Keeping Memories Close: Bike Races

The annual bike races, AKA The Noble Street Festival, were this past Saturday, and it's something fun and different to do in this town. Travis had to run camera for it all day, but I still took the kids later that afternoon. Different food vendors come from all around the town, and there are also some rides and jump houses for the kids. It's kind of a mini fair, if you will. There were a LOT of people there, and I'm not sure if people are oblivious to strollers or just rude. I think it's a combination of both. I took our sit 'n' stand, which I haven't used in a LONG time, and it's a really big stroller to push. I just could not figure out why when I could only go ONE way with that (say...up the ramp of a sidewalk) why very healthy, capable people on foot couldn't step OFF out of my way. I did not lose my Christianity though that I remember. :) It was a beautiful (windy) day, and we had fun.

Travis was on the corner thankfully removed from some of the thicker parts of the crowd, and we were able to go up where he was and talk to him in between shots. The kids weren't as impressed at the time as they were with the thought of food and ice cream, so we left shortly after initially seeing him to eat.

After they ate some hot food, they both wanted ice cream. This picture is funny to me. It looks like Jaggar doesn't have any, but he had a huge ice cream sandwich, which I helped him eat.

Sage was able to finish off that whole snowcone...in about an hour. It was a sloshy mess when she was done, and the container was literally caving in on itself because it was essentially wet paper. Jaggar was ready to be OUT of that stroller. Like I said, we never use it. Ideally, I wanted SAGE out of the stroller. She did say at one point, "Mommy, what are we going to do when the baby is born???" I said, "YOU are going to walk, dear." I don't think it's cruel and unusual punishment to ask a 7 year old to walk, do you? I was pushing over half my weight around with both of them in that thing!

Storm troopers

And you never see a storm trooper without Darth Vader close by. Cool looking costumes in my opinion.

That is his Mickey Mouse in front of Jaggar's face. He insisted on bringing it, and he actually kept up with it on his own really well.

While most of the rides required tickets, we did find one bounce house that was free for kids 6 and under. I was so close to letting Sage just go on in...but I didn't. They certainly weren't carding her, but we just used that time to let her finish her snow cone. Jaggar had a blast. I, of course, had to climb in and pull him out kicking and screaming when I was ready for him to be done. Always. He's getting ready to go down the slide here, and it's nothing short of a miracle that I got this picture.

After we had eaten, played in a few of the kid zones, and watched a singing/dancing girls' choir kind of deal, we headed back to where Travis was at the bike races. Those riders are truly amazing. I don't know how they didn't crash into each other.