Pow Wow Monday

The Monday of our vacation was filled with more Pow Wow activities including rides, bingo, supper in the park (egg rolls and Pow Wow Pups again!), and the grand parade.

Jonah has been talking about the Dizzy Dragons since last summer and wanted to go on it first this year. 

Silas and Lydia enjoyed the carousel

If you asked Silas, he would say his favorite ride was "The Doggies." These doggies are pretty tame, but they make an almost 3-year old happy.

My mom and I took the boys on the tilt-a-whirl. Jonah absolutely loved it. Silas experienced just about every emotion possible in those few minutes we were on the ride. I don't think his little body knew what to expect. He went from tears to laughing and back again. My mom and I kept telling him how much fun we were having. Maybe he believed us...

Going down the big slide with Grandpa took a bit of courage, but he did it. And then he went down many more times!

And, this picture of Jonah makes me so happy. He has always been a bit cautious about uneven or uneasy surfaces. He hasn't been a big fan of the moving bridges on playgrounds. But over the past year, we have seen Jonah face these challenges head on. I didn't get a picture of this whole thing, but it had a rope climb, inflatable slides, these bridges, and some other activities that you went through. I didn't count how many times Jonah went on this ride. It was tough to get him away from it!

Jonah and Silas got their first experience with bumper cars.

All of us had a good time :)

This dragon roller coaster was by far Jonah's favorite ride at Pow Wow. Thankfully, we had wristbands this year so he could keep riding over and over again. One thing that is so strange to me about this picture is that all of the other kids in the picture are kids of my high school classmates and friends. Even though I will turn 30 in just over a week, I still feel sometimes like there is no way that we are all old enough to have these growing families. When we were teenagers none of us would have been hanging out by the kiddie rides at Pow Wow. Twelve years later, we are catching up on life and meeting each other's kids (most of whom we have seen many pictures of on Facebook...how times have changed!!)

Ready for the Grand Parade! 

These guys got WAY too much candy. I don't think I even want to know how many pieces of candy Silas ate that night. By the end of the parade, Silas had figured out that the way to get candy is to smile and wave and say hello to the people with the candy. They would throw it to him and he would shout, "Oh yeah!"

We ended our night watching a drum corps in the park, playing a few rounds of Lions Club Bingo, and eating mini donuts. Oh, and staying up much past our bedtimes!