Hammer time

Because my family is awesome, we all went out to the Touch a Truck event in Rogers this morning. Mia was escorted by my Aunt Connie, Uncle Kelly, Grandma Sue and me. (Leigh was down for the count with a horrible migraine. He spent the morning sleeping in the car. Bad news.) Mia got to do lots of fun things at Touch a Truck.

She got to use a carpet steamer and pretend to clean a rug. You know she loved that.

She drove a mail truck, which was extremely dangerous. Babies shouldn't drive! But I guess it was OK because sitting on that side took her back to her South African roots.

We hopped on a boat to prepare for our visit to Nancy and Grandpa Doug next week.

Then we took a ride on a motorcycle and discussed avoiding biker tattoos.

Mia got her first cotton candy!

She was very suspicious, so she made me try it to make sure it wasn't poisoned. This makes me think she's either cautious or trying to poison me.

Mia took her first turn inside a bouncy house. She held on to the side while the bigger kids bounced. She kind of bobbed up and down. Her face was totally serious the entire time, but when I took her out, she made a U-turn and headed back for another round.

We moved on to the Home Depot kids building station, which seems like a wholly terrible idea. You basically sign a release form and then get to use hammers and glue. Super. But, of course, I was too excited about Mia getting a little builder's apron, which she would not wear in the first place. So I showed Mia how to use a hammer, as if she'll need to know that in the immediate future.

The last stop was a ride on the school bus. Mia was so excited, she decided to suck on the window sill of the bus. I had to forcibly remove her.

I know this is blurry, but it cracked me up. She looks like Evita.

So Mia got to drive a mail truck, use a hammer, clean a rug and eat a school bus. It was a successful day.