A Day at the Carnival

So kiddo and his friend J got to go to the carnival this weekend. Always a little fun in the small town. Anywhoo my son is way way afraid of heights, and nobody knows why. I mean he got on the carousel for Christ sake, and he got up on the horse on it, and freaked out, so he got down onto one of the bench seats on it. And rode it. He went through all the fun houses like 10 times. (we got them the bracelet for 15 bucks, and it's unlimited rides) Well his friend, J, has no fear. So...he was going on stuff like the Hammer, and Sizzler and stuff like that. Finally Gigantor has this talk with the kiddo about how he needs to try more stuff, and stop being afraid. Well...J's sister who is 14 walks up and starts talking to him too. And kiddo decides to go on a couple rides with her. He goes on the Pharaoh's Fury. It's this giant boat on this swing thing. So he goes on that, and says it's fun. Then he decides to go on something called the Kamakazi. They strap you in this airplane looking thing, so you are laying on your belly. And then they start spinning it and tilting it, and it goes up and down. Well kiddo gets off of that, and screams " that was RIGHTEOUS!!!!!!" Then starts going OMG the horse on the carousel is WEEK compared to this. So he marched back to the carousel and rode the horse. hehehehehe

Well...Kiddo and Gigantor wanted to try the strong man thing. You know where you hit the thing with the sledge hammer and the thing moves up and hits the bell. Well...kiddo can barely get the sledge hammer in his hand. But he gives a valiant effort. Well for a prize he got this blow up sledge hammer. It's real big like 4ft tall, and the head of it is the size of a medium watermelon. So it's real light, all blow up, and when you hit something with it it has this loud "squeak". The kiddo and Gigantor were waiting for J to get off the Sizzler, and Gigantor is kneeling in the dirt talking to kiddo. There was this little old lady (like in her 60's) that is walking around with a blow up hammer too. So everyone is sorta smiling thinking about her trying the strong man game. And she comes up to kiddo and jumps in front of him in this defensive position. She then yells "HAMMER FIGHT!!!" and bonks him on the top of the head with a loud SQUEAK and jumps back in this defensive positions. Well....my precious baby boy. Takes off beating the hell out of this old lady. He chases her half way down the fairway beating her ass. "squeak squeak squeak" Gigantor is yelling at him to come back. Bystanders see this 60+ year old lady streaking past them (and dayum she could run fast) and this 8 year old boy chasing her "squeak squeak squeak" beating her with his hammer. She finally yells "okay okay I give!!" and the kiddo turns around to start walking back all proud of himself. Gigantor is like yelling "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING??" Kiddo matter of factly goes "Well she started it!!!" Everyone around starts dying laughing. I mean I almost peed my pants. He was right too, she did start it. But I can't get over my son chasing some old lady down a fairway beating her ass with a squeaky hammer.

Well that was the adventure at the carnival this weekend. Hope everyone has a great Monday.

SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK