Soon after they announced the scrubbing of the shuttle launch on April 29th, I arrived back at our viewing spot to find some guy taking pictures of my eldest son. Noting the NASA official standing next to him, I realized that he was an official photographer and not some crazy guy taking pictures of kids. For those of you who are interested, there was an article in the Wall Street Journal in which the photo appeared. Just click here.
We visited the NC Ag Fest this past weekend. Similar to the State Fair, but on a slightly smaller scale, Ag Fest had lots of activities to keep the kids busy. We met up with some good friends and tackled the cotton candy, the hot-n-spicy peanuts, the Malt-O-Meal cereal, various jams and jellies, a couple of NC wines (moms and dads only, of course - Shelton is easily our favorite).
And the rides. Oh yes, the rides. Not smaller than the State Fair by much, Ag Fest had quite an assortment of rides for the kids. The older boys rode the scarier rides, including a Winding Worm roller coaster. NoJoe and Weezy did their best to keep pace with their older siblings - here are the kids riding the 4-wheelers:
At this weekend's Lake Eden Arts Festival, our family had a fantastic time - as usual. We usually go to LEAF in October, but decided to try the Spring version this time around. The Kid's Village was great - a bouncing good time on the EuroBungy apparatus, awe-inspiring flips and flops on the trapeze trainer, a melange of miscellaneous activities on the tennis courts and a bunch of terrific acts on the stage (check out The 3 Dudes, Secret Agent 23Skidoo, Forty Fingers and a Missing Tooth and Sara Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion among others).
Even the rain did nothing to dampen the mood. Our two boys made the best of the scattered showers by dancing in the rain and mud on Saturday - this required the use of quite a few baby wipes, since the boys were in no mood to shower by the time we were headed back up to our tent.
We made lots of new friends this weekend. We camped near a bunch of really friendly people and met tons of great new friends while walking around, playing in the Kid's Village, eating/snacking at various picnic tables, learning how to drum or dancing to the music. We even met one new friend while waiting in line to try an adventurous new activity -> Cooper's new friend, Giselle, joined us whilst ZIPLINING:
