family fun in franklin

this is the good stuff! riding in style this past week, we had made plans to attend one of the famous street festivals in franklin (just south of nashville). we were pretty bummed when we awoke to rain on saturday morning. however, around lunchtime, the sun made an appearance and we decided to venture forth. after we were lucky enough to find a parking space (who knew that you could cram so many cars into so few vacant fields?), we were greeted by the wonderful smells of food and the sounds of country music (we do live in nashville, would you expect anything less?!). franklin has an adorable downtown. in fact, the street vendors detract from it's architectural and historical beauty. however, seeing all of the local (and some not so local) merchants displaying their crafts was the best window shopping ever. there were quite a few things there that i wouldn't mind seeing on mother's day-hint, hint :) alas, tom and i minded the budget and didn't purchase anything...shocking, i know. caleb was in a relatively pleasant mood considering we didn't leave enough time to walk around before it was nap time. the highlights of the day for him were riding on daddy's shoulders, the balloon, and the mikshakes! who knew that 15 month olds were so proficient with straws? given his gene pool, we should have!!! just glad he didn't give himself an ice cream headache.