The Show!!

Well despite the awful weather today we still went to the show and apart from it being incredibly wet and sloshy it was good. Jack had an absolute ball. I think his brain was probably almost in overload. When we first got there we went and got Jack an id bracelet from the police which he was not very happy about. He tried to chew it off most of the day. We had forgotten to take his dummy with us so the bracelet was probably a good oral distraction for him. We went and checked out the Captain Feathersword (not the real one, I was pretty dissapointed about that) which Jack seemed to enjoy.
After that we went back to the start of the show and Jack went on his first ride with my neice Rasharna. It went pretty fast for a kids ride I thought but after the first or second lap he seemed to enjoy it. Especially since he had Mum, Dad, Grandma Joy, Great Grandma Jean, Great Aunt Jenny and Aunt Karen yelling and clapping at him everytime he came around. Rasharna was such a good girl to go on with him, she said it was the most boring ride she'd been on in her life.

Next we stopped in off for some dagwood dogs and waffles. A show favourite of mine. Jack had his first ever dagwood dog and he seemed to enjoy it. He knocked Daddy's dagwood dog out of his hand though and Daddy had to go and get another one. So while we were waiting for Owen to get back Jack kept us all entertained with his stunning dancing technique. I swear that child hears music in his head. Interpretive dance would be the best description. Lots of big swinging arms and skip/jumping. It's hilarious to watch.

The rest of the day was spent sloshing through puddles and checking out the pavilions along with playing various ball in mouth games. There were the clowns...

And the panthers...

And my favourites, the monkeys...

Here is Jack with Owen holding his best prize of the day, a little brown monkey.

We also had a couple of turns on the pick a duck game so we ended up with a great haul. We've got 2 stuffed fish, 2 monkeys, 2 plastic swords, a set of superhero figures, a parachute guy, a duck, a gekho and a ladybird. All great treasures to be sure. We also got the Thomas the tank engine showbag which I didn't think was a bad deal. For $19.50 you get a cap, a little pull along bag, a hopper ball, a puzzle, a torch and a magic board.
He also had a couple of different rides. He drove the train in the rain. It was getting into the night though so on one pass by I saw him doing the extended blink so Owen and I had to start yelling at him every time around so that he wouldn't fall asleep sitting up.

Then we went in the truck on the merry-go-round. It was one cool looking truck. He seemed to really like it but I think he may have licked the steering wheel. We also went on the traditional horse and carriage carousel.

We watched Owen have a turn on the dodgem cars along with my brother and his two kids. When they had finished there ride Owen and my nephew Joe had both left their cars in reverse so we had to hang around to watch the next unexpecting riders. Cheeky buggers. We ended up seeing the fire works which were great. And then we headed home and of course Jack fell asleep within a couple of blocks. I love the show, it's fun.
So that was out day.
And here are a couple of LO's. A very simple digi of Jerry the Giraffe, which is one of Jack's favourite toys. The inked edge has been cut off two sides though for some reason, anyhoo, the papers are by Jeanie Papai and the star and staples are by kskdesigns.
And this is my LO for Ngaire Bartlem's Beautiful Like a Rainbow challenge. You should check it out, it's great stuff.

Okie dokie, I'm off to bed.
Ciao