Well I wasn't going to squeeze past the man with the snake and I've held a baby gator before so I told the Island King he was in charge and Island Girl and I bugged out. She told me she was relieved because she's not as freaked out by snakes as I am - she just doesn't like them and really didn't want to go in the tent. No problem LOL The boys loved the tent and the only snake out of its case was the one at the door. But there were no gators to be held. I'm really glad I didn't go in.
"Yeah!!" he's yelling "that goes really high! Let's go NOW!". Island Girl is looking at the Ferris Wheel and trying her best to overcome her fear and she says "I want to go too". This is bad. She says she's not sure but she doesn't think she'll freak out up there. Great LOL So the King or I must go with them. The Youngest Island Boy will probably do fine but since he's never actually ridden anything but the little cars that go round and round on the kiddie aisle we aren't positive. And what if Island Girl freaks? The Island King gave me a pleading look and I must admit that I pulled the "Girl" card. "Well, I'm scared to go that high and I just can't do it so Dad has to go" I say. Poor Island King. I've dumped it right in his lap. He has no choice now. If he doesn't suck it up and ride the Ferris Wheel he'll either be Scared Dad or Mean Dad and those are the two things the Island King hates to be the most. He shoots daggers at me with his eyes but smiles at the kids and agrees to go. I tell him that it doesn't go too fast and his neck won't get snapped around but he's not even buying it LOL So we stand in the really long Ferris Wheel ride and finally get to the front. The Oldest Island Boy does not like most rides so he's staying on the ground with me and we walk away from the line to a spot where we can watch the ride. It's been raining off and on for a while and the Ferris Wheel starts making this loud groaning noise. As the next car comes down I hear a woman yelling and look over just in time to see the Ferris Wheel man yank this little girl out of the car as it continued back on up the other side. It's making even more noise now and just as I'm deciding that my family is NOT going up in that thing the man turned everyone in line away and shut down the ride. When the Island King got to where I was standing he said the car the little girl was in stopped and her mother got off and then before the little girl could get off the car started moving again. The man grabbed the girl and then let the car go on up. He told everyone in line that the brakes were wet and he would have to close for a while. The Island King was quite relieved. Next to the Ferris Wheel was the Tornado. This ride went around really fast and lifted up off the ground some and you could make the car you were in spin if you turned the wheel in the middle. Island Girl wanted to ride that one and the Youngest Island Boy started saying he wanted to ride it too. He met the height requirement so with great trepidation we let him and the Island Girl get on. I don't think he's ever had that much fun in his life, he was yelling and laughing and trying to spin the car faster and faster. Island Girl looked like she was torn between having fun and sheer terror.
The ride started and started going faster and higher and they were making the car spin and I heard the Island Girl scream and looked just in time to see the Island King grabbing the Youngest Island Boy and trying to get him back into his seat. I saw the Island King relax and the Youngest Island Boy seemed to be safely in his seat so I didn't have a complete panic attack but I sure was glad when that ride stopped. The Island King tells me the Youngest Island Boy was raising his arms and swinging his feet and for a minute it looked like he was going to slip out from under the bar that was holding him in. He said he told him to sit still and to stop trying to throw his body off the ride and the Youngest Island Boy sat still after that and didn't look like he was going to fall out again. Something tells me we have a lot of broken bones in our future with that boy LOL After riding the rides, wandering around the festival and eating too much it was time for the Kenny Rogers concert. He really put on a good show. He chatted with the audience alot and told several funny stories. He brought his twin three year old boys out onto the stage and they are so cute! They sang a little of the Gambler which was too funny. We were standing a little ways back from the stage and could see ok but I couldn't seem to get any good pictures. There were bleachers set up next to where we were standing and I decided to ask a man sitting on the top bleacher to take a picture for me. He was very nice and took 4 really good pictures -of his hand LOL Obviously his hand was in front of the lens the whole time but I didn't want to bother him by asking him to retake them. I did get a couple of pictures but you'll just have to take my word for it that it's him. 
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