We had a great busy busy weekend - we went to not one but TWO festivals - both somewhat similar and somewhat extremely different. First - back up for a moment - We recently purchased a new portable DVD player - our old one - well let's just say I'm surprised it didn't have a crank to use it. There was a sale and we bought it - it really won't be used until the flight to Disney World (59 days and counting) but Heidi was being a good girl and we wanted to try it out - so she got to watch a movie on it. The headphones are perfect and she LOVED it! Now why is she basically naked - that I don't remember...
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I love taking pictures of Heidi running - she is super goofy and if I can catch it - you get super happy pictures - I love her outfit too - I picked the dress - she picked the sunglasses, leggings and shoes and we agreed on the hair. :)
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First festival - the North Ridgeville Corn Festival - aka Millard Days with corn. It was ran very nicely - free parking - good movement of traffic - tons of booths - old cars to looks at and a very well laid out carnival area with a majority of the rides being towards the preschool - younger kids. Heidi has never really been on rides before - minus carousels of course - so we thought it would be a good test to see how she did - she LOVED the rides! She wanted to go again and again and wasn't scared at ALL! She was even buddy buddy with the Carnies (you know the I-don't-know-if-you-showered-this-week-you-just-finished-a-cigarette-why-are-you-starting-a-new-one-where-are-your-teeth workers)
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Man - I'm sorry but some of those rides just are sketchy. Heidi and Chris admiring the cotton candy - we got a bag and I think she took one bite. Lesson learned.
On to the 2nd festival - the Little Italy - Feast of Assumption or something??? I have no idea - but there was gambling, carnival rides, TONS and TONS of food and lots of people drinking. We left at 5pm and I have a feeling it turned into quite the party.
More rides for Heidi.
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Oh - we put her in this elephant thingy - started going in a circle and then lifted her way in the air - Daddy and Mommy were a wee bit nervous - Heidi - had a blast!
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Gelato break...
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Heidi going down a steep slide - once again - we thought it was a little high - didn't even phase Heidi.