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Here is the group, minus the three guys who were lugging all of the bags around.
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Lukas went from pure happiness...
to absolute terror about halfway through the ride.
Katharine LOVED the rides, and I had to take her back one more time later on. I always secretly hoped that none of my kids would be into roller coaster style rides, but I might have to climb back on to one of those things again sooner than I would have thought.
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Katharine was very graceful with the bubble wand- Iria can already see a lot of her dance training emerging.
Maya began to blow bubbles out of her hand all of a sudden, and it even surprised Jeramy. Very cool!
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Liam and Aiden picked up some wooden swords on the way out. Lukas survived a few skirmishes with just his plastic sword, and I was pretty impressed (and relieved).
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Liam picked it up fast, but had a devil of a time getting all of the soap off of his hands afterwards.
I remember this fairy from last year. There were a lot of returning faces.
The "Elephant Ride" was the big event today, and surprisingly cost effective considering everything else that they gauge you on there.
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We were starting to wind down by this point, and the sticks were a fun standing activity. Brian was pretty good with them.
so we didn't stay long.
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Liam and Aiden picked up some wooden swords on the way out. Lukas survived a few skirmishes with just his plastic sword, and I was pretty impressed (and relieved).
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They weren't awake for very long after this picture. All three kids slept pretty much the entire trip back to McKinney.
Here they are last year, minus the Martels: http://the-doeschers.blogspot.com/2008/04/scarborough-fair.html
Fantastic pictures!
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