Both of my children adore spinny rides

Here we are at Grove Fest on something called the Tornado.
It’s like a teacup ride that goes up in the air and you make the car spin by pulling on a central wheel and my kids spun that thing more than any other riders on the Tornado.

We also did the Ferris Wheel. Meghan kept them both from falling out. It was a lovely night of festing. We discovered you can get a funnel cake sundae – that’s a funnel cake with softserve ice cream, powdered sugar, and chocolate sauce on top. Ivan assured me, “I think the chocolate sauce makes it better!”

Taller than they were last year.

Dancing by the fountain where she got her helium balloon wet so it hung low. She could walk it like a puppy.

Fun sliding on the Fun Slide

Ezri rode the carousel with Meghan just like last year and 6 years ago when it was her first time on a carousel. They went down the Fun Slide, played the Fishing game and Ivan tested his strength with a large hammer trying to ring a bell. The kids broke boards with the local karate school and filled water guns in the train station fountain. On the walk back to the car there were fireflies winking and the streetlamps made the kids shadows blue and pink which fascinated them.

Summer magic achieved.