As you've probably gathered from the last months posts, Daddy's been out of town a lot. He had a really big project in Pittsburgh, so he had to be on-site for a couple weeks. But, it's finally open, so he's been home! I was so excited to see him the first night he was home, I didn't even want to eat my dinner - I just kept hugging Daddy! Here are some pictures of the casino. The company Daddy works for did all the lighting design.
Since he worked for so long on site, Daddy got to take a few days off. Since Mommy doesn't work on Fridays, he scheduled his days off on Fridays, too. It's great, because we get some extra-long weekends all together! Last weekend was the annual Louisiana Hot Air Balloon Festival in Baton Rouge. It's held on the campus of the Pennington Biomedical Research Facility, which means lots of walking around in the grass. So Friday evening we packed up my jogging stroller with the big wheels and headed out there.
It was so cool to see all the big balloons! I was fascinated by all the bright colors. We watched as they inflated all the balloons on the ground, then turned on the burners to heat the air. Once the balloons started to rise, they put their baskets upright. It was really neat to see. There were probably over 50 balloons!
Once they were all inflated and standing tall, and dusk was upon us, they began the "Balloon Glow." It was so beautiful! I was oooo-ing and ahhh-ing the whole time! The illuminated colors were magnificent against the dark blue sky!
Mommy and Daddy tried taking pictures of me in front of the balloons, but between the dark sky and the bright fires in the balloons, it proved to be pretty difficult. But, nonetheless, we have a few photos anyway!
