Laingsburg, Year 2

Last year, we ventured up to Laingsburg for their Lion's Club festival, and enjoyed ourselves so much that we did it again this year!

We arrived early, 11am, because the noon start time was not published online, and found an ideal spot to set up our chairs and refreshments in the shade.   

Since we still had 20 minutes until the rides opened, Emily, Grace, Juliet and I walked down to a church rummage sale (my favorite!) and got some key deals, before making our way back with all of our goodies!

The older three can ride almost* all the rides without an accomplice, so they tend to stick together.

The twins can't ride many of the tall rides yet, but at least they're stuck on the little rides together. = )

Bringing our chairs was for sure the way to go!  Our family rule is that once 3 are ready to go or we are out of water, it's time to leave.  This year, we ran out of water first.

later days

*Alice can ride all of the rides. = )

edit: written 6-16-23 backdated for continuity.

Addison's Birthday Party*

A few weeks ago? Last weekend? Sometime between the previous post date and today the twins went to celebrate a birthday with one of their classmates!

It was the cutest carnival theme with a dunking booth, ring toss, ball toss and bean bag throw. They even had tickets that they were able to redeem for prizes. = )

Grace put on the life vest and climbed up into the booth, before ultimately deciding that it was too scary and climbed back down. Juliet witnessed this and didn't even attempt a go.

Juliet, Addison, Grace. Sadly, they won't be together next year, since she lives in a different school zone.

The twins were sad to leave, but I know they enjoyed going to a party for their class friend.

later days

*This post is the start of another round of posts. I had to sort the pictures again, and so they are in alphabetical order by folder name, not in chronological order.