Carnival

On Saturday, Zeke's school had a carnival with all the right thrills for the preschool set: snow cones, games, pony rides, clowns and a bouncy castle. Zeke scoped out the scene with Aaron and then ate a picnic lunch while I took my volunteer turn selling tickets.

Then onto the fun. First, the bouncy castle. Zeke has never been interested in any variety of "bouncy" architecture, so his interest completely surprised me. He stood eagerly with his tickets. (Zeke kept close to the Sprout Daddy while in line and gave him a number of unsolicited hugs.) After all that excitement, what happened? Of course, he got in and started feeling uncertain. Though not a big connoisseur of bouncy castles, I joined him and we got to bouncing. Fun followed. Next up, the pony ride. Zeke kept waving and saying, "Hi, Pony! NEIGH!" After all that excitement, what happened? Of course, I lifted him onto his pony Baby Doll and he enjoyed it for about five seconds before he started feeling uncertain. Note in the pictures how he starts to lean more towards me; I don't think Baby Doll appreciated it much. But, all hesitancy was forgotten after the ride when Zeke got to pet her mane. With a final "Bye, Pony! NEIGH!" we said goodbye to the carnival and an eventful Saturday afternoon.