Carnies and Carousels

She may look all serious here, but she was loving the carousel horsies.

A couple weekends ago, we decided to check out the carnival that the neighborhood high school was hosting in our park. Now, I grew up in towns that had some pretty cool carnivals. When I was really little, I was all about Corn Fest in DeKalb. When we moved to Naperville, the Last Fling was always a great way to end the summer. So, I kind of had high hopes for this Fall Carnival. Sadly, this was no Corn Fest...and certainly no Last Fling. It was actually a pretty sketchy carnival with the most rinky dink rides ever. There is no way I would have stepped foot on any of those rusty, creaky twirly whirly rides. Despite the seriously shady vibe and the, um, eccentric carnies, Zoe had fun at her first carnival. She loved the carousel, won 2 excellent bouncy balls at the duck pond and got a taste of her very first elephant ear. Good stuff.

Mmmm, elephant ears!