Fall Festival Fun

Today's weather was perfect for our neighborhood's Fall festival!  Pete is in Ohio this weekend (so of course a slug made it into our house last night and I had to deal with it by myself!), but the rest of us saddled up our bikes and rode to the park this morning for some good Fall fun.

For Strider, the big highlight was having 2 of his best buds join him this year.

For some reason I can simply not comprehend, the 3 of them LOVED going on this nightmare of a spinning ride:

And the trampoline was also a highlight:


I didn't see the 3 boys much -- just enough to capture the photos above.  The rest of the time they were off on their own, rock-climbing, boxing, sliding, and Italian-ice eating. 

Meanwhile, Rayna loved absolutely everything she got to do....

Side note:  Miles watched Rayna play the game above and then looked at us as if we were crazy.  He had a much better strategy for getting the bean bags in the hole:

For Colsen, the festival was a bit overwhelming, and he approached the various games and activities with a litte more seriousness than his sister.  But overall, I think he had a great time!

And Miles.... well, he had just fun exploring anything he could:

....even trying to make his own adventures when he tired of the "normal" rides:

And he also enjoyed hanging out with some characters with interesting hair... and interesting morphsuits! 

(Colsen saw the guy in the black suit right when we arrived, and that could have contributed to his cautiousness for the rest of the morning!)

All in all, though, it was a wonderful Fall day!