Carnival Fun...

So last weekend we took the kids to their school's Carnival. I have to say, I was not excited to go, since last year we went and it was 95+ degrees and no shade, not enough to drink...just plain miserable. You know you have to really love your kids to put yourself through that kind of torture...

Well this year, everything seemed to be better. Starting with the weather...a nice 80 degrees. Not too hot. It was nice. Second, I learned last year that the food is not very good, so we ate dinner at home before we went. Third, the carnival company the school contracted with was much, much better. They had better slides, bounce houses, and even a mini train!

Another reason why I had lots of fun, was I had just ordered a new camera case. It's a backpack designed for camera equipment. I was super excited to try it out, so I wore it all evening. LOVE IT!

I was able to get some really fun shots of the kids...

Sadie thought the slide looked really fun....from a distance. Once we got her up close, paid the tickets, and helped her up, she immediately turned around and got off. Luckily they were nice enough to give us our tickets back...

Spencer had a lot more patience waiting in lines. While Ethan went on 4 or 5 bounce things, Spencer patiently waited for the cool obstacle course bounce house.

Spencer also held Ethan's place in line for the American Gladiator battle. I think it's pretty funny how they randomly chose their color of helmets which matched their clothes!

It was really entertaining to watch. I didn't upload the 35 photos I took during their 4 minute battle. They could barely lift the big battle sticks!

So while the boys were running from activity to activity, I played with Sadie on the playground. She loved going down all the slides...she's so brave! They were tall!

After a while we noticed a mini train. I rounded up Ethan and thought, here we go again, she will get scared at the last minute. I was wrong! She hopped right in the train and smiled and waved! She LOVED it! She loved it so much, she didn't want to get off!

My FAVORITE picture... How cool is this pic? Doesn't his face say it all?

So, I guess I haven't sworn off the school carnival. I'm willing to give it another try next year, since this year was actually a lot of fun!!!