Irish Festival Fun

Way, way back before Papa Rob and I were together, I went to this local event 

called the "Irish Festival" in Dublin.  I cringe now thinking about it,

as all I can remember is the band (Flogging Molly, if my memory

serves me correctly), and lots of alcohol. Fast forward to 2016,

and this time we had committed to going with Mema, Pops,

and Grandma Marge. Before our visit,  I combed the festival

web page to make sure there were things to keep our little leprechaun

occupied.  And, I'm here to say, that the Irish Festival knows

how to put on a good time for little lads and adults too!

 (photo credit here goes to Maxwell James)

 

Our first stop was the Wee Folk area....where for $10

you can buy a wristband and your kid can go wild!

Max LOVED this area....even in the blistering hit

he wanted to go on all the slides, bounce in all the

houses, and dance his little heart out!

  

 

It was so nice because the lines weren't terribly

long for any of the slides! He scrambled up them

pretty quick, would turn the corner, slide right

down, and bounce off!

Max was pretty funny to watch in line too.

He was really blasé about other kids

cutting in front of him...and did really great

listening to the adults in charge on when

it was safe to start.

 

 

I think we did every

slide in the place, pausing only for water

and crushed ice breaks!

It was so much cooler under the big tents...but once

he finished the snow cone - it was on the dig pit!

I think they just dumped all the extra dirt in this

pit and then threw in some sand toys. But, Max

was pretty pleased with this set up and wanted

to stay longer. We enticed him away with promise

of the Wee Folk Craft Area.

Here again, I was so pleased at how much thought the festival folks

had put into this area. Max was able to sit right down,

pick out his art project (a sword, naturally).  I helped

him stick on the jewels and then he stamped his heart

out. And in the end, we added his name

with all the extra letter stickers.

 

He also wanted to decorate a green hat...again

with the stickers and jewels.  He wore this hat for

approximately three minutes before popping it

on top of Rob's head.

From here we looked around at all the Irish

canines (Irish Setters and Irish Wolf Hound)!

I was pretty set on taking home a Wolf Hound,

which was notably bigger than Max, but Rob

had to bring me crashing back to reality

by talking about the financial upkeep related

to a dog that size. Boo for being practical.  

All in all we lasted about three hours at the festival....

which I thought was pretty good considering the

heat of the day and the lack of nap!

We boarded the shuttle (another way the City

of Dublin had truly thought of everything) and

headed back to our car!

 

Festival season is honestly the best

and another reason summer in Ohio

just can't be  beat :) 

 Can't wait for Joan of Arc Festival

in a couple weeks!

xoxo