Yep, you heard me.  I went to a chocolate festival *insert me doing the happy chocolate dance*.

There actually wasn't nearly as much chocolate there as a chocoholic would have liked to see but there was just enough to keep me satisfied.  The event was actually more like a street fair with rides, loads of vendors and lots of food with one little section cornered off for my one true love my kids, my husband, CHOCOLATE … just kidding … or am I. 

It's even held annually.  How did I not know this, I mean seriously I eat more chocolate than anybody I know, where the heck was I for the past couple of years. 

I devoured a mint mocha chip frappucino from Starbucks and chocolate coated cheesecake on a stick from Yo Lily Cheesecake – OMG to die for, seriously!  Jay did the non chocolate thing and had a rainbow Italian ice and the rest of the clan just trailed along behind me as I browsed and ate and browsed and ate.  We stopped to watch a band so Marisol could wiggle for a bit and then raced out of the festival after Marisol spotted an obstacle course bounce house.  She desperately wanted to go in there but didn't meet the height requirements, thus a major meltdown ensued. 

It was after 3pm by the time we left the festival and nobody had eaten lunch so we made a stop at the California Pizza Kitchen (my favorite pizza place) for a very late one. The kids were on their best behavior, although Marisol was getting rather loud screaming out 'STAR' every time Jay drew a star on her coloring book :).

You won't believe it though, me, the girl with 2 cameras and a video camera forgot to take any of them with me today.  Yep, you heard it here first, I forgot my cameras.  Has this ever happened before?  Thankfully I had Jay give me a super quick lesson on how to use my Blackberry's camera feature … yep it's a very sad day when a 12 year old has to give you a lesson on how to use your own phone but the pictures actually came out pretty good I think.

1. Jay and I with our treats.     2.  Jay and Marisol rubbing noses.

3. Look how carefully Flynn draws – he no longer does random scribble, he colors in lines as best he can and over the top of things like letters and numbers.

4.  He had a great time getting his crayons in and out of his table mat.  Those things are great if you remember my post a while back when I purchased them.