Balloons a Glow

This weekend was the Art & Air Festival. Being a bit of a festival junkie family, we of course couldn't miss it. The opening day of the festival featured a Balloon Night Glow event where they'd line up hot air balloons and illuminate them from within. Cool!

Since I'm a bit of a stickler about bedtimes though, Soren staying up after dark was going to be a very unusual thing. We talked about it and looked forward to it all week.

When we first arrived at the festival we milled around. Smelled the handmade soaps (bubble gum was his fave.)

Bought some of the requisite tasty treats.



And then headed over to the main event.



But poor Soren, having absolutely no experience walking around at night, in the dark, was completely confused. "I can't see a thing!" he kept saying.



Our eyes of course adjusted to the darkness, but still that wasn't enough for Soren. This whole staying up late business was surely over-rated if you couldn't see the ground in front of you!



Having enormous glowing balloons in front of him was no thrill. He wanted to see the people standing next to him, the dogs walking by, all the other visual delights that come with festivals...



"Mom, I can't see a thing!"