Super Saturday

 Today was the last day of the kid's sport classes and they both ended with a bang. With Elizabeth's class they brought out the ride on bikes, all the balls, the roller square scooters and TONS of bubbles. She is great at hula hooping around her neck and LOVED the square scooters. With Isaac, towards the end of the class, they had parents versus the kids so Jim went out there to play with him. Once Elizabeth saw this, she ditched the end of her class to join the big kids and play soccer with them. She held her own.

 After the sports classes, we headed downtown to the "World's Largest Brat Festival." We were pleasantly surprised to find out that parking was FREE, the shuttles were FREE and to get into the festival was FREE. That would be just crazy talk back home in California. We ate brats, which were only $2, cheese curds, fries and roasted corn. Jim and I were excited for the brats while the kids were SUPER excited for the roasted corn! That was cheap too.
I was excited to see the Oscar Mayer wiener mobile and made Isaac stand by it so I could take his picture. Elizabeth was not impressed by it thus refusing to be in the picture. As a kid I remember seeing it on commercials travel around the country and wishing that maybe one day I would get to see that big hot dog truck. Alas, 30 years later, I finally got to see it.

 I love these pictures. They were both being silly and then sweet as I took these pictures.

 The kids just had to play the goldfish toss so I reluctantly gave up $2 so they could play. They were disappointed that they didn't win a fish. Bummer, I know.

 On our way out we got some ice cream from a local creamery that was at the festival. I just loved their motto and took a picture of it. The ice cream was so yummy and very creamy. I thought it was pretty awesome and I think the kids did too. You be the judge.

 The kids really wanted to ride  the rides at the festival. Jim and I differ when it comes to this. He can't justify spending a $1.50 per ticket especially when each ride is between 2-4 tickets. I agree that it is expensive, but I loved riding on all the carni rides when I was little therefore I look forward to the kids liking them too. Well, today we gave the kids a choice: they could either ride a couple of rides or we could take them to Toys 'R Us and let them pick out a toy with the money that we would have spent. They both chose to ditch the rides and get a toy. Elizabeth chose a Minnie Mouse backpack and Isaac chose a small Star Tours lego set.

On our way home we stopped at an estate sale. As I walked through the home, I felt like I just stepped back in time looking a spinning wheels, butter churns, cast iron cookware and housewares, ancient farming tools, leather seated rocking chairs and dolls that looked like they would come to life and kill you. I wish that I had a home of my own and some extra money so I could pick up a few of they "old stuff" and put them on display. I really hope if the items aren't all sold that they will be donated to a historical society.

We walked away with the first 12 books of the American Artists edition of Mark Twain's publishing. I was super excited because I collect really old editions of classic books. A couple of these books are over 100 years old! We also walked away with a small platter, ancient screwdrivers, and a solid wood shelf. We told the kids that after we sand it, they can paint it however they would like and use it as a book shelf.

 We had a LONG but fun-filled family day and it is only the beginning of this Memorial Day weekend.