Carousels and Things

The end of this winter has held lots of fun rides for the kids. Our local Kmart has a cheap carousel outside that I let the kids ride if they can behave in the store ~ bribery for fifty cents! Since they're mostly anti-camera these days, this was a great chance to get some shots of Miranda wearing her new poncho made by Grandma Gayle.

While we were visiting Grandma and Grandpa Moore in Prescott Valley a few weeks ago, we stopped at a parking lot street fair (you know, the kind that get driven in on trucks in the lot of a grocery store and look like they could fly apart at any moment?) and the kids got to ride a proper carousel and a little Jeep ride that spun them in circles. They loved it and escaped unscathed, much to their mom's disbelief. I was sure no good could come of riding on those less-than-sturdy-looking rides!


Miranda is the orange blur and Michael is the blue blur whizzing by. They were screaming with glee!


Miranda on the carousel with Grandpa Moore hanging on to her



Looks like they're going to take after their mom and love roller coasters. I promised them both that when they were big enough, I would take them on the Zipper!