You've gotta see it....

to believe it!!!!

Today (gasp! I'm posting something only hours old) we went to the Cedar Park Festival. Although it was in the 90's (gasp! it's only April people) and very windy, we are the Crack Team....we can have fun in spite of a few weather hiccups.

There is something about festivals that say Summer is coming. Really at 90 degrees we probably didn't need to go to a festival for that feeling but let's put that aside for now. We eat healthy as very often as possible and I always say that we eat healthy so we can enjoy the exceptions. Festivals are one of the exceptions. So summer is coming and bring on the roasted corn, sno cones, and funnel cakes! But we have a new favorite: Potato swirls. These guys had a drill that they peeled a raw potato with. They took the long peel and fried it for a fresh potato/french fry/chip thing. We drizzled some ketchup on top and devoured it. Notice that there is hardly a swirl left on the plate before I dared take a picture...any earlier and I would have missed my share of the swirl. See cupcake's face....she's in love.


They also had a fun train and cupcake loves a choo choo. We managed to get a closed eye picture and a slightly bumpy video. Fun was more the priority today than perfect pictures so bear with us. We're in the green car in the video...it's fast!





Finally, the rides, the fun, the games with junk prizes! We opted out of the games with junk prizes...thankfully cupcake wasn't too disappointed. We did get to pet a mini pony and our cupcake continues to be quite the animal lover:


Then she was really hoping for a chance on the inflatable slide. She begged...she pleaded....we walked by and (thank you Jesus, people who have been sued, or common sense) the rules were ages 5 and up. We explained this to cupcake and went on our merry way over to see some gymnastic demonstrations and a real live longhorn (not taking place together, just in the same direction).

At the gymnastic mats girls in glittery outfits with fake curly hair were doing all kinds of tricks. Cupcake watched for a few minutes and took off toward the mats yelling "My TuRN." We again had to explain that this was not for her participation but for us to watch. Talk about squashing my adventure seeking, thrilling taking girl.

She agreed to go look at the Longhorn. Upon walking up I had a moment of regret in this decision as I noticed some older kids getting their photo made on these giant beasts. Of course Cupcake wanted to "ride the cow." Of course we again had to explain it was for older kids. We walked over to another one who was laying in the sun for a rest hoping a closer look would be a good 2nd. Nope. She pointed back and said "My turn, please!!! By myself!!!" So we decided to do what every good parent would do and let someone else be the bad guy. We walked over to the lady in charge to have her explain that Cupcake could not do this. Apparently she hasn't been sued yet. She agreed to let her. I then was relying on hope that Cupcake would rethink it when we got closer and she realized that Mommy wasn't even tall enough to lift her onto this thing. Nope. I guess she'd be shot down enough for one festival.

You've got to see it to believe it! Our Texas girl rides her first longhorn (click picture for larger view):

She loved it. She wanted to do it again when she got off but we opted for a funnel cake and that was a fair trade. Smart girl. So with sugar in our bellies we're home. Summer is coming. But hopefully not too hot too soon!