S'fest

With the start of school comes everyone's favorite festival up north. As usual, it was hot and we spent a ridiculous amount of money on rides.

 

As night fell, Charlotte and Noah were too pooped to venture back out, so they opted (well Noah opted - Charlotte had no choice) to stay home with Grandpa and Cheryl while Wyatt joined us for a night on the festival. First stop was meeting Uncle Kurt at the games so he could try and win him a Pokemon toy.

While he didn't win the big one, he did win this cute little Charmander for Wyatt, a little Picachu for Noah, and a large unicorn for Charlotte. What a nice uncle!

Afterwards, we joined Laura and her girls at the concert and enjoyed a funnel cake (Wyatt now loves funnel cakes). And then it was time for fireworks!

The next morning was the annual parade. The kids had their bags and were ready to grab some candy. It was pretty mild (read: only low 80s) for the parade, so it didn't feel too bad out there.

We joined Laura and her girls and Laura's brother-in-law and his kids in the usual spot.

 Wyatt found a solution so he didn't have to hold his bag

The kids started pooping out one by one and by the end, only the eldest two, Violet and Noah, were still standing.