This year was out first in a while that we didn't celebrate The Fourth of July doing Olde Glory Days with Family. Luckily for our kids, Parkville had a very similar celebration, so we decided to make it a fun weekend and pretend like we were having fun in Clinton.
Joseph was excited to see many of the same rides as he is used to, although the placement of them confused him. I think he thought we were in Clinton, even though we were missing Nana and Papa, cousins and the Clinton square!
We opted to get the kids the unlimited ride wristbands, thinking we would stay for a while. It was a gorgeous night, so apparently everyone else in Parkville had the same plans. It got crowded very quickly, and became apparent we weren't going to be staying too long.
Maddie and I went to do rides she wanted to do, while Joe took Joseph on "big kid" rides.
We met back up at these spiny cars, then grabbed some cotton candy and headed home.
Joseph realized this year how much fun the crazy rides can be-the Tilt a Whirl was definitely a favorite!
The next morning we headed out to the neighborhood entrance and watched the parade with lots of friends. And got candy. Lots of candy!
Joe and I had bought some carnival tickets thinking we would need them to go on the rides with the kids. Luckily, (or not) they didn't take any the night before. So when Maddie went down for her nap, I took Joseph back down to the Carnival to use up our tickets.
He decided to mainly go on the adult rides again, and I was amazed at how brave he was!
He got a little too over confident, though, when he decided he was old enough to tackle the rockets that swing back and forth, until they go upside down. He loved it while we were swinging forward, and them almost got sick when they switched and we were going around backward. Honestly, I didn't like it either.
We got off and he immediately said he felt bad. Like this bad:
We only had one ticket left at that point, and he kept saying his tummy hurt. So we headed home, where he promptly threw up his lunch. Poor kid!
We discovered everyone else was resting up for that night's activities.
But a few hours later we were back out with Tricia and Scott at a neighborhood block party. Maddie was freaked out by the fire crackers at first, but after raiding the food tables she calmed down and met a few new friends. We brought some leftover fireworks from last year, and Joe let Joseph help him shoot them off.
Eventually Joseph got to do a few "himself" and had so much fun. Although we didn't know many people there, we had a great night and were pleasantly surprised at how long the kids lasted. It was well past bedtime when we headed home, watching fireworks being shot off all around. What a fun end to a long but great holiday!
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