A Baby Shower and the Roots and Vines Festival

I am quite late with this post, but after a very busy May I spent the first few weeks of June trying to relax again.  Other than reinventing Red Velvet cupcakes as Blue Velvet ones for the last recital ever at my old dance studio I also don't have a Recipe Tuesday post.  So instead you get to see my adventures in May.

At the very beginning of May, Mom and I went to visit family and go to a baby shower for my cousin Erin.  Lucky the shower was so early because not two weeks later she had her beautiful baby girl who was a bit early.  Now Holly is a month old!  So this is all old news indeed.  We had a great time, especially because all of my cousins were there and it's hard to get everyone in one place now that we're all old.  We played plenty of games which is always the entertaining part of a shower.  There was the measure-the-belly game, where we all guessed too high and the kiddo that had a piece ripped off for her was the closest.

And the poopy diaper game, which was Erin's favorite!  A variety of chocolate candies were melted in baby diapers and then you had to guess what they were from sight and smell.  This provided the best picture opportunities...

I think her face says it all --->

There was also guess the number of candies in the bottle...

And a game where you had to close your eyes and pull out as many safety pins from a bowl of rice as you could in a minute...

And then the shower of presents began.  Erin got lots of lovely clothes and baby items that will help her with her beautiful baby girl.

And then two weeks later she got this!

A few weeks after the shower, Mom and I went to the first ever Roots and Vines festival.  There were two stages playing Americana music by the likes of Hillstomp, Polecat, Blake Noble, John Dunnigan, and Fruition.  It was a 21 and over event and you got a commemorative glass at the entrance and then after buying tickets you exchanged those for a taster (1 ticket) or a glass (2-3 tickets) for the alcoholic beverage of your choice.  Our hands down favorite was the Cherry Cider by Tieton Cider Works.  It is soooo good!!

Plenty of friends showed up and the weather was pleasant.  There was great food provided from the restaurants close by.  Mom had some chicken and rice dish from The Carousel restaurant and I had wood fired pizza from Russillo's.  Later I went and picked up some gelato because how else you would end such a capital day?

There were also some great characters there!  This guy was a kick, dancing around as free as a kid, without a care in the world.  He was so entertaining he even had his own paparazzi.

So it was a busy but eventful May!  Let's see how June goes.  We're already half way through after all!