ok, so dook posted about going to some stupid garlic festival. so i thought i'd share with you all our afternoon at KoolAid Days!!

another little known fact about me... (i should have put this on the ten things thread....) i live in the birthplace of koolaid!! so every year we have koolaid days downtown. its a lot of fun for the kids, and all the koolaid you can drink!

Hastings, NE, home of the worlds largest koolaid stand, buy a mug for $2 and drink as much koolaid as you want:







this year the entertainment was kind of lame, but it provided some background music. (sorry for the fuzzy pic, i didn't have my cam set right at first )




giant inflatables the kids love to climb on and slide down:



here's anelia sliding down the titanic.



face painting!! anelia asked for a strawberry on her cheek.





kinda shy with the koolaid man



heres a better pic



the best part about fairs and carnivals here.... funnel cakes and homemade icecream.





waiting for her turn on the train ride









some fun games inside.... and air conditioning!!



kwikest koolaid drinking kontest.



saying goodbye to the koolaid man!


[Edited 8/12/06 19:55pm]

I'm gonna be horribly ill.

Spookymuffin said:

Awwwthe face painting is cute!

Isn't it Dane Cook who has that bit about The Kool Aid man?

That shit is funny

jerseykrs said:

i wish i'd had that shirt to wear there today!!

fantasyislander said:

I don't like Koolaid.

Sweeny79 said:

what bit about the koolaid man... and who is dane cook?

Spookymuffin said:

the fact that i am from where koolaid was invented makes me special. accept that fact.

fantasyislander said:

a terribly overrated comedian.

jerseykrs said:

He's hilarious!

Sweeny79 said:

We were doing so well too.

fantasyislander said:

I like cream coloured carpets. Accept that fact.

Spookymuffin said:

ok. do you still love me?

Sweeny79 said:

You really think?

I haven't laughed to a single one of his skits yet!

He has great hair though.

jerseykrs said:

I like him.

Imago said:

this is about koolaid damnit!!

Here's the Koolaid bit : http://www.yousendit.com/...7104EB96EC

fantasyislander said:

I love Koolaid. Orange and Grape are my favorites, but the flavors that change color freak me out.

I still tell people who have big beaming smiles that they have "koolaid" smiles.

Sweeny79 said:

is it safe to listen to with my daughter in the room?

fantasyislander said:

There's a few bad words...but there's no other adult content really... he says the f word a bit tho.

Sweeny79 said:

right, i'll wait til she's gone to bed.

Imago said:

they had a new flavor there today... one i've never heard of. "jamaica"


it was good! i'm going to get it next time i'm at the store.

fantasyislander said:

He calls the Koolaid man a big glass bitch

You better wait.

how can garlic be more popular??

I think from the fuzzyness of some of those shots you've been on the koolaid yourself.

althom said:

it's not a real fancy digital camera.... you have to turn the front of the lens from closeup to distance shots, and i always forget to turn it.

fantasyislander said:

Oh yeah! It's hard to look through the lens and see if it's in focus.

althom said:

it's not a lens!! it's a tiny digital screen that is very hard to see clearly when the sun is shining on it!

fantasyislander said:

It might be easier if a bottle of Koolaid wasn't in your hand as well.