Oahe Days--parade loot--candy, frisbee's and a t-shirt. Blow up castles, and obstacle course for the kids, helium balloons, magic show, yo-yo expert show, Karate demonstration, BMX bike riders from Michigan, quick draw shoot out at targets, coverband concert on Friday night and Saturday night......Cost--$0
Shanes Pharmacy 1 year anniversary--Hot dogs, soda...Cost $0
Rubber Duck Race--Rubber ducks racing down Missouri river...sign up for ducks, numbers on the bottom, prizes for winning ducks....Cost--$0
Fishing Day for Dad and kids--Fishing poles and bait provided below the Oahe Damn (2nd largest Earthen Damn in the World!) Prizes for certain catches...Cost--$0
SD beef council--Burgers and soda at local Grocery Store...Cost--$0
Car Dealership Summer days--hot dogs, chips, and soda...Cost--$0
Lizzie the Clown story time--Lizzy does tricks and reads stories at local parks, every Monday, throughout the summer....books for each child at each event...Cost--$0
We also had a traveling Carnival come in which offered 10 rides for $10....We did not go.....Mister used to go on Carnival with his Carnie momma.....we don't really trust the rides...so we passed, much to our children's sadness.
Today was the 4th of July parade. I am not over exagerating when I say the parade was an hour and a half long. This is the loot we walked away with. Neither I, nor Mister picked up a single piece of candy, and my boys shared with the younger kids next to us, and we only allow them to run out directly in front of us. Parades are interesting......they go against everything we teach our children...."don't take candy from strangers"..."don't run into the street"...."don't pick up candy off the ground" But who really cares! Look at all this stuff we got!
Living in a Community like this.......PRICELESS! (Thanks Kimberly)
There will also be an hour long fireworks display tonight over the Missouri river...looking forward to that! Hope you all have a great celebration!
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12 comments:
Sounds like a great place to live! All that for $0, especially the candy.
An hour long fireworks display...over the river...hmmm maybe we should drive there. Is there still time. ;)
I was waiting for the, "Living in a community like this? Pricless." part! Sounds lovely!
Ah....good thinking Kimberly....it is there now!
Amanda...you can make it....it is just a short drive! You can stay at my house, room for all of you! After all....I can entertain 18 kids, what is a family of 6? That is a cake walk!
I mentioned something to Scott, he said, "If only we had known earlier today." Maybe next time! :D
Amanda....Next year....my house, you are on!
We sat on the bank of the river 30 minutes waiting for the action to start, then watched fireworks for about 15 minutes and went home because my 3 year old kept saying, "I want to go home. Can we go home? Let's go home." He's the boss of us.
Very fun! Looks like you did well at the parade :D
Angel that would be so much fun!
Carrot, my three year is the boss at our house too. Our family mission statement, "What Megan wants, Megan gets!"
Sounds like a blast! The candy looks yummy!
The three year old doesn't get to be boss at our house....the 6 year old is waaaaaay to busy being the boss!
I also live in a city that is very community focused. Many community gatherings, not to generate profits but to unite the people. Sounds like we are both fortunate to live in such a nice place.
Halloween must be a Candy Utopia over there in SD.
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