53 and WHEE... the week of the carnivals...

Still working on "the movie" but wrote this post a month ago and rather than not post it while trying to finish the movie, here's more fun from our little one!!
This was the week of carnivals around here... I am not sure if this is an E. Coast thing only or not, but around here, pretty much any weekend, if you barely look, you can find a carnival.. we had a few just right around our house, and decided to live it up "carny" style :)

Love the "GO GO" Look!!

The first carnival he went to he'd been watching "go up" for a week -- it is right around the corner from our house.. and for years we say "we should really go"... well, this year, we clearly had a reason! We had a lot of fun and we were all so happy that Aunt Linda (AL)joined us! LM loves his AL, it was really cute how he was flirting and teasing with her the whole afternoon and evening!! :)
He played 2 games. Yup. Two. And you can guess how many he won. :)

...Frog Smasher-- He love whole "Hammer Whack" thing!...
...won himself an orange turtle...

...Rollercoaster Mania...

...SLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGG....

The 2nd game LM played was on our way out -- he saw these cool little bowls and, of course, it was really the BALLS that appealed to him the most... Jeff was like "Aw, man, not that".. but too late.. I had already handed the $$ to the dude behind the counter, and LM had an orange ball in his hand. I kid you not. His. First. Shot. Here was the result:

KERPLUNK

Not sure who was more surprised? Us, LM, or the poor fish in a bag... We gave her a good life for her time with us... :)

We also go to go to the local horse show fair -- and met up with one of his best little buddies -- his lil' pal (LP) came home from Kazakhstan within weeks of LM, and I feel fortunate to be friends w/ her mom -- LM and LP are hilarious together when we get them on a playdate....

i love how they grab life (and apparently not the handlebars) and run with it -- i hope they never lose that to the constraints and social pressures of the world...

"Hey Girl, We Gonna Ride or What?"

LM and his LP had their first sno cones together... and thus had blue tongues.. which they thought was just hilarious to show one another...

"Hey, my tongue is blue and yours is too"

Come on, say it like you feel it... "Rico, Suave".... :)

And somehow, at the end of the date, LM managed to GET a flower from his LP... :) She is a real sweet little gal & he knows he's a lucky boy to know her :)

Next Up: Prom Corsages

In honor of our "boys" and their great effort ---
we are raising our LM to appreciate and respect hard efforts, even if it doesn't bring home the cup, we are still proud!
It is so funny b/c LM chants "Let's go fyer cha ha"
(trying to make the ch ch sound after the citywide chant!)...
..."It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere"...52 Weeks...
and we are so happy you've been here with us 1 full year.
...Seems to us like you've always been with us...
...and we are so very blessed with you...