Holland Festival 2008

On Saturday 16th February we went along to help out at the Holland Festival yet again. This year it was just on Saturday instead of Saturday and Sunday. I must say it gets more boring every year. This year they had less rides for the kids. No entertainment on stage for the kids. Last year they had Dorothy the Dinosour, this year, nothing. For the amount of money the adults have to pay to get in, they are getting less for their money every year. Every year it's the same stalls and the same basic entertainment. I'm so over it. But here are some photos of the kids having some fun.

Here are the kids in front of their Opa's steam engine. This is one that was restored years ago with Adrian and his brother helping out. Bailey and Micayla love to get involved and help put wood on the fire. Bailey had his own 'baby steam engine' there as well and kept wanting to steam it up. He would go over to the big steam engine to get the oil tin and a rag for his engine. LOL

Micayla took this photo of Bailey and I in front of the steam engine. Now that she likes to take photos, I actually get to be in a few.

I took the kids to have a play on the jumping castles. Bailey just wanted to play on the normal kids jumping castle but Micayla wanted to have a go on the Bungee Challenge. She has to pull against the rope strapped to her body and place the little bag things at one end and then get them back again to stick them back on the wall. She had a lot of fun. Apart from these rides, the only other ones for the kids were electric cars. Usually they have merry go rounds, the teacup ride and even some dutch games and rides, but not even they were there. They also had an animal nursery, but I didn't get any photos of them cause I have so many from other years. Soooo over the animal nursery. But the kids aren't, they still went in there to pat the animals.

Later in the evening they have the standard dutch parade of all the clubs in their fancy club costumes. Usually 'Opa' goes in this but he quit his club. He still took the kids for a walk at the end of the parade and went inside for the dancing with the clubs. The kids had some fun, but in this photo Bailey looks like he's a bit weary on his feet and in need of a seat. LOL