Syracuse Days

During Syracuse Days they had a carnival. The kids saw it being set up ALL week long as we took Emma to school. {we are year round, so yes we STILL had school during this summer celebration!} I thought we'd go & kinda planned to, but the night before it opened I was talking to some friends about it & found out that it was $2-$3 per ride!!! OUCH! That's a RIP-OFF!! Plus they were talking about how scary the people are & the rides are creaky/scary too. Needless to say I DID NOT wanna go anymore, but of course my kids still did ... Sooooo opening night came around & Alan & I thought up a sneaky plan. :)
We explained to our kids that the carnival costs a lot! So they could chose to go ride 1-2 rides each, get NOTHING to eat, & come home for the night OR we could go to a MOVIE together. Have TREATS, POPCORN, & SODA, bur it was there choice. :)
Well luckily they chose the movie!! {hehehe, it was kinda sneaky/rude, but oh well!}
Kye made it through his first MOVIE!
The next day we went to the parade & then rode bikes down to see fireworks that night. It was such a FUN bike ride there & back! Our kids did awesome riding around people & cars & we were all Soooo glad we weren't stuck in the traffic! The fireworks were well worth it & I don't think Zachary or Kye stopped talking the ENTIRE show. :) It was Soooo cute!!! I love sharing the excitement of things in the kids eyes!