Belly Dancers and Ice Cream

We are visiting Grandpa and Uncle Nate for the weekend, and yesterday brought us to the thriving metropolis of Bemidji for a Festival of Nations at the University there. There was face painting, and Ezra elected a big ol' sun on his cheek. The face painter than took matters into her own hands and painted a moon and star on his other cheek.

He didn't seem to mind but I'll definitely say that the sun looks better than the moon.
They were both wiped off quite quickly there after. It's hard to remember what's on your face.

Ezra's favorite act of the show was the belly dancer. I couldn't get a good shot of her, she kept gyrating around. So that's her, the blur up there. Where's Jeff and his camera when you need him?

After the festival we went out to Dairy Queen for an Oreo explosion. It's sunny and warmish here (upper 50's), so folks are out in flip flops and tank tops eating ice cream. Ah Minnesota.

Before heading home we stopped at the grocery store. Ezra was purely delighted to find this miniature shopping cart. He filled his cart right up with pantyhose, shake and bake chicken, and some stuffed animals with Nascar necklaces. I drew the line at Nascar.

Back at Grandpa's Ezra really enjoys taking all the balls out of the bin. There are athletic balls galore! Sweet, sweet house of men.

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Now let's take a trip back in time... to our trip to Santa Barbara! You can't get enough, neither can I! These are from some of the "outtakes" by Jeff that I deem blog worthy:

Sisters strolling down State Street. Ezra is just about sleeping. Nice pillow.

I don't remember what we were doing but don't we look tan? Kinda? For Minnesotans...

This picture was taken by Auntie Raia when we went to the zoo. Ezra was trying to feed the fish in this pond but this nasty duck kept stealing it all! He even nipped at Ezra's finger. We ate duck that night...

Choo choo! Here Ez rides the train at the zoo. What delight.

It's another beautiful day here, I think it's time to get outside. Happy Sunday!