Bingo!
I had an idea several years ago. I wanted to go to every local carnival and make up a t-shirt with the information about each one like a rock tour shirt.
That plan fell apart for two reasons – my daughter and I saw our carnival attendance diminish, and I’m lazy.
We just had too much going on to get to many carnivals anymore. When she was little, those trips filled the gaps on Saturday nights when my wife worked.
With fewer free weekends (and fewer carnivals- another bummer), my genius t-shirt idea faded away.
I thought of all this recently as we headed to the Delone carnival. Bridget wanted to go with a friend, so Maria and I went along for the ride.
When we arrived, I realized we had entered a new era of carnival attendance. No longer would we walk around and watch from outside the kiddie rides. We needed to entertain ourselves while the girls walked around.
Getting something to eat only killed so much time. We had no intention of going on any rides, especially since it was drizzling. We had to come up with something.
Bingo.