Last Wednesday was Kids Day at the Calgary Stampede, and all kids and accompanying adults could get in for free before 9am. There was also a free pancake breakfast. We jumped on the opportunity to get free food AND entertainment. We met up with Scott's cousins A and H and made a day of it. Acutally, they all made a day of it -- I just ate the breakfast and then went on to work.
Before leaving, I made sure to see the breakdancers and the mini chuckwagon races at the grandstand. Pretty sweet stuff. I was a little disappointed that they only gave me one pancake (instead of the traditional two), but I got to eat some of Scott's in the end, so everything was okay.
The group spent the day taking in a number of free shows, including Superdogs, Hip Hop Harry and the BMX jumpers. Here's Scott and his aunt J in the tent during the BMX show.
I guess the kids liked the dogs (Scott did plenty of pointing and hooting), but the interest flagged after a while and Scott was pretty freaked out when the audience was supposed to whistle and cheer to get one of the dogs to jump.
He'll get a lot more out of the shows next year when he's a little older, so that will be good. But he probably won't want to share his pancake with me, so that won't be as good.
2 comments:
Glad Kids can help the parents have some fun. You've mentioned Scott's "hooting" several times. Just what, how, why does he do that??? Any clues you can give me? And please answer me via my email so I am not just having a one way conversation! Thanks!
When he's interested in something (usually animals), he makes a sound that's kind of like a baby version of Oooh! But it comes out sounding more like a owl's hoot. That's why I call it hooting. It's very cute and it's always accompanying by a pointing finger.
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