More carnival fun

After lunch with Grandma Ruth, Morgan really wanted to go back to the carnival for a bit. So, I took her while Matt and Avery chillaxed at home. They had planned to go to the pool, but the weather was not that great.

Morgan rode Zero Gravity to start off

Then, we ran into Ava and her dad, Alex. Alex is Morgan's old park district soccer coach. Alex said Ava wouldn't ride any of the rides, so Morgan rode on the Tilt-a-Whirl and The Guitar with him.

It kept sprinkling on us off and on throughout the day. There was one time that Morgan had just gotten on the boat ride and it just down-poured! It was nuts! Everyone was screaming! Here's a video I took - hard to tell the amount of rain that was coming down, but it was dumping on us!

After that rain shower, there was a really bright rainbow!

Then, the boys showed up after Grayson's game. So, Morgan got to go on a few rides with them.

Morgan and Grayson rode the Zero Gravity together. There were some teenagers that caused them to shut the ride down early. They were taking off their seatbelts and trying to climb up to the top of the ride while it was going! Luckily, they got to get a full ride in after those kids were kicked off. I told Morgan you can't mess around with these rides... it's just not safe.

After this, we headed home... just before it started pouring again!

Festival Fun

The Rotary Grove Fest was this past weekend and there is a fun carnival with lots of rides, games, etc!

Morgan LOVES riding all the rides, but Avery is not into them. So, Morgan rode them with friends we saw along the way or by herself! We lucked out on Saturday because it was SO hot that the crowds were not bad, which meant shorter wait times for rides. Of course, it also meant we were frying!

Proof that Avery did go on a ride - the Tornado

Morgan loves the boat - here she is by herself

Avery got to make her own slushy

Morgan rode on the very last row with Emily and her friend
(she said this was really scary because she came out of her seat!)

Here she is on the disk ride

Now she found Maebel who was totally freaked out riding the boat!

Another of Morgan's favorites, the Guitar - riding with Maebel, Bear and Anne

Maebel looks terrified but Morgan is loving it!

Avery and I grabbed Starbucks refreshers before heading home

We ended the day at the pool to cool off!

Carnival

We met up with Sandi and Brett in Huntley for the annual carnival out there. It was a little dreary, but luckily the run held off long enough for the kids to ride a bunch of rides, eat some sugar, play a few games and have some fun!

Afterwards, we headed to St. Charles so Morgan could sub on the Black #1 team for Roadrunners. They were short players. It was so windy and chilly!

Sunday

We ended up with an extra bag of dog food, so we donated it to the Hinsdale Humane Society. While there dropping it off, we walked around and looked at the animals up for adoption. The girls loved the cat room! They wanted to bring home a kitten so bad! Too bad Daddy and Mommy are allergic to cats!

After lunch, the girls had a birthday party at a water park. Morgan loved the huge water slides and Avery loved the whirlpool.

When we got home, Avery wanted to chillax, so Morgan and I headed to the Rotary Fest to check out the rides. It was SO packed and the lines were ridiculous. We spent most of our time in lines. Once we met up with Aunt Erin, we took turns waiting in lines and timed it so we could go quicker from one ride to the next.

More July 4th Fun

The weekend of July 4th, we spent a day out in Crystal Lake watching the local parade, enjoying the carnival rides and then finished off with a BBQ at my brother's house (complete with homemade ice cream courtesy of my Dad!). The weather turned out to be great, although it was really hot. No rain!

Morgan loved the teacups. Avery's first thing she said to Morgan "don't spin it too much" and of course, Morgan spun the teacup the whole time! Avery had fun, though, even though the second picture below shows her with a scowl. :)

Morgan showing off one of the prizes she won. Avery also won an inflatable rainbow dolphin for throwing "poop" in a big toilet. Ha! The games these carnivals come up with are great!

Back at Brett's house, little Calvin was a huge fan of the ice cream! He somehow ended up with an ice cream beard. :)