Sunday, July 18, 2010

We love festibuls.

What's better than a kid's festival on a gorgeous day?  A FREE kid's festival SPONSORED BY FIRE FIGHTERS on a gorgeous day when you RUN INTO YOUR BEST BUDDY FROM YOUR OLD DAY CARE.  Breckin and I (and now, Ella) love festivals.  We try to go to as many as we can during the summer.  Dustin, however, does not.  His least favorite things on the planet are crowds, inaccessible parking lots, lines, and generic disorganization.  Therefore, he does not accompany us to our festivals because no one in attendance would enjoy it. 

Last summer, this one snuck past us.  I think it happened to fall on one of those 114 degree days where it cooled down to 99 degrees at night.  At midnight.  This one might be the best one yet.  It was entirely free.  The bouncy house, huge fire truck slide, model airplane building, bubble table, fishing game, beach ball center, and weird coat hanger craft table (we skipped that one) were all free.  I spent $1 on the hugest Otter Pop you've ever seen and that was it.  We brought our own pb&j picnic lunch complete with circus animal cookies and capri-suns but that was to give us a break from the supposed madness and let Ella roll around for a bit. 

There were hardly any lines at the slide and bouncy house.  We ran into a fantastic family from back in the day when Breckin went to day care at Emerald Downs.  Breckin and his little buddy immediately remembered each other and pretty much hung out all day.  This great little festival took place right along side a small beach area so they played in the sand in between bouncy house trips and random running around the big grassy area.  Did I mention the candy cannon?  Oh, that was free, too.  That thing can seriously blow out candy and the kids loved it.  I've never seen Breckin so excited over a dinner mint.  Free fun is great fun. 











 

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