Watermelon Festival- Part II

The parade was planned for Saturday and what is a parade without throwing out candy? So to keep the Watermelon theme going I turned this red bowl into a Watermelon!

I also made some Watermelon shaped fans and personalized some of them too!

Now let me just say I knew it was going to be hot but, I just had not prepared myself for just how HOT it was going to be. Did I mention it was HOT? The parade started at 10am but we had to be there around 9:15am. I thought that it may not be that bad since it was in the morning, but I was WRONG!

Maddie with her proud Daddy!

While we were waiting for everyone to get lined up, Maddie spotted a couple of her friends.

She enjoyed playing around with them for a little while.

After waiting for everyone to get in correct order, it was finally time to start the parade!

Maddie's umbrella was made special by her Aunt La La and it

came in very handy in keeping that sunlight off!

Thank you, Laurie, for taking your time to make an extra one for Maddie!

My niece,Harley, was ready to roll!

Maddie really enjoyed throwing candy out to everyone at the parade.

After the parade was over, we headed over to the Ag Center to the Festival. Despite the heat, we all had a great time and really enjoyed our day!

Watermelon Festival 2009- Part I

Last weekend was the Watermelon Festival! So since Maddie is Toddler Miss Watermelon she had to participate in ALL the activities. So on Friday night, we went out to Pals Park to kick off the Watermelon Festivities! They introduced the Watermelon Queens on stage and then there was a concert.

Maddie and Emma waiting to go on stage!

(Emma is my good friend and hairstylist, Ashley's daughter)

My niece, Harley!

All the girls on stage!

It was HOT when we first got there but after the sun went down it cooled off a lot. We had so much fun eating boiled peanuts and talking with friends!

Josh and Maddie

Mikayla, my cousin Anita's daughter!

Emma and Maddie

Dune Buggy the Clown even stopped by to make some balloon animals for the girls!

They weren't real sure about him at first, but the warmed up to him!

It was very nice to watch all the little one's have play and have fun!

Would you just look at those at those pretty baby blues!!

My niece, Abbey

Maddie, Mikayla and their friend from church, Olivia!

Everyone had fun right up until it was time to go home!

And the 2009 Toddler Miss Watermelon is.....

These are the words I found myself hearing as I was standing on stage last Saturday. Well, we all know that I'm definately past the point of having the option to be in a pageant let alone in the Toddler divison. HA!! Of course you already know, it was Maddie, she was in the 2009 Watermelon Pageant. It was her first pageant ever and possibly her last. Not because she didn't do well but because it was pretty stressful on me to make sure everything was covered and she was were she needed to be at the right time and we all know how I tend to run a little late sometimes!

Now onto the best part, I know you are probably wondering why I haven't mentioned where she placed, but thats coming...PROMISE! First I'd like share a few pictures after all pictures are what makes a blog, right??


Here she is waiting for her division to be called on stage! She's growing so FAST! :(

I have to be honest and admit that I started to have my doubts about her dress, but once it was on her I knew it was PERFECT for her!!

A BIG THANK YOU goes to Jennifer G. for curling Maddie's hair! It was PERFECT and I really appreciate her taking her Saturday to do that for us. It took her around 3 1/2 hours to curl it all. Some of the mothers of other girls in Maddie's division thought she had a hairpiece (aka wig to me anyways) and that kinda bothered me b/c I would NEVER put something like that on my baby at her age. Needless to say I gladly lifted her hair and kinda tugged on it (sorry Maddie!!) to show them it was very real and attached to her beautiful little head! Now moving on....

Here she is on stage, she enjoyed it for sure! She waved at our family and blew kisses!

So after all the beautiful little girls had their turn on the stage, we all came out one last time for the judges to get their final look before making their decisions.

Ok, now comes the fun part where I tell you how Maddie placed.........

We were all lined up on the stage and they annouced "The Toddler Miss Sponsorship Queen is........ contestant #6, Madison Peel!!" Yay, She won Sponsorship Queen in her division!!!

Here she is with her sash and trophy!!

Next they annouced "The Toddler Miss Photogenic Queen is.........contestant #6, Madison Peel!!" I was so happy that she won most Photogenic too!!

This is the picture that won her Photogenic Queen in her division!

I'm proud to add that I'm the one who took the picture!!

Finally came the annoucement we all had been waiting for "The 2009 Toddler Miss Watermelon Queen is..........contestant #6, Madison Peel!!" I was so proud and excited!

Here is the little Beauty Queen in all her glory!!! She definately thought she was the bomb.com!!! HA!

She also ended up winning the Overall Sponsorship Queen but I didn't get a picture of that crowning. Later that night Maddie asked me why they kept putting those ribbons on her. She was referring to the sashes which she didn't particulary care for. She was much more interested in the crowns and trophies! Here she is with her BIG crown for Overall Sponsorship!

Here are all the things she won that day! We are proud of our little girl, of course we would have been proud of her even if she didn't win anything too. All the little one's were beautiful that day.

Maddie was not the only little beauty queen in the family that was crowned on Saturday. Our neices, Harley and Abbey both were also in the Watermelon Pageant. Harley (5 years) was crowned Tiny Tot Miss Watermelon and Sponsorship Queen in her division and Abbey (8 months) was 1st runner up and Photogenic Queen in the Sugar Baby division!!

We are very proud of all of our girls!!!!