Another First!

This weekend at a local, annual Strawberry Festival, Chloe had her first amusement park ride on a train. She was definitely interested although not overly enthusiastic (luckily, she didn't cry!). But it felt like it was 100 degrees so I'd say it was a success :)

The festival had a very cool offer through a local organization to fingerprint and video your child so that you would have information about them- God FORBID- anything ever happen to them. You keep all of the records, including the video disc. They also gave us bags to collect a hair sample, fingernail clipping and mouth swab.

I know, it sounds kind of CSI-like and morbid, right? But it was FREE and as much as we try to keep our kids safe, you just never know. Also, I post pics here and on FB all of the time--so am I really being as safe as I could? Anyway, I thought it was a great service to offer.

During the video, they ask some questions of the older kids & it was kind of cool to see how Michael and Liam handled themselves. Also, the building they used for this was AIR CONDITIONED so we didn't mind spending 45 minutes there to get all 3 kids fingerprinted and taped. We got to cool down and take care of bathroom breaks/diaper changes...much easier in real bathrooms!

Other than this brief down-time, we rode some rides, ate lunch & funnel cake, saw some familiar faces and just had a blast!!! I didn't take many pictures b/c we kind of had our hands full. But if you are an FB friend of mine, check out some more over there :)