Riverfest

Each year Wichita's big deal is the Riverfest. It is a week-long carnival type atmosphere and for a $5 button you can enjoy free entertainment, all the fried food you could ever want and some other activities for minimal costs. For our first Riverfest in Wichita we took our three month old baby to the fireworks, but we haven't been back until this year. I encouraged our family to enjoy it and I think we did!

First stop - the parade.
Jodi, a missionary friend, and I have two kids each and we packed our dinners and kids and braved the crowds together. We had a great time!

Our great spot along the parade route until people starting standing in front of us! Ben intentionally turned for the picture. Ugh.

 Nadia's chair was a huge hit!

 There is room in my lap for two!

 There is room in Ben's lap for one!

There is room in Jodi's lap for two too!

 

Ben and Nadia doing a little street dancing during the parade.

Another day we took a family trip to Riverfest. We bought Ben a ticket to ride a horse and then he freaked out. So, Nate rode in his place. After walking around for an hour or so we started to leave and Ben put on his brave face and decided to ride if Ryan would ride with him! It was a big deal for Ben.

 We saw Curious George. The boys waved and were so excited...from a distance. When we got close they both freaked out. I forced Nate to try because I thought he would warm up. He didn't!

 With our $5 Riverfest button we got in free to the Wichita Wingnuts baseball game. We arrived during the second innings (after naps) and the boys lasted the whole game! We even ran (walked) the bases after the game! It was also "Bark in the Park" day so there were dogs everywhere. They were a welcomed distraction. And it wasn't very crowded so the boys jumped from bleacher to bleacher without distracting anyone and we enjoyed the game. It was great fun!

See ya next June Riverfest!