Hot Air Balloons!

Every year in St. Louis there is a big hot air balloon race. The Friday night before the race they wait for the sun to go down, fill the balloons, and let them glow in the night! Those of you who don't know Oksana might not know that this child is OBSESSED with balloons of all kinds. She can spot a balloon a mile away and gets SO excited every time she sees one. You can bet there is always a balloon (usually half deflated) somewhere in our house. I knew that there was no way we were going to miss out on showing her real life hot air balloons! Our family had never been to this before so it was a first for all of us. We were there early so we walked around for awhile and then found a spot to sit and wait for them to start blowing up the balloons. When they started, Oksana was yelling "Oh, I love those balloons SOOOO MUCH!" Once the balloons were all blown up you could actually go in and walk right around them. Every few minutes a horn would blow and all of the balloons would light up at the same time. It was so cool!

My boys are way too cool for pictures ;)!

This is our niece Auriana looking very cute for the balloons!






On the topic of balloons, the next day we went to a baby shower and this is where you could find Oksana almost the whole time:

See what I mean?!