Fall Festival

Last weekend, we went out to my dad's company fall festival in Somerville. The boys had an absolute blast. Charlie took a nice long nap on the way up, although B chose not to nap (and ended up not napping the entire day which was a first for him). It was held on a ranch and had all of the makings of a perfect carnival. From all of the fun rides, to the cotton candy and fried Twinkies, a petting zoo, camels and ponies to ride, and an obstacle course for the adults - we all had a lot of fun.

B was loving the cotton candy and Ryan was loving playing all of the games- trying to win tickets for a bunch of stuffed animals that we don't need! I think the boys' favorite part was riding the ponies. They did it no less than 5 times and Bradley kept trying to escape and run back into the pony ring. He kept telling the ponies Hi and calling them bebe because he was on the small one, which we had told him was the baby pony. Every time we would talk to him about the ponies, he would say hi while waving his hand and then motion that he was trying to pet their mane. It was hilarious.

B was very interested in the petting zoo as well. It was pretty humorous because the boys are so different when it comes to things like this. Bradley will walk up to just about any animal and try and pet it or get in its face. While Ryan, on the other hand, would run and hide behind Wes or let a out a shrill anytime they would get too close for comfort. He liked to keep a safe distance (I can't say much because I wouldn't even go in there!).

Wes participated in the adult obstacle course, which was pretty intense (not compared to what he did the weekend before which was completing the Tough Mudder) and he killed it!

Poppy and the boys cheering on dad!

CoCo trying to keep B from running back to the ponies.

I think one of the highlights was the camel ride. It was pretty cool. Wes thought the boys were just getting on to sit and take a pic, so once he placed Bradley up there and almost walked off, you could hear all of us (including the workers) hollering "No! Wait! Stop!" Haha. He didn't realize the camel was actually going to move with the kids on it :) Well, they got it all figured out and seemed to enjoy it, although Bradley's face begs to differ.

The carousel was also a fan favorite of the boys.

Ryan loved flying high on the trampoline

This slide was crazy fast and pretty high up there. I did it once with Ryan, and after the stairs was creaking and moving from side to side, I decided not to do it again. We got some air on that thing!

I think the boys could've stayed for 4 more hours and still not wanted to leave. Charlie was a trooper and napped and hung out in the Ergo carrier most of the day, but it was pretty chilly, so we headed out before dinner and fireworks. Much to our surprise, B did not nap the entire way home either. Even though it was pitch black outside, he decided to reminisce on the day by talking and babbling (mainly about the ponies) to himself for a solid hour and a half. It was a really fun day.