Bristol's Italian Festival

We had our first carnival outing this year at the local Italian Festival. AJ was very impressed by the rides and wanted to try the boats over and over except every time I gave the lady his tickets and tried to put him in the boat he would chicken out. He's gone on rides before but always with someone so this was his 1st attempt alone. Mom was kind of scared and AJ was a bit too but he made it through one ride. Thankfully we didn't spend a lot of money on ride tickets and we're hoping this ride aversion at carnivals continues as the price of tickets for these little rides is so expensive!

The one ride AJ went on was the Fire Trucks. It was a slow day and the 1st time he didn't have his choice of cars so he sat in the one that was free. After the 1st ride he wanted to attempt the boats but kept backing down then we tried the fire trucks again and there were only 2 other kids on the ride and all AJ wanted to do was sit in different trucks - he didn't want to ride or get buckled in so we gave up on the ride idea.

Here is AJ on his 1st solo carnival ride

This is not so bad:

Now we're moving!:

OK maybe not such a good idea:

She's not crying....:

We'll "fake cry instead: