Festibul

We decided kind of on a whim to go to the Mebane Dogwood Festival (or Festibul if you are Gray or Joshua) this afternoon and boy was it a trip.

First of all, there are about 10 miles between Mebane and Hillsborough but we weren't absolutely sure how to get there and it took us an hour.

We got there and immediately saw friends of ours from church, which was kinda funny.

Then we proceeded to slowly make our way through the crowd past booths of various kinds, all the while the boys tugging on our arms to make us stop and look at something (nevermind all the people behind us!) and/or screaming at us if we didn't answer them right away. Gray even threw a lovely fit in the middle of the road because he didn't want to get down from Matt's shoulders. Things were getting really fun!

Then we got to the rides, which were $3 each, but we told the boys they could do a few things if they paid us back from their piggy banks. Gray was very excited to ride a motorcycle carousel thing, but Joshua was too nervous to try. Gray got on and was sooo serious. It was really funny. But when he got off he had a big smile and said he had a lot of fun.

Then Joshua played a fishing "game" which was super lame, but he got to pick a prize and was thrilled.

We moved on to the horse carousel and Gray was excited to ride, but Joshua wanted me or Matt to go too. Finally he decided he would ride on the bench but not a horse. He remained stone-faced, mixed in with scowls, and looked away from us the whole ride. Think he was just scared. We moved on and Gray took one more hilarious motorcycle ride, then we left.

While it was nice to do something different, I don't think Matt or I would say it was a fun time by any stretch of the imagination. The only consolation was that maybe the boys had a little bit of fun, though Gray was now insisting he did not like it at all.

But on the way home, Joshua said, "Mommy do you know when they're going to have this again?" Yep, he enjoyed it so much that he was ready to go back again. Amazing. And next time (though Matt and I will not be jumping at the chance for a "next time"), he's planning to give those motorcycles a try:)