Carnivals and Pictures

A few weeks ago, we went to a carnival here in Maryland. Coriel and Brice rode on things (well, mostly Coriel), and I tried not to melt. Then, the next weekend, we had our ward carnival, for which I made balloon animals. I was practicing for a while beforehand, but I sure did learn a lot about what it takes to do balloon animals in a time crunch. Actually, I hope I get the experience again some time because it was really fun and I think the kids liked it. Maybe I’ll have to become a street performer at the local festivals and such. Yeah, right.

I shall now proceed to post a plethora of pictures.

Some of our amazing harvest a while back

The mutant cucumber

Addra looooves to eat pretty much everything.

Doing big girl hairstyles with her Aunt Dawnerhead

At the carnival, playing one of the games

"Look at this awesome stuff I won!"

The banana slide Coriel and Brice went on about a million times

Yes, those are fried Oreos. What's a carnival without disgusting carnival food?

"This is my lovely bride." (Yes, that is a direct quote from my sweet daughter.
You can tell she's the boy because she's wearing the boy hat. Her bride is wearing the girl hat.)

Preparing for a carnival ride

It's a teddy bear, in case you were wondering.

More carnival rides

This girl loves to dress up. Sometimes she goes through seven or
eight outfits a day. (I try not to throw a temper tantrum.)

Ward carnival--the watermelon-eating contest. Sadly, Brice did not win.

Some of my practice balloons

What I really love about this picture? It looks like Addra's upper
body has just completely disappeared.

Brice's manly pizza. There's another full layer of pepperoni beneath that cheese.

Taking care of her baby, carrying it around just like her mommy

Ignore the clutter. Focus on the adorable child.

Face painting day. Coriel drew these lovely people on me.

It's a monkey. In a tree.