Comments on: gorgeous balloon in the land of giants http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/ Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:14:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-354 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:24:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-354 oh my goodness. I’m laughing out loud to myself in an empty office this morning with tears of laughter streaming down my face. oh- how funny. I’m not sure which is better rachel’s or ava’s expression!

]]> By: Anonymous http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-353 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:23:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-353 Too funny…and so well told!! :-) Thanks for the laughs and the GREAT picture… That is what MEMORIES are all about!! :-) Thanks for sharing… Love, Kristi

]]> By: SteveO http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-350 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:43:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-350 In regards to Jennifer’s comments…Actually I think that if Ava would have waited for the drop to suddenly wet herself, Rachel would be in a much more awful of a predicament than the librarians toes…as would the fellow thrill seekers behind her. Pee in the face while losing your stomach? Awful.

]]> By: SteveO http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-349 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:41:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-349 I’ll second Nate on that…and add that if you sick your daughter on me to take her on the log ride or any other ride which involves stomach clenching…can’t help but swear…want to jump out of the ride and meet your destiny…frickin’ rides I will be upset. Don’t make another girl relative of mine try to take me on those death defying acts of stupidity that we call thrill rides. Please. Love,
Moose

]]> By: Jennifer http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-348 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:25:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-348 Well, as much as I would not like to see a giant kangaroo-ed costumed man (or woman), they make those things because SOME kids DO like them! Kieran LOVED the 7-foot tall “Spine Man” he saw at a kids event recently. Ran to him/it/she and gave him/it/she a huge hug and a high five. All before I even figured out what the darn thing was. It was like a section of a spine…4 or 5 giant vertebrae, with a huge face on the front.

]]> By: Kirsten http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-347 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:06:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-347 I have now read this post 3 times and it has made me laugh out loud every single time!! I looooved your description, could hear your voice telling the story and think the souvenir picture is absolutely priceless!!
You might want to keep Ava away from Como Town. We tried it last summer and a ride operator actually stopped the ride because Ruthie was shrieking in terror (her daddy was also with her). Of course, this summer she’s dying to go back.

]]> By: Rachel http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-345 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:38:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-345 Oh Carrie, I’m so glad you mentioned the obnoxiously-long, dizzy, balloon ride! It was horrid and we were going backwards the whole way. I was so nauseas on that thing that I kept trying to make hand signals to Nate to go tell that ride-operator who was lounging in the booth with his feet up and ear buds in to bring the balloons down already. Of course, Nate just thought I was waving at him, so he waved, smiled back, and kept shooting pictures of our “gorgeous,” vertigo-inducing balloon. I had to take a hot, chamomile tea break after that!

Tell Sam that I would be scared of wild, jumping robotic kangaroo too! Why do they think kids like these things?

As for the inevitable badger-giant meeting, it hasn’t happened yet. I will keep you posted.

]]> By: Carrie http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-344 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:23:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-344 I will never again go to that amusement park again without thinking of you. I would have been rolling on the floor with laughter if it wouldn’t have woken my kids (and ended my nap time reprieve from wiping snotty noses.)

I don’t know how you managed the balloon ride that thing always makes me nauseous!

Sam would sympathize with Ava on the large animated characters. We went to a concert in June where someone dressed up like a kangaroo and later a robot and he was completely freaked out. Needless to say he didn’t enjoy the concert and since he never mentioned the over-sized marsupials or shiny robot thing, I figured he’d forgotten about it. Nope – 35 days later while walking towards a grassy spot to enjoy a different concert at a different park he asked looked up at me to confirm that there would be no robot or kangaroo there. “Difrent concert ok?”, he begged.

By the way, have the giants met the badgers yet?

]]> By: Heather http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-341 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:08:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-341 I am laughing and laughing and laughing. Oh, that was such a good story :0

]]> By: Ben and Sarah http://badgersontheloose.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-338 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:59:00 +0000 http://badgersontheloose.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/gorgeous-balloon-in-the-land-of-giants/#comment-338 We love your story! Rachel, I can totally relate on how difficult it is to be a submissive wife sometimes!
We wish we would be able to make it to the wedding, but the airline tickets are too expensive for us…we couldn’t find anything cheaper than $500/person. We’ll just have to settle for pictures!
Love you guys!

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