Fair Oaks Chicken Festival Photos

Elise ready to chase the chickens!

 

Holding up her festival signs

Posing with the giant chicken

Chicken lady!



One of many feathered residents

A couple weeks ago, Elise went to her first Chicken Festival with mommy, daddy, grandma and grandpa. I must admit we had never heard of the Fair Oaks Chicken Festival before, but we were certainly glad to have made the discovery. Wild chickens roam free in Fair Oaks Village, so it's nice to know the town has put together a celebration in honor of its feathered residents. It was a very fun little town festival, with plenty of entertainment and free roaming chickens to keep Elise sufficiently entertained for the afternoon!

Grandma's favorite band Mumbo Gumbo

Stuffed chickens :)

Ordering around the chickens

   

A guinea pig enjoying the festivities

  

Having fun!

She did her best to catch this chicken

Official Chicken Festival T-Shirt :)

Baby Play Time

She wanted to climb up the slide rather than go down

Exploring the play area



Daddy helping her down the slide



The last time we let Elise loose in a mall kids play area, she was still crawling and unsure of how to react to the unfamiliar surroundings. After being swarmed by bigger kids attempting to play with her, she ended up quickly crawling back to mom and dad's feet for rescue. A couple weeks ago, we brought her once again and this time around she loved it! She had a great time exploring all the activities in the play area and even made some little friends, who showed her the ropes around the playground. It was fun to watch and in the end she didn't want to leave!



A little encouragement to explore



And she's off



We got the stinker face when we tried to get her to leave!



At home and taking control of the remote as usual



Elise's One Year Photo Shoot

Mommy and Elise

I finally got a chance to upload Elise's one year photo shoot album! The photos turned out beautiful and I can't thank Mattu, my good friend and photographer, enough for spending the day with us and capturing all the adorable candid moments between mommy and her baby girl. I was going to post just a few favorites, but to be honest I love the entire album and you can view it in its entirety below.

Elise's 12 Month Photo Shoot