Three Day Weekends

No matter what we plan to do, three day weekends are always the best. Saturday was of course the start of the football season so that naturally made this weekend extra special anyways. John has taught James the "O-H" "I-O" chant so they have been doing that all weekend. On Sunday we went to our neighborhood pool and met some neighbors who not only went to Ohio State but the husband grew up in Gahanna right down the street from us. The more we get settled into becoming Southerners the more we are reminded that most of Charlotte is made up of Northerners - which is why we seem to fit in so well! Today we went to an annual festival down here, and even though it was only 88 degrees I think it felt like it was 100. We only stayed for a few hours because of the heat but it was awesome. We were told it was very family friendly but we had no idea that it meant how much great kids stuff there would be. James was still a little too young for most of it but in a few more years this is going to be a huge hit.

 

There were several bounce houses, most with slides and James will never turn away from a slide - especially one in a bounce house.

 



James loves trains, like is borderline obsessive about them right now. When we saw this ride, there was a decent line already but James was still able to get on... if he wanted to sit in the back. James calmly told John that he wanted to wait until he could drive the train.  John gave me this look of panic that said "there is no way that James is going to wait back in line and watch all these other kids have fun on the ride without flipping out". But thats what he did! He just stood there and waited all while telling John how he is going to get to drive the train. Now when the ride stopped, he all but pushed the kid out so he could climb into his seat - but it was awesome.

 

Have I ever mentioned how much I love fair food? Especially deep fried oreos? Because I do. They are awesome. 

 

Have I mentioned how much James loves slides? Especially the big ones that he is not allowed down without an adult? Because he does. I was  too busy eating my deep fried oreoes to go, so John went - John knows not to bother me when I've got oreoes.

 



Poor little girl was stuck in the hot stroller the whole time, she slept for most of it but I know she was hot. Shes a trooper.

 

Once we made it past the rides and the food, we hit up the crafts section. John found this awesome handmade wooden duck whose feet rotate when pushed. And it kept James from running off, he was too focused on pushing the duck that he stayed right with us. Except when his duckie had to go potty. Then James nicely placed his duckie in the grass, just like Duke.