Weekend Update!!

As I do this more often (if anyone reads it, that is) they won't ALL be this long! I promise! I just got windy ;) Wendy=windy!

This weekend there was a KidsFest here in Missouri Valley. We had known about it for a month, but it wasn't until the last couple of weeks we found out it was FREE!

Free is my favorite word! Especially with three girls!

So we headed down Saturday. It started at 10am and we got there around 10:30am. (I swear Andy will be late for his own funeral haha) We were surprised to see barely any kids there. But the girls jumped right in on the fun. No waiting in lines!

They did the mini ferris wheel, rode ponies and jumped in bouncy castles.

The mini ferris wheel seats rock back and forth.... if you make them. Out of the 8 seats... 7 were rocking hard core! Guess who was in the 8TH!? That's right! Jackie, Emmy and Julie! Lil chickens, just like mom! They were totally fine until they started letting people off. The brakes cause the thing to shake and Emmy got really nervous. But she survived and even went on again later! :)






Next were the ponies. I do believe we will own a farm in our future.






We have three horse lovers. With Jackie being their #1 fan. Andy's grandparents own a farm and have a beloved horse named, Duke.
The girls all love him and take pride in feeding him! After they got the hang of hanging on, they were left to go around by themselves ;) All did wonderfully!










Then we hit the MEGA blow up thing of all time! This thing had climbing walls, slides, cliffs, punching bags.... everything a kid would love! Emmy went first and surprised me her lil bod could handle the roughage ;) Then went Jackie who could barely pull herself up the wall!


And last was Julie who flew thru it like she had done it 100 times before!


















The 'clown act' was starting. By the quotes, I mean... it wasn't great haha But I have to say, none of the three girls are scared of clowns, so they enjoyed the corny lil show.


His acts were less than entertaining and the sun was shining brightly on us, so we decided to leave. But not before getting balloon animals. A dog, A bunny and a cat that all looked the exact same!



In the newspaper it was advertised "All food donated by FoodLand (our local rip-off of a grocery store.... gotta love small town prices!!) and to be sold at 'old fashion' prices". Yay! I'm thinking a dime... a quarter, right? Some of you may remember that ;) Imagine my surprise when it's $2 for a pork, chicken, turkey, beef and guinea pig hot dog! No thanks to that! So we headed out for some chicken crowns from BK! $1!! Grammy Addy (Andy's mom) met us there and the girls were excitedly surprised!!





Back to the KidsFest we went! Andy called his buddy, Mike, to bring his little guy, Zack! Share the free fun, right!? So we watched the 'circus' while we waited. Again, the quotes are for the lack of 'aw' that was experienced. First off, it was the clown w/o make-up redoing the same acts. Then the 'circus' part came. The kids, of course, got a HUGE kick out of it. They ALL got to dress up! THEY were the 'act's. The clowns and the animals and the trapeze flyers!!! Of course, after running around in circles to circus music for 1/2 an hour, they were more than done! But what kid doesn't enjoy dress-up?!

After that it was off to the bouncy castles and games! As if we didn't have enough little erasers, bouncy balls and other misc made-in-china crap.... but it's all for the kids! Emmy was super stoked to win a pink fluffy rabbit that I think was made in 1983 and probably had 12 previous owners. But whatever makes her happy!!

While in the bouncy castle Emmy comes out and says "I need a break, my tummy feels funny". The teenage girl's , volunteering to watch the Whopper Hopper, eyes about popped out of her head. I asked "It couldn't be all of the free sugar they are giving out, could it?" Imagine, at this point more kids had shown up, 100's of kids running around after getting free sno-cones, cotton candy and rootbeer floats! She got better and hopped back in, only after PROMISING the teenage girl she would NOT puke in the Whopper Hopper! The girls hopped around while Zacky laid on the floor of it and was flailed about!





They had karaoke set up.... but we have karaoke 24/7 at home!! And I really didn't want to hear anymore Material Girl, Oops I Did It Again or Goodbye Earl ;) But this town is a lil backwards as I over her a little guy sing "Redneck Woman" in which some words are "And I'm a red neck woman, I ain't no high class broad". Cute! Then an older boy got up and sang "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" Nuff said!



Mommy had a girls night out planned! So we headed for home. The girls were a little hesitant, but when they realized Grammy was staying the night and Zacky was coming over to play (and whispers of ordering pizza were mentioned!!) they RAN to the truck!!