Apr 19, 2008

Carnival Fun

Our church has a big carnival once a year and we had the Roy family come over and go with us. Natalie (in this picture) and Isabel were very excited to go to the carnival with baby Jacob and ride the rides. This was the small train and was really the only ride that Jacob could go on. So Andrea rode with Jacob and Natalie and Isabel got their own train cars to ride in.
Here comes Izzy bringing up the back end of the train!
There was a small roller coaster and Natalie decided that she wanted to ride it. She was very brave and got up in the front car of the ride!

Jacob and Izzy were too little for the roller coaster so they waited for Natalie. Jacob was having a great time kicking back in his stroller watching all the people.
Izzy wanted Jacob to get out of the stroller and come watch Natalie on the roller coaster.
so off they went! I love this picture of them walking together!
There were some games that were geared towards the younger kids. This was a game that even Jacob could play. He was fascinated by the ducks going round and round in the little pool.
So we all encouraged him to pick his own duck. Natalie and Isabel did a great job in picking their ducks and getting a prize.
So finally Jacob decided he could do it it. He picked his duck and guess what he won?
His very own rubber ducky for the bathtub! He carried it around for a long time in his stroller!
Then it was time to get something to eat. Everyone did a great job eating their dinner so we got the kids some ice cream for desert.
Jacob like the strawberry ice cream. He had a little trouble eating it off the cone so we used a spoon.
Natalie and Izzy had some vanilla ice cream. It was yummy!
Jacob is at the age where he is wanted to do more stuff on his own. So he took a shot at eating the ice cream by him self. Things got a little messy but that is what baby wipes are for!
They had a booth that said Giant Wild Alive Rat! The biggest rat in the world. It was hilarious, so for a dollar I had to go find out. I will tell you it was the biggest rat I had ever seen! This thing was over a 100 pound! OK, it did not look all that ferocious like the guy was saying over the loud speaker, but it was pretty darn big!
I think the thing the kids liked the most was the giant slide. Andrea bless her heart, must have gone up and down this the slide 50 times! Here comes Izzy and her mommy Kelly, and Andrea and Natalie. They just loved it!

Whew! They made it to the bottom. Of course the first thing they said was, "can we go again"?
So they did. This time Izzy went with her daddy Brian.
Andrea and Tim wanted to take Jacob and I kept saying no. I thought he was too little and it would scare him. After a lot of poking and prodding, they talked me into it. I was really nervous that he would be screaming and crying. But noooooo! He make a big liar our of mommy! He LOVED it!
Here I come with Natalie! We were laughing and screaming all the way down.
Here come Andrea with Jacob again. He was holding the plastic spoon he had ice cream with. I did not know he had it in his hand until I saw him coming down the slide.
I was hoping they would not crash at the bottom and he would stab himself with the plastic spoon. Of course he didn't but hey, it is a moms job to worry about everything, right?!
Andrea was a good sport and Took Natalie on a few of the rides that the bigger kids could go on. Natalie was having a blast! Round and round they went! I Took Jacob on the little train one more time, and Natalie and Isabel rode one more of the smaller rides together before we went home. It was so much fun for the kids and we all enjoyed spending the time together.

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