At the Corn Carnival

Last week we attended the annual Cokato Corn Carnival. The week started out a little wet. We watched the parade in the rain. We found cover for most of the parade under a great big elm tree but the leaves could only hold so much water. After the rain started to fall through the tree, we decided to watch the remainder of the parade in the car. We had a great view and Annika was able to stay dry then.

The biggest part of the Corn Carnival is the all you can eat corn on the cob. And for Annika the carnival rides. So Tuesday and Wednesday we spent the evening at the Corn Carnival riding rides and eating corn. Tuesday night is also the competion for Miss Cokato. Annika loved that as she could "watch all the princesses". Of course the corn kept her entertained because she has no front teeth so eating corn on the cob is not the easiest. It took her about an hour to eat one cob but she had a great time doing it.

My favorite part of the carnival was watching Annika ride the pirate boat. This ride swings back and forth and gains speed. She had a blast on it and it was her favorite ride. But what really was great to watch was her interacting with the girls in the seat with her. The two girls were talking and she noticed Annika's implants. So she asked her about it. She was telling her about her implant an it was so neat to see Annika just explain it all. My little girl is growning up and is just able to advocate for herself. Just makes a mom proud and I know that we have done all we can to prepare her and gave her the confidence to be proud of who she is.