Where life is worth living....

....That is the slogan for the town we live in. We went to the annual village carnival last Thursday....just about the only event that our little town hosts. I suppose the carnival could be the only reason the slogan exists. 4 days of pure fun (if you're a kid....big money pit if you're an adult)! There was a big parade on Thursday night, which we attended. Some people put out chairs along the side of the road early in the morning to insure the perfect spot to watch the parade. I waited until about 4pm to put our chairs out....we still got a good spot.

The parade was really long. It was already past the kids' bed time by the time it ended. But Iain was so excited to ride the ferris wheel that we had to visit the carnival before bed! We got in line to get on the ferris wheel and Ella started getting a little nervous. I asked her multiple times if she wanted to ride it and she kept saying no. But when it came time to get on, she was fine....didn't cry or whine about it. They both loved it!

After our ride on the ferris wheel we played a few games....games that you can't lose at, both kids got fun prizes. Iain saw a dunk tank and HAD to try to dunk the poor, cold boy sitting in the dunk seat. It only took him ONE throw to dunk the kid!! What an amazing 4 year old! After that it was home to bed. 30 minutes at the carnival is all you need to blow 20 bucks.

Summer time fun....

Just some fun pictures of the kids at the park near our house.

parade, fireworks and fishing....

Well, I feel like every time I post a new blog I have to apologize for not posting in so long. Sorry everyone....Maria this one's for you!

Over July 4th weekend we had some fun times. It was actually our first weekend together as a family since Sean finished school. So, I had been looking forward to some much needed time together (without traveling somewhere first). On Saturday morning we took the kids to the 4th of July parade. Lots of firetrucks and people throwing candy makes everyone happy!

After the parade, it was lunch and then naps. The deal was, if you didn't take a nap, you couldn't go to the fireworks! After 45 minutes of Iain complaining that he couldn't fall asleep, he did finally fall asleep. Good thing.

There was a little festival at the site of the fireworks, so we went at dinner time and had a bite to eat. While we ate Ella put on a show including some pretty good somersaults, which she decided recently, she wants to do all the time. Then the kids wanted to play on the big inflatable slide and win some prizes playing really easy games.

Ella and Iain both stayed up until 10pm waiting for the fireworks to start. Ella was so excited to see them. At every little noise, she would look around for some fireworks. When they finally started, Ella was a little scared and wanted to sit with Daddy so he could protect her from the loud noise. She closed her eyes every time there was an explosion. I'm not sure she actually saw any of the fireworks. After she got used to the noise, she went to sleep....and managed to stay sleeping through the finale. Crazy kid. Iain, however, loved watching the show and wasn't scared one bit. We realized this weekend that whenever Ella is scared, she wants Daddy to hold her. How cute is that? She did the same thing during the parade when the loud firetrucks came through.

On Sunday, Iain's request was to go fishing. He only lasted maybe 20 minutes then he wanted to throw rocks in the water....typical.

What fun times we had! Happy 4th of July!