St. Ferdinand's Fiesta

Last Saturday, we took a trip to the St. Ferdinand's Fiesta. The Lowther family was kind enough to meet us there. At first, John was a little shy, but he warmed up to them very quickly. Methinks, he's a little warry of Mrs. Lowther because she is so just darn loud.





Anywho, it was the boys first experience with a carnival and carnies. We had to interact with the carnies because we bought John some ride tickets. Uncle Mike was kind enough to ride with him in the train. He was very shaky at first and didn't like it, but by the end of the ride, he was saying yay. It was a weak yay, but he did start to get into it. At this age, he just likes looking at rides. He's not a fan of actually experiencing them.

He also enjoyed his first churro. He liked it, but he was more interested in eating the lettuce off his tacos. That boy just loves his greens. He even appreciated the music. He applauded and said, "Yay!" for the guy that was singing from his karaoke disc and giving shout outs to every state in Mexico, except Yucatan. He even sent saludos to Central America, but there was no love for Yucatan.

As we were leaving, we walked by the ferris wheel. This intrigued him greatly. He didn't quite know what to make of it, but he did want to walk up the stairs to the ride. He kept saying, "Stairs. Stairs." in his almost sounding like an autistic child kind of way. Mrs. Lowther was kind enough to lift him up so he could get a better view. By then, he'd warmed up to her loudness.