On Saturday, Ron and I took Julia and Tanner to the Auto/Boat Speedshow at the fairgrounds. It was a lot of fun looking at all the cars and watching the kids get excited about the new things they were seeing. In addition to the cars, there were also some celebrity appearances by the cast of Happy Days. So we jumped in line to meet The Fonz. As we inched closer in line, sign on the table caught our eye. It was a price list for the items they were selling. We had no intention of buying any items, but then we noticed the fine print. $20 per autograph?? What?? I couldn't believe it! I told Ron, maybe we'll just ask to get a picture of the kids with him....using our own camera. That's when he pointed out that photos with The Fonz were $20 a pop...even when using your own camera. Decisions, decisions. When it came our turn to meet him I was pleasantly surprised at how nice he is! He shook our hands and was very personable. I asked him if I could take a picture of him with Ron and our kids. He said "sure, but you need to be in the picture as well." Great, just great. After the picture, he knelt down and was talking to Julia one-on-one. He then kissed her forehead and thanked her for coming to see him. That made her day. After we walked away Julia said "Mom, the football coach from that movie (Waterboy) gave me a kiss!" It was adorable.
Of course we could not leave the speedshow without seeing Dora and Spongebob. The kids were so excited and couldn't wait to see them. Of course we got to their area just as they had left for a 15 minute break, so we walked around for a little while to pass the time. When they came back, we quickly jumped in line to let them have a turn. I had no doubt that Julia would snuggle up with them for a picture, but Tanner is a different story. He likes to take a look, but won't get too close.
This is as close as Tanner would get to Dora, and he looks less than thrilled in the picture....but he really was having a great time!
And again with Spongebob...he's standing at least 4 feet in front of him. We all had a great time.
1 comment:
I had to ask Shane who that guy was. lol I think that your picture was totally cute!!! I think that the Dora is totally scary. No wonder Tanner was freaked out, she scars me too. Sponge Bob was a little better hahaha Glad you guys had a fun time!
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