Strawberry festival

For months I have always known I would "repay" Matteo & Chloe May for their coming to numerous kitchen stores with us and enduring the boredom that no doubt ensued.

Today was that day.

We went to our local strawberry festival, a first for this family and at the end I knew it would become a yearly tradition. The best 5 hours we have had in a long time!!

For $75 Matteo, Chloe May & Daddy rode the rides unlimited (though Chloe May didn't make the height requirement, if I chose the rides carefully no one said anything) for 5 hours.

No ride disappointed, no matter how small or slow.

And even a few rides Matteo & Chloe May went on alone.

And some rides Matteo & Daddy went on alone - not that Mommy doesn't enjoy the rides, but I'll keep my $25 thank you.

 

At this festival it was "no holding back" - I promised Matteo one prize and he "won" a sponge bob for the (what I consider) bargain price of $5 - and shared it with Chloe May - though really I'm sure the stuffed animal only cost about 50 cents!  I enjoyed a strawberry drink, Matteo & Chloe enjoyed their first slushie and Daddy a gyro.  A bit expensive with our total bill probably coming to $120, but I figured once a year we are entitled to splurge and live it up and today we did - everyone came home exhausted and a great time was had by all. Special thanks to our E family for informing us of such a festive festival!

And upon our return home, our Dear Neighbor helped Daddy to put the lights in the kitchen ceiling - to be honest I didn't know what to expect as we haven't had lights in the kitchen, probably in well over 8 or 9 months when our one sole light broke!  Pics to follow next week!  Still moving along with our kitchen, but to a lesser extent now.