We had a super busy day on Saturday.
We started the day off by going to Touch a Truck in Thompson Station. Brian stayed home but my mom and I took the kids. We got there just before it officially started at 9 am and were able to do a ton with no lines at all. Last year when Brian and I took the kids, we got there later and the lines for all the trucks were super long (especially for the construction vehicles).
Our first stop was face painting. After Carter's good experience with getting his face painted the night before, he was willing to do a full mask of Spiderman (though the woman that did it wasn't very good at all!).
Carter was thrilled though to be Spiderman!
Next we stopped by the painting station and painted little cars.
And then it was off to see some trucks and collect more free stuff! First was a backhoe.
Mr. Independent was able to climb in all by himself.
Rylan decided he was independent too and climbed into the bulldozer on his own.
The boys love cement trucks. We see a lot of them in our neighborhood since there are still a lot of houses being built. Whenever we see one while driving, there is a lot of screaming and pointing going on in the backseat. Both boys were excited to sit in a real cement truck!
The party bus was a little scary but the boys loved the poles in it. It was a little gross in there though.
The FedEx truck was much better (in my opinion)!
I locked everyone in the "paddy wagon".
Carter loved running up and down this trailer.
We left Touch a Truck around 10:15 am to head over to Carter's soccer game. Brian met us there and brought all the stuff I forgot (like soccer balls!). Carter's team only had 6 players show up (with one of them not playing) so we had to modify the teams a little bit. I had 3 of our boys on my field against 4 boys on the other team. Since Missy only had 2 boys from our team, the other team gave her some boys so they could have a more even game. Ultimately it worked out fine. The team we played the week before had the same situation with a lot of their team missing and we had to reorganize teams. It's all good though because we just want the boys to get to play as much as possible and have fun - which they did! And Carter scored 2 goals! He was SO PROUD. Carter has been standing back just watching a lot lately. I've been trying to encourage him to get in there and be more aggresive. Nothing has been working so before the game I told him it was okay to push some. And he did - the other coach even told him once to keep his hands down! So my advice helped Carter score but hopefully it doesn't turn him into a "dirty" player (we already have one that pushes everyone constantly!).
After the game, my mom and I took the kids to a Brentwood Fire Station (they were having an open house on Saturday). We've recently read some books about firehouses and there was a new Handy Manny episode about firemen so Carter was really excited to go. We got to tour the firehouse and see were the firemen hang out between calls and where they sleep. I think Carter really liked it!
After the Brentwood Fire Station, we headed downtown for Oktoberfest. The festival was okay - it was really crowded and packed into a small area which made using the double jogger really difficult! After getting some beer (Spaten) for my mom and me (what else do you do at Oktoberfest!?!), we headed over to the children's area. It was adjacent to the largest stage and we listened to music for awhile.
Carter is really random sometimes :)
There were free pony rides and Carter was very excited about getting to ride one.
Rylan wasn't really interested in riding but my mom put him on anyway.
He wasn't too happy about it!
Carter really liked getting to pet his pony.
After enjoying some more music and snacks, we waited in line for balloon animals. The line was long and I was worried that the kids would pop their animals right away (as they did the only other time we've gotten them), but they are still doing well 2 days later. These are some amazing balloons because the boys have not been gentle with them!
Saturday was super fun but I think we are still recovering from fitting so much in! It doesn't help that we haven't stopped since my mom got here and still have a lot of fun stuff planned!
