Collin, Grandma H, Clayton and his mommy spent Saturday morning at the annual Children's Festival downtown. I used to go to this festival when I was little so I thought it would be fun for at least Collin and I to go. I sent a message out to several of our friends and I was happy to see that we were not going alone.
The night before, Daddy explained what he was doing the next day. "What's a "festival""? Good question because he has probably not heard that word before. "It's a place that has lots of different activities, games, prizes and things to do." Collin then wanted to know if he was going to have fun. The questions went back and forth for about 15 minutes.
The next morning, we left in time to be in line when the festival opened. We had no idea how unorganized it would and did not plan for it. The festival gates opened 30 minutes late. In the meantime, we stood there trying to keep the boys entertained. They did OK for having to wait. Probably as good as the mommies and Grandma H. We finally got to go in....and the fun began.
The festival is divided into different themed areas. We started with the circus area first and watched a motorcycle on the tightrope with a lady dangling below on a swing. The boys loved watching this. Then, the watched a 10 year old juggler for just a bit, got bored and kept walking because they really wanted a long, blue balloon. The balloon was taller than Collin. I had no idea how attached AND afraid of losing the balloon he would be. He wanted to hold it with both hands and have me also not just hold the string but wrap it around my fingers a few times. Only when he was playing with something did he let me hold the balloon after he gave me several instructions about how to hold it to not loose it.
We saw pirates and they wanted to know why they were there and took pictures with them. They stopped to look at and pet a snake. Neither one of them were scared. Clayton's mommy was surprised Clayton was brave enough to pet the snake.
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| The boys dancing to the music. I love Collin's face in this one. |
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| The boys not knowing where to start. This was their first stop so I think they were a little overwhelmed with everything going on. |
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| The blue balloon! |
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| Giving us directions but not daring to let the balloon go |
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| Arg! |
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| Snake!!! |
There were lots of rides and things to do but we were surprised that the boys did not want to do many of them.....and quickly realize we over-bought coupons for the rides.
They spent most of there time in the Imagination area which included playing with Legos and large, blue building blocks. We enjoyed watching them use their imagination and build a track for a ball to roll around on and eventually a car.
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| The boys working together |
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| Here is the car. Collin is holding the steering wheel |
The 3 1/2 hours we were there flew buy. The boys had a good time but I don't think we will be going back any time soon because of the disorganization, crowd and cost of everything.
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