I have wanted to go to BottleRock (a music festival in the Napa Valley) since it started a few years ago. My lovely husband had no interest, but at dinner with friends one night the other wives mentioned that they wanted to go, too. So the husbands got together, and got us girls tickets (VIP tickets, even!). Lucky for me, my parents live in St Helena, in the Napa Valley, so we had a place to stay. Unfortunately, our son had a baseball tournament in Half Moon Bay, and since my husband is a coach, my daughter was at loose ends. My parents were out of town, my nieces, who were both living with my parents at the time, were working (one at BottleRock), and so I wasn't sure what to do with Olivia. However, in researching information for our trip to the event, I learned that children of a certain age could get in free with a ticketed adult. So Olivia got to be a "Little Rocker" for the day. She was a trooper, and we all had so much fun. We got temporary tattoos, rocked the silent disco, ate good food, and more. I had contingencies for Olivia -- my aunt living in Napa, and my two nieces offered to take her home early, if she got tired -- but Olivia hung with the big girls to the bitter end. Singing and rocking with Walk the Moon, Michael Franti, and especially Florence + the Machine. It was really hot, and such a fun day! I didn't want to carry my big camera, so these are shots from my phone before it died -- I need a new phone....
