Carnival

So tonight the kids and I went to the carnival they have every year in the West Milton Park for the Fourth of July. I wonder why Alyssa likes going to it. She doesn't really like rides. I am pretty sure that her knuckles are probably white as a ghost in the picture above. She wanted to ride the little ferris wheel so badly but that being up in the air stuff is just not for her. Maybe it is the pressure of thinking she is suppose to like them. She did see several friends at the park who were riding about everything. Don't get me wrong; she did have fun. Her favorite was the Funhouse because her feet never left the ground.

Carter liked everything. In fact, the higher the better. He would go on a ride and Alyssa would try to talk him out of it. He wanted to go on the swings but he wasn't tall enough. Which I think was a relief to Alyssa. She was getting scared for him. I went on the Spinning Bears with Carter. Alyssa wouldn't go the first time because she wanted to see how fast they went. So the second time she did go and I think she regretted it. Inside the bear you can make it spin faster if you spin the wheel thingy (that is the closest I can get to what it's real name is). So as soon as the ride started Carter is spinning that thing as fast as he can while Alyssa is saying stop. Of course he didn't stop but Alyssa survived. She held onto my arm like her life depended on it but she made it. All in all we had a great time!