Monday, October 24, 2011
Matching
This morning when I dropped Karston off in his first-grade classroom, the girl who sits next to him stared at my shoes. Finally Keely said, I think your shoelaces don't match. For a few weeks, my shoelaces have been one polka-dotted and one striped, so my shoelaces definitely don't match. So I asked, Are you sure? and she stared at my shoes again before answering I think so. The subtleties of "I think so" must not be apparent to first-graders! So I told her, my shoelaces definitely do not match, but we agreed the bright colors were pretty.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
NC State Fair
As if the circus weren't exciting enough, today we went to the state fair! The weather later this week looks to be cooler, cloudy, and possibly rainy, so we went today. We took Karston out of school a little early, had a quick lunch, and drove to Raleigh.
When we first started walking around, the weather was really quite warm! OK, I got hot. We hit our usual attractions, like the antique farm equipment and the Village of Yesteryear. We let Karston ogle the Lego displays. Daddy, Mommy, and Cale ate pickles from the Mount Olive booth before we went over to the kiddie rides. Cale just loved the roller coaster, while Karston really liked spinning around. While we were at the kiddie rides, we saw Lucy, Lexi, and Drew!
After that structured entertainment, at Karston's request, we wandered over to the waterfall by Dorton Arena and the kids played in the spray (I stayed dry instead).
The only drawback was that our usual state fair dinner (Murphy House barbecue) closed at 5:00 PM, and we didn't get there until nearly 6. Karston and Cale were fascinated with the remote-controlled school bus Buster who talked to them. We kept getting a few raindrops, and I kept thinking we would leave soon, but the rain held off. We all shared a funnel cake (yum!), and the boys had soft-serve ice cream. I got an apple cider freezie, but the boys liked it so I had less than half. We'll have to make some at home! Since the rain held off, we walked around the gardens and the boys played miniature golf until the mosquitoes were about to carry me off.
As we walked back to the car, the weather was still a warm 75 degrees with a gentle breeze. (It felt really good to sit down in the car, though!) Just as we all climbed in, the skies opened up and it started to rain. Perfect timing, for a perfect day at the state fair!
When we first started walking around, the weather was really quite warm! OK, I got hot. We hit our usual attractions, like the antique farm equipment and the Village of Yesteryear. We let Karston ogle the Lego displays. Daddy, Mommy, and Cale ate pickles from the Mount Olive booth before we went over to the kiddie rides. Cale just loved the roller coaster, while Karston really liked spinning around. While we were at the kiddie rides, we saw Lucy, Lexi, and Drew!
After that structured entertainment, at Karston's request, we wandered over to the waterfall by Dorton Arena and the kids played in the spray (I stayed dry instead).
The only drawback was that our usual state fair dinner (Murphy House barbecue) closed at 5:00 PM, and we didn't get there until nearly 6. Karston and Cale were fascinated with the remote-controlled school bus Buster who talked to them. We kept getting a few raindrops, and I kept thinking we would leave soon, but the rain held off. We all shared a funnel cake (yum!), and the boys had soft-serve ice cream. I got an apple cider freezie, but the boys liked it so I had less than half. We'll have to make some at home! Since the rain held off, we walked around the gardens and the boys played miniature golf until the mosquitoes were about to carry me off.
As we walked back to the car, the weather was still a warm 75 degrees with a gentle breeze. (It felt really good to sit down in the car, though!) Just as we all climbed in, the skies opened up and it started to rain. Perfect timing, for a perfect day at the state fair!
Monday, October 17, 2011
The Star Family Circus
Today Daddy took Karston, Cale, Opa, and Grammy to a small, family-run circus in Burlington. As a bonus, Karston's friends from school Drew and Lexi with their mom Lucy came along! At first, our hopes were low because we couldn't get additional information when we called the Armory where the circus was held. However, we went with free kid admission coupons from Bandido's Mexican restaurant just to see.
Luckily, the show was phenomenal!
