daVinci Days
It is so funny how often in life with a 3 year old things don't end up quite like you expected. This weekend it was Corvallis' annual daVinci Days festival. Just like Corvallis, daVinci Days is a more cerebral take on typical festival activities. I'd say that Corvallis is where the Country Fair hippies come to live when they've either gotten a PhD or become really rich! As such, even the festivals here are interesting.
Part of the festival has local organizations making sculptures. This sculpture really caught Soren's eye. He was sure that anything shaped like a reindeer and wrapped in aluminum foil must be filled with chocolate. He was quite sad that I wouldn't let him unwrap it.
We came down to the festival because Soren's favorite band - The Maharimbas, as you saw on the video from the Country Fair - were playing here. He was so excited to see them and has been talking about them all week. In fact, he even asked a little girl in his soccer class to come to see The Maharimbas with him!
So, we arrived at the venue really looking forward to the show. But as we approached the site we passed a playground. Big mistake. Soren just couldn't get the playground out of his mind. When The Maharimbas took the stage he dutifully danced to a few songs and then asked "Mom, can we go to the playground now?"
So we did. And as luck would have it some of our good friends stopped by with their three year old son, Cayden. Then more of our friends stopped by. Funny how in a small town if you just hang out in a main playground you'll eventually run into all your friends with children!
After Soren was totally covered in sand, we headed down to the Corvallis riverfront fountains. then the real fun began! 
(How many more years do you think Soren will be willing to play in public wearing only his underwear?!)
What a fabulous day! While we didn't see much of The Maharimbas ("Maharimbas who?" says Soren) we had even more fun than we could have expected!
Part of the festival has local organizations making sculptures. This sculpture really caught Soren's eye. He was sure that anything shaped like a reindeer and wrapped in aluminum foil must be filled with chocolate. He was quite sad that I wouldn't let him unwrap it.
We came down to the festival because Soren's favorite band - The Maharimbas, as you saw on the video from the Country Fair - were playing here. He was so excited to see them and has been talking about them all week. In fact, he even asked a little girl in his soccer class to come to see The Maharimbas with him!So, we arrived at the venue really looking forward to the show. But as we approached the site we passed a playground. Big mistake. Soren just couldn't get the playground out of his mind. When The Maharimbas took the stage he dutifully danced to a few songs and then asked "Mom, can we go to the playground now?"
So we did. And as luck would have it some of our good friends stopped by with their three year old son, Cayden. Then more of our friends stopped by. Funny how in a small town if you just hang out in a main playground you'll eventually run into all your friends with children!
After Soren was totally covered in sand, we headed down to the Corvallis riverfront fountains. then the real fun began! 
(How many more years do you think Soren will be willing to play in public wearing only his underwear?!)
What a fabulous day! While we didn't see much of The Maharimbas ("Maharimbas who?" says Soren) we had even more fun than we could have expected!
I totally understand about the playground. Oh well, looks like you had a fun day! Love the underwear pics.
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