{"id":3881,"date":"2014-04-10T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2014-04-09T21:23:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T01:23:26","slug":"worlds-best-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/worlds-best-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s Best Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had to do some work on Saturday. It was… rough. Any work on a Saturday tends to be slightly less than fun. This work? Was done at Ikea. With an angry toddler in tow. Why? Because it was our last chance to return $150 worth of crap that we bought by accident. Also? I am a crazy person.<\/p>\n

By the end of it, I was frantically coding in the cafeteria while my child screamed and threw meatballs at my head, and Kristian glared daggers at me.<\/p>\n

(Ok, the meatballs are an exaggeration.)<\/p>\n

(A\u00a0slight<\/em> exaggeration.)<\/p>\n

After all the screaming and crying (mostly Lilian, a little bit me), we decided that we needed to do something fun. So, we decided to head on over to the annual carnival that sets up a half mile or so from our house. I mean, what’s not to love about a carnival camped out in a movie theater parking lot across the street from a strip club?<\/p>\n

Besides for carnies that take a rather, ummm, liberal<\/em> view on height restrictions, that is.<\/p>\n

We knew we could ride the merry-go-round and see the petting zoo, but we got to go on a whole bunch of other rides as well. Including the ferris wheel, which I actually tend to find rather terrifying.<\/p>\n

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I am doing a cracker-jack job of teaching her how to go “wheeeeeee!!!!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Look at that, sweetie! It’s a strip club! And a grocery store! And some housing projects! Aren’t you glad we went on the ferris wheel?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We even got to go on the world’s tiniest roller coaster. I was excited to go on my first roller coaster in years. I love roller coasters, but they don’t tend to mix well with pregnancy. Or infants. Or my husband, for that matter. So I didn’t even mind that this particular roller coaster actually slows<\/em> the cars down as they go down its (tiny, oh so tiny) drops.<\/p>\n

(Let’s get real, this thing was shaped like a roller coaster, but it was basically a glorified go kart ride around a circle.)<\/p>\n

Lilian mostly just wanted to bury her face in the protective padding. Which, come to think of it, was probably the most dangerous part of the whole experience.<\/p>\n

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“Woo hooooo!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think<\/em> she had fun? She seemed pretty nonplussed about the whole experience. I figured she’d either love it or hate. But… she didn’t hate it. I’ll take it.<\/p>\n

(Mommy needs a little buddy to take to Six Flags in a few years when she’s big enough for real roller coasters.)<\/p>\n

We saved the carousel for last, because we know how much she loves them. I think her hands were a little cold, but she still enjoyed herself.<\/p>\n

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Our last stop at the carnival was the petting zoo. I didn’t expect big things from a petting zoo in a movie theater parking lot, but it was actually pretty decent. I mean, it had little itty bitty baby goats. And lambs. The lambs were all sleeping (I sure hope they were all sleeping!) but, still. Itty bitty goats!<\/p>\n

Lilian approved.<\/p>\n

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We had so much fun, I almost forgot how much I wanted to inhale and entire plate of fried dough. :p<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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