Street Fair

As I mentioned yesterday, today was our city's annual street fair, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. It was mostly a lot of booths set up by local businesses, offering coupons and miscellaneous freebies, but there were some other fun things, too. The food area smelled fantastic, because one restaurant was barbecuing right there on the spot. And there were two stage areas, one for music and one for dance/ gymnastics/ martial arts performances by local kiddos. Nikos was very excited to see a banjo at the music stage. He's always talking about banjos, because his LeapFrog Fridge Farm toy says, "Hi, I'm Farmer Tad! Listen to my banjo!" Anyway, he wanted to know exactly which instrument was the banjo, which cracked me up.

As we went farther down the block, Nikos spotted one of the highlights of the day: the fire truck! The firefighters asked him his name and tried to talk with him, but he got very shy and buried his face in my shoulder. So even though he was really excited about the fire truck, we only managed to get a picture like this. He really was happy, I swear!

After we were done looking at the truck, we saw a sign that said "Kid Area" with an arrow pointing into a parking lot. Home Depot had a craft table set up in there! Nikos got a kid-sized orange Home Depot apron, which he can someday wear when he helps Daddy out in the garage. :) They also gave him a little inflatable beach ball, and then he used permanent markers to decorate a plain ceramic tile. He really enjoyed it!

After we finished up there, we visited the local 4-H Club booth. They had two goats, a pig, a rabbit, and a rooster. Nikos was in heaven! He pet the smaller of the two goats, but was content to just look at the other animals. He even said "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" to the rooster. :)

On our walk back to the car, the local rugby club gave him a balloon, and he played at a sand table set up by a local preschool. Gus and I stopped to buy a fresh apple pie from Julian (home of the BEST pies in San Diego County, hands down), which I can't wait to have for dessert tonight. YUM!

All in all, it was really fun! And we went early enough that parking was a breeze and the crowds weren't too bad. We even got a flyer for a toddler soccer program, which we are going to investigate further (he loves kicking the soccer ball in our back yard, so it might be right up his alley). Fun!

Oh, and of course Maya was there. She slept the entire time, shaded by Nikos' Home Depot apron. :) It amazes me how she can sleep so soundly when there is so much going on around her! She clearly got that ability from Gus, because I am just about the lightest sleeper in the universe. Here is a cute picture of her from yesterday, just because she is so adorable!