The week before Pioneer Day we took the kids to Salt Lake for the Days of '47 Family Festival. While trying to find the festival we ran into barriers for a parade, so we would try another street and have the same problem. After a few attempts to go around the parade we gave up, parked, and watched the parade. The floats were entertaining, but more entertaining for Ben and me were the inventive pronunciations the emcee used, and more entertaining for the kids were the characters who walked over to say hello.
Once the parade was over and we drove to Washington Square for the Family Festival on Washington Square, where we had fun trying out Pioneer-Era activities. Ben was the most successful stilt-walker and stick-puller. (Though technically he never got me off the ground.) Jack managed to win a stick pull match against Eliza and was by far the most enthusiastic potato-sack-racer.
The most popular activity at the festival for our kids, and everyone else there, was building your own wooden items from The Home Depot. The kids LOVED this and played with the trucks they made (the 3 younger) for a long time afterward, some of them even coloring them when we got home. Cat made a bird house which turned out pretty great too. Note to self: sign kids up for kid workshops at Home Depot.
As we walked back to the car the kids tried out some of the carnival games that were set up in that part of the park. When I look at this picture I think, "With your powers combined..."
That night a babysitter took care of the younger three so Ben and I could take Cat back up to Salt Lake for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneer Day concert. It was Cat's first MoTab concert and it really was wonderful. Laura Osnes was the featured soloist and she has an amazing voice. The bulk of the concert was devoted to musical theater pieces, some of which were familiar to us, some of which weren't, but it was all fantastic.
Great activities. Great carpenters.
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