With so many suburbs here, there are plenty of choices for summer festivals. I think we went to four of them over the course of the summer but the best was definitely the first. Heritage Fest is huge, covering all of downtown on both sides of the train tracks. There's a big carnival (not for Benji yet), a car show, a craft show, several entertainment stages, and blocks and blocks of booths. I've been going for years (although of course I've missed a few while in Virginia) and it was such a treat to share this festival with my son.
At one of the entertainment stages they had a very cheesy Winnie the Pooh production. It really captivated Benji, though.
Many of the local businesses and non-profits had booths with giveaways and/or games. The basketball hoop and the spin-the-wheel were a tie for Benji's favorite, although the free mini basketball may have given this one an edge.
I'm sure Elmo would have been far more impressive than these guys. I think these are the Backyardigans, a show which we don't watch.
Since Benji is such a number addict, we thought he would enjoy a little Bingo. He loved taking the marker ink and telling us which numbers he was coloring. He also decided to play a version of Bingo all his own — he found all the numbers on his card that included a zero.
You'd think Benji had just won Bingo with that smile!
At one of the food booths Mommy decided to get some chocolate fondue from the Melting Pot. I'm not sure that Mommy actually got to eat any of that serving. I had to go back and get more and eat it out of Benji's sight line.
Benji's first carnival game.
Surprisingly, he was more interested in watching the ducks go around than in trying to grab them.
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
