Montrose Fair

On Saturday, after Cora's soccer class we went to an outdoor festival in Montrose and met up with Juliana, Daryl and their girls.

We'd seen the festival advertised in our local paper and it sounded fun, and it was just a few minutes from Juliana's house, so they were planning to go already.

The February birthday girls exchanged birthday presents, and here, they look at Maya's new Barbie book. It was great seeing them read together - oh, the things you can do when you're six!








Violet was very excited to see her friend "Talia," as she calls her. They are getting along so well. Here, they help each other open up peanuts after we had lunch.

This climbing wall was provided free of charge from the city of Glendale. Cora was so excited to try it! She got up about as high as you see here, and then the boy next to her jumped down. That looked even more fun than climbing, so down she went.

After this little adventure, Cora was bummed that we didn't pay the big bucks for her to do the bungee-bouncing activity. So, before we met the waiting Juliana at the lunch table, we had her name five things she was thankful for. It took a little time because she was annoyed at us, but it's something we've started doing when she complains, to encourage a little more gratitude.

Luckily for the girls, Grandma and Grandpa were with us, and they bought lots of tickets for the carnival rides.

Violet loved going on this one with Stace...










...while Cora had a fun time spinning with a local boy her age who needed a ride partner.

Both girls loved the swings, too.

Cora also liked the fun house, and went in a couple of times.

Dad tried his hand at the shooting gallery, and tore the living daylights out of the target. But, true to carnival form, the guy running the game had a good reason Dad didn't win one of the prizes. An eighth-inch bit of the red star was still showing, so no prize!

We figure we should keep the target to show the girls when they ask to play carnival games in the future.