we took the four youngest to the local carnival last week.
it was at bedtime.
it was a surprise.
they loved it…lots of “yeah the carnival!!!” in the car.
then annie got on the first ride…
pure terror.
this ride is 2 feet off the ground and i am literally 3 feet away.
i can touch her as she goes by.
but still the scariest thing she’s ever done in her life apparently.
she sat the rest of the rides out.
but she loved watching and cheering for her brothers and sister.
i don’t think these rides have changed since i was a child.
just as rickety as they were then.
i remember screaming (like annie) and begging to be let off this ride
when i was in jr. high.
i have no tolerance for this stuff.
i have even thrown up!
aren’t you glad you know that?
when i looked over and saw craig riding in this silver bullet ride with sean
i thought “oh please don’t die in a fiery explosion”
sean was pumped after going on that.
he loved the fact that he was the bravest kid in our family that night.
don’t those cars look scary?
annie sure thought so.
the girls wanted a stuffed animal so bad…
but we had no money after buying the ridiculously priced tickets.
wow.
it was perfect weather,
family fun together and
super memories were made.
the kids can’t wait till next year.
(we’d better start saving our money now.)
traci - gotta love the carnival. used to love the tilt-a-whirl!!! can’t do it now though. poor annie!
Peggy - You take amazing photos!!!
Marla - Looks like a lot of fun. But I hear ya on the $$$ we go through a small fortune when the PRCA rodeo is in town.
Liz - I LOVE carnivals! Poor Annie. I love the pic where her dad is holding her, her little face is so suspicious of those scary rides! Adorable.
Amanda Jo - Wow…this post brought back a lot of memories!!
It seems your daughter and I have a lot in common – carnival rides terrify me also!
Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
chris - Poor Annie , I see her pain,you never know who will like a ride,my super dare devil child hated rides until this year, we had to force her to ride things at Disney fun !, I love rides but spinning rides are awful, nearly puked the last time I was on one, I must be getting old.
It looks like you guys are having a great summer , I am gonna try that side walk paint, looks llike fun .
Jenn - love those rides . . . two years ago kassade, keyton and I all shoved into the bullet together . . . screaming the entire time. . . keyton thought he was going to fall out . . . what a great memory. I know how I felt after the bullet ride – wonder if craig felt the same way?
crystal - You are so right about how much money it costs. But for us I figure it’s once a year and it would be a shame not to let the kids experience a carnival or county fair – especially since I went all the time as a child and have such great memories.
Liz - I’m right with Annie regarding rides, I just don’t like them. Can’t even watch them. How wimpish is that?!!
Jennifer P. - Oh the carnival!!! It use to come and set up at our tiny mall when I was little! Loved it! I think it was overpriced then too.
I love these pictures soooo much! It feels like I was actually there with you guys.
Marnie - That looks like so much fun. You guys sure have fun together.
I feel for Annie, I hate those sorts of things too – my sense of balance gets all outta whack and then I’m a gone-er!!
Allikayesmama - Your pictures made me feel like I was there! I could smell the funnel cakes and popcorn! I was a scaredy girl too when I was little – and better to play it safe than go on those scary rides!! But still…you are so good at making those memories…and capturing them with your skillz!!
Lanny Stanard - Sorry I sick just sick looking at those ride! LOL… Come over and visit theres somthing going on 🙂
Lanny:)
Dayna - Holy cow, those carnivals are expensive. Worth it for the memories, though! Glad everyone had a good time.
Brandy - Awww poor Annie! I have twin daughters that are almost 4 and last year we had the same thing. They would race to get to a new ride and would sometimes even make it inside the gate, only to turn around crying and decide “not this one Mama”.
We take our brood to the fair tomorrow! We’ll see how they do this year!
Pattie - Our family was just sitting around the other night lamenting that there have been NO carnivals anywhere around us for the last two summers. We would always get to one about 7:30 and stay until just after dark. Cotten Candy was always a must. I don’t think we missed a summer of carnival fun for at least 15 years.
Thanks for the pictures. I love the memories they bring…tears, sticky hands and all!
danelle - we were mean parents and said “no we aren’t going, it’s too expensive”.
Joni - Oh my… poor Annie. I remember the first time we took Macy on a ride. This was “pre-language” but she knew some sign-language at that point. I was riding on a similar ride like Annie’s WITH her, and she turned to her daddy and grandparents who were watching and while crying signed “all done.” I felt so bad. The operator stopped the ride for us. She clutched onto me for the rest of the day, even after we left the “ride” section.
Suzanne - you got that right, girlfriend…they are MUCHO expensive! i am not a daredevil at all, but MY annie, can’t get enough of six flags!! she rides it all! i bet on the way there, you could have gotten your kids to do just about anything, they loved you so much for taking them!
you’ll have to come check out my summer favs & tell me some of yours!!