Monday, March 7, 2011

March = Festivals

February and March in Florida means having an unbelievable amount of weekend options. There are more festivals than you can shake a stick at, not that we do that sort of thing. Last weekend, we ignored a local eco-type fest AND some music one in order to... go to the park. So this weekend, we thought that we ought to take advantage of the fun!

A local church celebrates their patron saint's "feast day" with a totally affordable and fun festival. There were pony rides, and Jim said that Kaden wouldn't let Jim touch the horse or him- "I do it, Daddy". We hear a lot of that nowadays, but he did seem pretty steady in the saddle.

And then there was the humungo slide. Surprisingly, it took a bit of coaxing to get Kaden to try it the first time... but then again, the gaggle of excited kids pushing to get on could've had something to do with it. Once he went, though, he got more and more brave- eventually going in by himself, having a teen help him up the ladder... and then coming down by himself. Fast.


There were also lots of games- we spent over an hour and less than 10 bucks, but came home with entirely too many stuffed animals. I have no idea why, but Kaden's favorite turned out to be a turkey beanie baby. He held up in the air, yelling "Super Turkey" and "Look, Mama, we're flying." Um, okay! It's all good, though- we already gave two away to the twins and I managed to talk him into choosing 2 panda bears to give to the church--- our VBS theme is coming up :)

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