Today we went as a family to the Caledonia Harvest Festival. When we got there I remembered how I went last year with JJ. Although we had fun, he was a little too small to do too much. This year was a different story. When we got there he immediately wanted to play on the big blow up slide and bouncer.
Jim and I both decided that the slide would probably need to be something he ventured on next year and we took him to the bouncer. In typical JJ fashion he got in and just sat there while he took everything in. All the kids were bouncing around him, but he didn't quite know what to do at first. I told him that he needed to stand up and jump. Eventually he did. When he decided to come out he kept pointing at the giant slide, so we took him over to it. There was a little girl that was nice enough to walk behind JJ as he climbed up the ladder to get to the top. Once he was at the top he smiled and slid down with that little girl. After that he was hooked. He went up and down that slide at least 6 more times all by himself. We decided to take a break so we went to see the horses and then James tried to catch some fish in the fish pond. After 20 attempts, almost falling in, and getting mom wet, he finally caught 2 fish. We put them in a bag and he brought them to his dad to show. He was so excited. When Jim asked him how many fish there were he said 2!!!! After the fish JJ decorated 2 pumpkins then we saw Katie L. the library elephant. He was happy to look at her from a distance, but nothing more. Reese was a little different and she struck a pose with the giant elephant. JJ's friend Tana showed up and they tried to go ride the horse that was there, but JJ decided against it after waiting in line. He then wanted to show Tana the slide. So once again we waited in line, when JJ finally got up to the top he sat, and sat, and sat. After 6 minutes or so we had to send Tana after him. We then ventured over to the stage where they were playing music. JJ had his first pulled pork and ate all of it! Then we had a mini dance party in the street. Reese even joined in and was the hit of the afternoon. She was shakin what her mama gave her as she jammed to Michael Jackson. That's my girl! It was such a fun afternoon and so many wonderful memories were created in only 2 and a 1/2 hours. Great day!!!!
Jim and I both decided that the slide would probably need to be something he ventured on next year and we took him to the bouncer. In typical JJ fashion he got in and just sat there while he took everything in. All the kids were bouncing around him, but he didn't quite know what to do at first. I told him that he needed to stand up and jump. Eventually he did. When he decided to come out he kept pointing at the giant slide, so we took him over to it. There was a little girl that was nice enough to walk behind JJ as he climbed up the ladder to get to the top. Once he was at the top he smiled and slid down with that little girl. After that he was hooked. He went up and down that slide at least 6 more times all by himself. We decided to take a break so we went to see the horses and then James tried to catch some fish in the fish pond. After 20 attempts, almost falling in, and getting mom wet, he finally caught 2 fish. We put them in a bag and he brought them to his dad to show. He was so excited. When Jim asked him how many fish there were he said 2!!!! After the fish JJ decorated 2 pumpkins then we saw Katie L. the library elephant. He was happy to look at her from a distance, but nothing more. Reese was a little different and she struck a pose with the giant elephant. JJ's friend Tana showed up and they tried to go ride the horse that was there, but JJ decided against it after waiting in line. He then wanted to show Tana the slide. So once again we waited in line, when JJ finally got up to the top he sat, and sat, and sat. After 6 minutes or so we had to send Tana after him. We then ventured over to the stage where they were playing music. JJ had his first pulled pork and ate all of it! Then we had a mini dance party in the street. Reese even joined in and was the hit of the afternoon. She was shakin what her mama gave her as she jammed to Michael Jackson. That's my girl! It was such a fun afternoon and so many wonderful memories were created in only 2 and a 1/2 hours. Great day!!!!
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