Friday Night Fun Fair and PHOTOS!!!

Last night we went to a fun fair/rummage sale combo that was held at a church near our house. The tickets were CHEAP and the people were sparse. Reiss and Milla pretty much had the run of the place as far as the fun fair attractions were concerned - always a good thing when your child tends to be apprehensive around crowds of people.

I didn't intend to buy anything from the rummage sale area but they did have a toy section which, I might add, was very obviously strategically placed where one had to walk through it to get to the fun fair attractions for the kids. That's how they get you...You think you're not going to buy anything and they're one step ahead of you. It was all good though, because I found a Little People barnyard with Little People animals and some miscellaneous animals that didn't really go with it. We got that for $5 and another truck for Reiss for $0.50

One good thing about Reiss' particular autism - at least for now - is that Reiss doesn't understand the concept of money or "things being equal" yet so he doesn't know that Milla got something big and he got something small. And before anyone accuses me of picking favorites or cheating Reiss out of something, most often Reiss gets something and Milla gets nothing. I figure I can ride that one for a little while longer until she understands money and getting things and equality...you know, all the things in which little children are the ultimate experts.

Anyway, about my Milla's Little People barnyard......I'm all excited about this find for two reasons. First, I love anything Little People! They are such awesome toys to use as learning tools. And second, Milla's speech therapist is forever bringing some type of animal-related toy to assist in Milla's therapy sessions and I really believe Milla gets the most enjoyment out of the animal toys. Her therapist brings a barnyard similar to the one we got last night so now we have one to play with any time we want and not just a few minutes during therapy each week.

Enough of my meaningless rambling and on to the main course - the PHOTOS!!!

Reiss coming through the tunnel on the obstacle course.

Reiss sqeezing through the pillars....shouldn't be too difficult - he's a twig.

Forget the games! It's all about getting to choose a prize....

Milla getting ready to throw a bean bag in the bean bag toss. (Just pretend you don't see all that extra fat flesh on my arms!)

Not sure what Reiss is doing to Milla's bum-bum here but she doesn't seem to mind. This is the two of them in the jousting pit inflatable. They're obviously too young to joust so the guy just let them run around in a million circles in there.

Reiss with a jousting mask on his head.

I really think we may have discovered a future career for him....

I had to take a photo of this because it's not something I often see. This isn't just Milla sleeping - it's Milla asleep where she fell asleep. On. Her. Own. That's right! No help at all or any soothing methods necessary....she just went over to the beanbag, plopped down, and was out like a light.