EV Carnival

After giving all three boys much needed summer cuts, the big one headed to school and the little two headed with me to a super fun carnival put on by Stanford for the families living in Escondido Village (EV).

T has never been willing to get his face painted. He actually screamed and cried when I tried to talk him into it at the Easter party. But this time he had the awesome idea to ask for paint on his arm instead of his face. OF COURSE he wanted a baseball, and the awesome artist put flames around it. He was very impressed. Enough, even, to ask for a basketball with Stanford flames on the other arm.

He got a tiger animal from the balloon man. Every time EV has a party they have the same man twisting balloons...and everytime T sees him he asks for a tiger. This one lasted about 3 1/2 minutes, until it was dropped on the grass and popped in a million pieces. I prepared myself for a meltdown, but Talmage actually found the whole process semi-amusing. Plus, I think he was eyeing the treat table by this point!

I probably shouldn't admit how many snow cones our family consumed on this sunny Saturday. Or how many bags of popcorn. They were provided by the University, so I pretty much let T help himself. And Evie even got a few little try's!

The biggest, most genuine Talmage smile I think I've ever caught on camera. All because a magician/comedian was talking about boiling underwear and hitting himself in the head with a balloon.

Talmage also got to ride a pony...twice! He shocked me by jumping right on and loving the whole process. He even waved at me when he rode on by. That is one brave child.

And then he went into the petting zoo and fed all of the animals. He especially liked feeding the goats, chasing the chickens and petting the bunnies.

This is an awful picture, but we got to ride in a train and both boys loved it. I put Evie in the seat next to me instead of holding him in my lap and I could tell he felt very big and loved it. He really likes to do things his brother is doing and it's really cute to watch them together.

At the end of the event the Stanford band came and performed. I don't know who was more excited--me or the kids (okay, that's an easy one, I was DEFINITELY the most excited person there about the band coming!) It was such, such, such a fun day and made me realize once again how lucky we are to be here.