The Pennington Balloon Championship (hot air balloon, that is) is held in Baton Rouge every August. Although I've been living here since 2000 (minus the almost two years in MS), I'd never been. But this year I really wanted to take Mason and Hannah Kate.
Each ballooner was giving away cards with a picture of his balloon on it so Mason went around and collected several of them.
Yes, this is an LSU cap . . . but she's still stinkin cute regardless!
There was a children's village . . . face painting, putt putt golf, water balloons, nearly 10 huge inflatables and just all kinds of fun stuff for the kiddos. Mason's absolute favorite was the huge inflatable slide.
As the sun went down, there was scheduled to be a mass ascension of all of the balloons, but a thunderstorm to the west brought a contrary wind that made it too dangerous for the balloons to take off. That was a bit disappointing, but they did blow up all of the balloons so we could see what they looked like.
If you look really hard, you can see Mason, Seth and Hannah Kate in the bottom right corner of the picture below.
What can I say? It's August. It's HOT.
It was quite a site to see all of the balloons blown up.
My favorite part was the balloon glow. It was so pretty seeing all of the balloons lit up at dark.
Mason and Hannah Kate, of course, had to have a souvenir so we got them their very own hot air balloon.
The night ended with fireworks. It was a fabulous event, and we'll definitely go back again next year. Oh, and did I mention it was free?!? All of it . . . children's village, parking, admission . . . FREE!
Yes, this is an LSU cap . . . but she's still stinkin cute regardless!There was a children's village . . . face painting, putt putt golf, water balloons, nearly 10 huge inflatables and just all kinds of fun stuff for the kiddos. Mason's absolute favorite was the huge inflatable slide.As the sun went down, there was scheduled to be a mass ascension of all of the balloons, but a thunderstorm to the west brought a contrary wind that made it too dangerous for the balloons to take off. That was a bit disappointing, but they did blow up all of the balloons so we could see what they looked like.If you look really hard, you can see Mason, Seth and Hannah Kate in the bottom right corner of the picture below.What can I say? It's August. It's HOT.It was quite a site to see all of the balloons blown up.My favorite part was the balloon glow. It was so pretty seeing all of the balloons lit up at dark.Mason and Hannah Kate, of course, had to have a souvenir so we got them their very own hot air balloon.The night ended with fireworks. It was a fabulous event, and we'll definitely go back again next year. Oh, and did I mention it was free?!? All of it . . . children's village, parking, admission . . . FREE!