Colonial Days

First, a little history of Colonial Days that i gathered via the "Internets."

The first Colonial Days in Painted Post, NY was proclaimed in June of 1964 with a celebration "in official recognition of the improvements made in the business district of the Village." Colonial Days has grown from a modest beginning to one of the largest and longest consecutively held outdoor festivals in upstate New York. The Colonial Days parade now has the distinction as the largest professionally adjudicated High School Marching Band parade in New York State.





So, in celebration of the 45 years Colonial Days has been around, our family went down and YUKKED IT UP at the Carnival last Friday night! Sam rode some kiddie rides. He was HOOKED on the giant 'Fun Slide' (a loooong slide you ride down on a burlap sack). Turns out he might have been the only 3 yr old to ride it, given his height; a few of his friends from school were turned away for being too short. The three of us shared a Funnel Cake (you just GOTTA get one at a fair). $20 later (eek), we let Sam run around the FREE playground a while before we went home. It was such a nice night.