It's BAAAAAAACK!!!!

After 365 days of much anticipation, the St. Catherine's carnival made its way back onto our calendars this past week! I love the carnival for many reasons. 1) There is absolutely nothing like spending time with family and friends in a fun, family friendly atmosphere, 2) it is always fun for me to see old St. Catherine classmates who I literally have not seen in YEARS, 3) I do not have to cook dinner for 5 consecutive days, 4) the look on Jack's face while going on rides for the first time--simply PRICELESS!!!, 5) rainbow cones, 6) elephant ears, 7) #5 again!!!!

Anyhow, as you can tell from the photos, we had a wonderful time at the carnival this year. The weather was so nice we made our way up there every day. The Little Man never seizes to surprise me. I was simply a basket case putting him on the rides b/c I thought he was still too young and would get scared. Well, I could not have been more wrong!!!! He absolutely LOVED the rides and simply could not get enough!!!! As a matter of fact, we gave the carnival worker enough tickets for Jack to ride the cars 4 times in a row on one of the nights. He was having so much.....and I could not resist the look on his face. There is nothing in the world better for a mother than to see her child so happy!!!! So needless to say, he has been spoiled rotten this past week. ok, maybe that is not all that different than any other week--HA! I was telling my mom that I sent the benchmark WAY too high for myself last week--the pool, the zoo, AND the carnival for 5 days straight!!! What ever am I going to do this week? Geez, I hope my Little Man does not get let down!!!! I have my work cut out for me to maintain status quo in the fun department going forward this summer! HA!