A couple weeks ago was our town festival.  Like any good small town festival, there was a kids tractor pull, a parade, lots of kids activities and beer (for the adult kids :-)

My faithful blog readers know that Kade's shyness holds him back from trying lots of things that he wants to do.  He's getting much better but he still requires time to process, pep talks and the assurance that someone else he knows is doing it too.  

We forgot about the tractor pull until about 10 minutes before registration so Kade had the 5 minute drive from our house into town to build himself up for the "competition".  He did it though and he ended up getting 3rd!!

And for that he got this sweet trophy :-)

In true small town fashion, the kids trophy is sponsored by the liquor store and "liquor" was spelled incorrectly as "liquar".

I can't get the video to download but Kade basically pedaled to his friends and then promptly got off, he didn't pedal as far as he could have, he wasn't even struggling to keep going.  Good thing his friends were standing near the end!  Next year we'll have his friends stand behind the "Full Pull" line!

He also did the obstacle course this year!!  Last year he stood on the sidelines watching his friends, wishing he could do it but…again…too shy.  This year I didn't give him a choice.  I signed him up a month in advance and talked about it all the time.  By the time the day came around, he was pumped!

I caught a picture with Kade and a few of his buddies that did the course with him.

Trey, Kade, Paityn, Tucker

His usual shy pose…hands up by his face.  

At least they aren't in his mouth anymore!!

I love this series of pictures.  He did 2 rounds of the course, the first time he skipped the mud hole because Trey did.  The second time we bribed him with Gatorade to get into the mud.

You can literally see the debate going on in his head…

Is Gatorade worth the mud???

Apparently it is!

Ahh Mase!  Can't forget about this little man!!  

There wasn't a lot of activities he could participate in (not that he cared) but he could enjoy his own popcorn while watching his big brother!

Well, what do you know…Mason found his favorite spot...the driver's seat!

Let's keep his ambulance rides like this--pretending to drive it.  That I can handle!

Mason and his little buddy Nyle going for a bike ride!

Love these little cuties.