The lead, father or grandfather of the group, juggled, flipped, and spun huge cylinders, 4x4 feet sheets of painted plywood, and then full-grown people all with his feet! Yes, upside down, using just his feet, and never missing once. The ladies did twirly rope acts suspended only by their hair, and other bizarre acts interspersed with cute animal tricks. Cale barely made a sound, except occasional enthusiastic clapping, through the performances because he was captivated. Karston kept turning around to make sure we saw what just happened with huge eyes ready to pop out. Karston was very excited, and the show was very exciting.
At the end of the show, there was one more act outside because it did not fit inside: the “Cage of Death” - a forty-foot-tall spinning contraption with a 10’ diameter ring on it. The performer ran inside of this open air ring to make the entire cage rotate. Then he juggled while riding it. Then he jumped rope while free falling as it rotated. This show was almost too scary to watch! Then he climbed outside of the open ring and walked on top of it as it continued to go into forty-foot circles. Creepy! Then he jumped rope, on the outside of it as it was rotating. Please, please get down, this is too much. We like you, we had our money’s worth; we don’t want you dropping 40’ to the ground. He didn’t listen. He then got a black bag and put it over his head and did it some more, blindfolded…
If you happen to see flyers for the “Star Family Circus” pick one up and go to the show – amazing!
Luckily, the show was phenomenal!
The lead, father or grandfather of the group, juggled, flipped, and spun huge cylinders, 4x4 feet sheets of painted plywood, and then full-grown people all with his feet! Yes, upside down, using just his feet, and never missing once. The ladies did twirly rope acts suspended only by their hair, and other bizarre acts interspersed with cute animal tricks. Cale barely made a sound, except occasional enthusiastic clapping, through the performances because he was captivated. Karston kept turning around to make sure we saw what just happened with huge eyes ready to pop out. Karston was very excited, and the show was very exciting.
At the end of the show, there was one more act outside because it did not fit inside: the “Cage of Death” - a forty-foot-tall spinning contraption with a 10’ diameter ring on it. The performer ran inside of this open air ring to make the entire cage rotate. Then he juggled while riding it. Then he jumped rope while free falling as it rotated. This show was almost too scary to watch! Then he climbed outside of the open ring and walked on top of it as it continued to go into forty-foot circles. Creepy! Then he jumped rope, on the outside of it as it was rotating. Please, please get down, this is too much. We like you, we had our money’s worth; we don’t want you dropping 40’ to the ground. He didn’t listen. He then got a black bag and put it over his head and did it some more, blindfolded…
If you happen to see flyers for the “Star Family Circus” pick one up and go to the show – amazing!
Saturday, October 01, 2011
NC Seafood Festival
Boy, October shows up and the weather changes for the chilly!!
We went to the NC Seafood Festival today, wandered through the crafts, met up with Opa and Grammy, sampled the fresh seafood, but especially played at SasSea's Island Playground for the kids. Karston and Cale were particularly interested in decorating SasSea cookies [from the Alex and Brett's bakery] again, so apparently that made an impression last year.
Our timeshare added a miniature golf course since last year, and Karston has played mini golf every afternoon while Cale naps for the past four days. Karston is so involved in his miniature golfing, he always comes back sweaty, excited, and exhausted. Future golfer?
Tomorrow we go home after a week of fun! (After one more stop at King's Barbecue!)
We went to the NC Seafood Festival today, wandered through the crafts, met up with Opa and Grammy, sampled the fresh seafood, but especially played at SasSea's Island Playground for the kids. Karston and Cale were particularly interested in decorating SasSea cookies [from the Alex and Brett's bakery] again, so apparently that made an impression last year.
Our timeshare added a miniature golf course since last year, and Karston has played mini golf every afternoon while Cale naps for the past four days. Karston is so involved in his miniature golfing, he always comes back sweaty, excited, and exhausted. Future golfer?
Tomorrow we go home after a week of fun! (After one more stop at King's Barbecue!)
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