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August 14, 2004

Grapefest 2004

We took WildChild to the little carnival at the Tontitown Grapefest last night. We were smarter than last year, we enlisted my daughter & FSIL to go & help us keep up with the boy......a wise decision.

He didn't remember going last year, so he wasn't quite sure what we meant when we said we were going to ride rides. As soon as he saw it though, he was wound up tighter than a $2 watch, all squealing and prancing around.

"Look Ma! I walking on my toes!"

Indeed he was.

He had a blast. He's finally big enough to ride the kiddie rides by himself....sorry, the 'big boy' rides. He even, and I'll know you'll be proud of him Keith, rode his very first roller coaster by himself. It was just a small one for little kids, but he loved it. Every time they would go down the one little dip it had, the little girl sitting next to him would start crying. Not him. He was laughing his head off, then when the dip ended he would look at the crying little girl like "WTH is wrong with you?"

He was one tired little boy by the time we left. My daughter & I were putting him in the car seat when we were leaving, and I remarked that I needed to hurry up & get home so I could use the bathroom. (No way I was using the Porta-potties there) My daughter teasingly asked me if I needed a diaper. WildChild looked at me and utterly serious asked "Ma? Want my Pull-Up?"

Now that's love, innit?

Posted by Rita at August 14, 2004 07:51 AM

Comments

Yay for rollercoasters!

There are few things finer than being a kid at a carnival. I have great memories of Labor Day in South Dakota. That's when the carnival would come to town and set up all the rides on Main Street. It was amazing.

Posted by: Keith at August 14, 2004 02:21 PM

I knew you'd like that part. His dad was pretty excited about too when I IM'd him...he loves roller coasters even more than I do. The scarier the better.

This wasn't much of a carnival. There'll be a much bigger one at the county fair.

Posted by: rita at August 14, 2004 02:36 PM

When you're that size, they're all gigantic.

Posted by: Keith at August 14, 2004 10:36 PM