Google Picnic 2008

Yesterday was the annual Google Family Picnic. We met Daddy over at the Googleplex and headed over for some fun times at the carnival themed event. There was tons of food, entertainment, games, and prizes for young and old.

Daddy and Emma check out the picnic map to figure out where to start

Emma finishes off her plate of Bar-b-que before heading off to play

One of the most popular places (with the longest lines) was the build a bear station. Here are the bears lined up waiting to be chosen

Emma hugs on her new google bear friend

Then she must think of a name for the birth certificate... can you guess the name she chose? She named him Bear, of course

Next, we headed over to the sand box to dig for treasure. Emma and daddy finally found an inflatable ball hidden well beneath the sand

Off to the petting zoo, where Emma loved on bunnies, ducks, goat, and chickens

Then Emma decided to catch some butterflies. The goal was to catch a flying butterfly in your net...

Emma thought it was much easier to pick up the ones on the ground and put them in her net

Emma liked motoring around in the paddle boats. She did a great job turning the handles, but sometimes went in circles when she only turned on one side

The ball pit was Emma's ultimate favorite part of the day... She was crying in the car on the way home to go back into the balls

Swimming in a sea of balls

Lastly, Emma and Daddy took a ride around in the Google train

Daddy got a little upset when he found out mommy took this time to take the last Oreo ice cream sandwich and then followed the train around with it. Don't worry, they brought out more :)
We had a really fun afternoon. Emma would have stayed all day and night if we had let her; but alas, it was time for a much needed nap for all.