Anna Claire could meet the cast just by going to the show and staying after, I said, "I'd like two tickets for just the show, please!"
We headed downtown to stop off at the Roxy and pick up the tickets, and from there, headed to the Downtown Market. As we anticipated it was hot and no produce vendors yet, so we didn't stay long. Anna Claire was accustomed to getting strawberry basil popsicles at Downtown Market all last summer, and she had not forgotten this routine. From the moment we pulled into the parking lot that's all we heard was, "I want strawberry basil popsicle."
When we finally found the booth, we watch with mouths gaped open as the lady crossed through the flavor "strawberry basil" on her dry erase board. I told her the sad story of how those were AC's favorite that we were disappointed, and that AC did not care for cucumber or lime, the other 2 offered flavors. The lady said, "We do have some strawberry basil samples she can have." I asked how much and she said, "not a thing," handing Anna Claire FIVE dixie cup sized popsicle bites in a clear cup. Love the popsicle ladies!
We left the Downtown Market in time to make it to our next venue, Barksdale School, to support our small group leader who was speaking at a Foster Care Awareness event. We knew it would be a big hit with Anna Claire because Lucas, Ken's son would be there and they absolutely love playing together. While we were there we were able to feed the kiddos free hot dog/pizza lunch plus cookies, play on inflatables and the playground. And it just felt like the right thing to do, supporting a great cause. Lucas and Anna Claire are both so adorable, I can hardly stand to look at that much cuteness in one picture!
Ok, so the Sango Pharmacy may not sound super exciting to folks, but watching your kiddo meet Mickey and Minnie for the first time is priceless! Well worth the ten minute pitstop on our way out to the Strawberry Jam. Thank you Sango Pharmacy!!
The Strawberry Jam was a non-negotiable since I mentioned it to AC a couple of weeks ago, she's been talking about it ever since. It did not disappoint, complete with petting zoo, face painting, train ride, inflatables, and of course, berry picking!
Loved our day of fun and if it is any indication of how the rest of this summer will play out, I am super excited!!
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