Happy Children's Day

April 23 is a national holiday in our country. It is National Sovereignty and Children's Day. Basically the entire country takes the day off to celebrate their children. The schools spend weeks in advance preparing elaborate dance and talent shows to be performed on the morning of this holiday. Our neighborhood had a huge festival at the park, so we spent a few hours enjoying the incredible weather, music and free treats. Owen's school celebrated the holiday on Thursday with a costume dance party. I'm waiting for pictures from that party to post later.

You can see Owen at the very top of the pirate ship.Owen started this game of rolling down the grassy hill and within minutes 20 other kids were rolling with him.
There were a few other people at the park with us :) Owen wouldn't know what to do without a crowd everywhere he goes.
Owen had his very first ice cream cone. The pictures speak for themselves. Definitely the highlight of his day.

The bite immediately following this lick was right out of the side of the cone. We quickly had a lesson in how to eat an ice cream cone. He was a fast learner once he realized that the cone was the only thing keeping the ice cream from the ground.
And a generous sharer as long as he got to hold it!