Carnival

Aaah, summer. I love it!

I wanted to take the kids to the carnival but Jeremy had to work late, so I took them by myself, after an already long day. I knew it would be worth it once we got there. We all enjoyed it until it was time to go, but both kids were overly tired. (We didn't even stay that long or late...) Even though both had a meltdown before we arrived home, I was glad we went and so we went back again a couple days later, this time with Dad, which made things SOOOO much easier, and let them ride a couple more rides. Looking at the pictures, though, I wonder if they really enjoyed it as much as I thought...This is Miranda's first ride--a roller coaster. She had huge, surprised eyes the whole ride and was griping the handle bar. Notice the girls behind her loving it, and the girl in front of her, who is huge--maybe it wasn't a good choice for a first timer... She said afterwards that her favorite ride was the "car". She took it so seriously, making sure she was "driving" (ie wiggling the steering wheel back and forth) the whole time. This was Brad's only ride besides in the stroller :) I would have done more, but he didn't enjoy this, and I had to hold him before it was over. Next year...When we went back with Dad they seemed to have a little more fun! Dad's always make things much more fun, don't they?