On Friday, while the older kids were in school, Annie and I went to a Pirates and Princess Party at the mall.

Each child got a tiara or a pirate hat and they had all sorts of fun things set up for the kids – balloon animals, face painting, and crafts. Annie wasn’t interested in any of that (except for the tiara).

So we walked around a bit and stumbled upon this fun play area.

Annie loved it and would have stayed there all day if I’d let her.

She finally remembered that I’d promised her a cookie, so that made it easier for us to leave.

She was pretty excited about that cookie.