the oakbrook land of nod celebrated their 10th anniversary!

i was really excited to attend. i had received their email and the party looked like so much fun! they had balloons, a face painter, a photo booth, a children’s folk singer, and they had set up a whole bunch of teepee’s, tents, and blankets all over the grass in the front of their store. a perfect spot for kids to play in & lots of activities to entertain the kiddos.

we started the afternoon with some lunch at cpk. we put olive in a highchair {first time at a restaurant!} and she was quite content for a bit. i fed her some carrots and cauliflower. reagan was completely entertaining her and then she was liiiiiike, ok…i want my momma. she whimpered and whimpered, so i picked the cutie up to calm her down. i was able to wolf a bit of food down before we headed out to do some shopping before heading over to land of nod.

[reagan enjoying his sundae]

[auntie/godmother kim playing with miss olive]

we decided to hit a few stores kid’s stores before lon. it’s been awhile since i’ve purchased some cute clothes for miss olive! i bought a bunch of stuff at gapbaby, h&m, and carter’s.

of course, we stopped at starbucks for a pick me up drink! the boys got matching cake pops to nosh on.

[never without a starbucks run]

[cake pop twinsies]

[they had a children’s folk singer entertaining the crowds]

[holding on to her lon carrot rattle]

olive and i participated in the photo booth. it was delightful and fun. look at her face…so chunky and cute.

we also ran into our friends lan, pete, and avery! we were able to hang out with them during our afternoon of fun. small world, but then we ran into our friends larissa and thai and their family of three! a sunny day and a land of nod event brings out everyone!

[photo booth fun]

[avery having a blast with the campfire props]

the boys waited in line with auntie thuy to get their face painted. it was quite the popular spot! the line was so long but thuy and the boys waited oh so patiently to get their faces painted! reagan chose spidey man and bennett chose mario brothers. they loved it! it was so adorbs, after they had their faces painted, they looked so happy staring at themselves in the mirror. i love kids. so wonderful and innocent.

[reagan getting spiderman]

[mario brother]

[aren’t they so cute?!]

[i honestly didn’t know where to look at first…then we got it! isn’t she just the most adorable baby in the world?!]

[ending the afternoon fun with yummy goodness]

after an hour or so at the land of nod, we went to macy’s because the bro in law wanted to shop around. kim and i were a bit hungry, so we headed downstairs to the food court to grab a snack. well, a snack turned into more food and lots of desserts and a very full belly {there goes dinner!}!

we had such a great day lazily lounging around, shopping a whole bunch of stores, and participating in the l.o.n. party! it was such a fantastic afternoon with my lovely family!  a much needed relaxing afternoon at a beautiful shopping center with my famille.

xoxo