Festival of Lights

This Saturday we attended the Lake Jackson Festival of Lights.  We figured Gabriel was old enough to get some form of enjoyment out of it all.  Yeah...we were wrong.  First tortured our poor boy on the merry-go-round.  We even chose an elephant thinking he would enjoy it more.  Nope.  He wanted to get off before the ride even started and by the end was sobbing.  (I'm thinking he was hungry, which contributed to it, as he hadn't eaten much of his snack.)

 Lorelai was oblivious to the chaos as she was sleeping in the BabyHawk carrier.  Have I mentioned that I love that thing?  :)

 After the ride of terror we thought we'd head over to a ducky game for some calm entertainment.  Easy stuff...pick a ducky and the letter on the bottom (S, M, L) decides the toys you get to choose from.

 Well, after being emotionally scarred by his Daddy on the merry-go-round...

 Mommy taught Gabriel how to pick up some ducks.  Once he learned how to pick up ducks he didn't want to stop.  We claimed his prize, and the man running the booth was very nice and let him pick one for Lorelai too.  But, Gabriel was now fascinated with the ducks.  The man in charge let him have his fun for as long as he wanted, but Brian and I decided it was time to move along resulting in more tears from Gabriel.

So, of course when your child is visibly upset what does any good parent do?  Put him on another terrifying ride of course!  This time I rode with Gabriel in these little Flintstone looking cars on a little round track.  Once again before the ride even began he wanted to get off.  But, we stuck with it.  He cried a little bit more but mostly sat in my lap sucking his thumb.  

Apparently he was not ready for the Festival of Lights.  Oh well...now we know.