Barker Family Fun Day!

Barker Family Fun Day started out with a bike ride to the Bastille Day Festival in Downtown Montgomery. This was our first time going so we were not sure what to expect. 

The kids got to play in a big bouncy house and ride ponies! Ethan is showing his ride-em cowboy pose. There were plenty of games there for kids and they got to show us their strength by blowing up some balloons for a prize. The prize was a whistle, that was not annoying one bit.  Then the kids found the clowns that were making balloon animals. Elaine got a bear riding a unicycle and Ethan got a hat, but he did not want his picture taken for some reason with the hat on.

After lunch at the European Cafe and a nice bike ride home, we moved on to the St. Cecelia Festival. The kids babysitters work at this festival so we thought it would be fun to stop in for a couple hours. Well, we forgot to see what time it opened and we were a hour early. So, we decided to hit the stores in Oakley. First, we went to King Authur's Court Toy Store. The kids had a blast and wanted EVERYTHING in the store. We did walk out empty handed.

Then we moved next door to Aglamesis Brothers Ice Cream Parlor where Ethan and I shared a chocolate milkshake and Jenny and Elaine shared a Ice Cream Sundae. Elaine came up with this idea all by herself to get the last bit of the ice cream out of the bowl!

With another stop at a book store, we finally made it to the St. Cecelia Festival. The kids loved all the rides and the games. I think they rode each ride 2 or 3 times and played every childrens game there! Too bad it was really hot or we would have stayed longer. We came home with plenty of festival toys; balloons, Chinese yo-yo's, whoopee cushions, bouncy balls, sticky hands, inflatable butterflies and much much more. If you haven't noticed, Ethan found his old baby sunglasses and wanted to wear them all day long on top of his head and refused to take them off. Even when he went to bed...