Today was the Kaiser Fall Family Festival.  It was a wellness fair for the employees and families, and we thought it was a well planned out and success fair today.  We planned to get there early to avoid the crowds and to dispose our old TV at the eWaste drop off.  We ran into Kathy and her family near the parking lot.  We all went in to register together, then headed over to get our flu shots first.  I had received mine last week at work, so it was just for the 3 boys.  We did not tell Logan anything about the shot that he would get today.  Right before I sat him down on me for the shot, I told him that the lady would give him a little poke and we would then go over to the other side to get an ice cream.  He was still trying to absorb what I said, I covered his eyes so he would not see the needle, the shot was over.  So he was fine.  Then it was Connor’s turn.  The nurse gave it to his thigh while he was sitting in the stroller.  He gave out one loud cry, then stopped as we strolled to the other side of the room to get the popsicles.  While we sat in the courtyard to enjoy the popsicles, all our friends showed up too, the Kaos, the Tsaos and the Changs.  We all headed over to the kids area next.  That is when I unfortunately became an irresponsible parent for a moment.

    Logan appeared interested in playing with the parachute, so Stuart and Logan went to join in the play.  The photographer inside me took over, so I set Connor and the stroller next to the parachute for him to watch the action, and I grabbed the parachute to participate and to take pictures.  Awhile later when Stuart asked me the whereabouts of Connor, I pointed over to where he was but Connor was not there.  My heart dropped and I frantically looked around until Kathy told me that Ted took Connor for a walk.  Ted also wanted to find out how long it would take before I realized missing a child.  After this panic, I resumed my responsibility and we continued enjoying other activities. 

     We took a break to have a soft pretzel and popcorns, then Logan and I went to make a pumpkin cutout.  We then checked out different booths to get some freebies.  Finally we decided to go out to the parking lot where they had set out a dining area for lunch.  We all happened to have our schedules in sync, we went into everyone (the Kaos, the Tsaos and the Changs), so we enjoyed the healthy portion-controlled lunch together.  After lunch, we parted our way again.  There were some obstacle jumpy houses, but this time Logan was not interested.  We checked out the carnival games and some other health booths, then decided to walk back to head home for a nap.  We were quite impressed with the festival today, and the kids seemed to have a good time too.