Carnival at Devereux Beach

Wahoooooo!  We intended to stop by the carnival for 30 minutes or so just to see if Griff had overcome his fear of all rides... (my previous attempt last year at forcing fun on my poor child ended in tears/death grip on Mommy/freak out/riding on the lamo stationary bench on the horsey carousel at Old Orchard Beach, ME, and a complete fail prior to that was the fire truck ride in Ocean City, NJ where I had to pull Griffin off prior to the ride even starting since he kept standing up). 

1.5 hours later at the Devereux Beach Carnival, Griffin successfully rode every ride suitable for his height, including the tractor trucks, the train (he sat in the caboose with his friend Ben), the giant slide with Dad, the carousel, which he rode twice on an actual horse (I couldn't even watch the ride without feeling like vomiting, thank you pregnancy), the really loud honking cars that go in a circle, and the flying creepy car ride (reminiscent of Dumbo, but you ride in a wierd looking car thing with big red lips and eyelashes).  We topped off the fun afternoon with Griffin's first cotton candy.