Hot Balloons

We left Wednesday for the 9 hour drive - which we broke into 2 days - to Reno for the hot air balloon race, which started today. Every half hour or so on the drive, Leia would ask if it was time for 'hot balloons'. 

We finally got to tell her 'yes' this morning at 5 a.m., when we woke her to leave for the 6:45 big event. She's going to be really pleased when we get her up tomorrow morning at 4 a.m. for Dawn Patrol. 
I was afraid Leia would be scared by the size of the balloons and the noise of the fans and burners, but I was wrong. She was fascinated. 


She especially loved the big, special shapes balloons; the panda and the ladybug were her favorites. 



Blogger on the Ipad is giving me grief, plus we have to be up in just a few hours, so I'll just show you the rest of our morning. Suffice it to say, we had a lot of fun.