Street Fair

On 5th june, weather was so good and my husband wanted to go somewhere with the kids. But I wasn't feeling well and I wanted to take rest at home. He was insisting to go to parks or zoo, but I wasn't ready to go anywhere far away from home. 

Then, we just remembered that there is a small street fair in downtown metuchen and there are few fun activities for the kids. So, we planned to go there as this was very near and we can come back so fast if needed. The kids were also happy that they were going for the outing.

We had to take both the strollers as sometimes Tanishk feels lost and just walks away from us. It was a very small street fair, where most of the stalls were for the promotions. And there were shops were for jewellery, clothes, accessories, beauty items, craft items, massage and also toys. And there were some food stalls too. There were few fun activities for the kids - pony riding, small petting zoo, sand activity, face painting, inflatable rides, balloons, hoop dance, etc.

Most of the things were very expensive. We didn't buy anything, we just walked and looked around. One lady gave kids a balloon. Tanishk was not ready to hold it and Tanay didn't know how to hold it. We tried to tie the balloon with the stroller. The balloon was loosened from our hands and went up in the sky.

We reached till the end of the fair. We had to turned back but Tanishk refused. He started to scream that he doesn't want to go back. I gave him some juice so that his screams stopped and we turned back. He was lost in his own world and was just flapping his hands. With prompts, he was answering the questions. He didn't show interests in anything or any activity.

Tanay was happy and enjoying the crowd. He was looking at every man, woman and kid who was passing in front of him and was also passing the smiles to them. Most of the kids were moving around with painted faces, Tanishk didn't notice them but Tanay was watching them continuously and was staring at them.

We went to the kids' section and go for pony ride & petting zoo. Here also, Tanishk didn't show any interest. We asked whether he wants to go for pony ride, he refused to go. When we reached there for the sand play activity, he was happy as he likes playing with sand. He had to fill the bottle with sand of 9-10 different colors and its cost was $5. We helped him to fill the bottle with all the colors available. The bottle was in the shape of monkey. Tanishk enjoyed it and Tanay was also looking at him very interestingly.

Then we went for the inflatable rides. There were 3-4 inflatable rides of little difference. There was one inflatable ride with 3 slides. Tanishk went in the bouncer inflatable ride. Initially he was not going in. When he went inside, we were just wondering, how will we call him back if he is lost there. Started with, he wasn't able to hold himself as other kids were jumping and he was falling down again & again. After few seconds, he got hold of himself and started to jump. He was enjoying the ride. When time was over and we called him, he came immediately and that was good for us.

Tanishk is in orange shirt - jumping in the inflatable bouncer ride

After walking through the street fair, we got tired and then went to a restaurant. I gave kids dosa to eat and juice to drink. Tanishk was so tired that suddenly he slept in the stroller. We ate our food and then started to walk again to see rest of street fair. Tanishk was still sleeping.

There was a hoop dance. Music was on and the little kids were dancing in the hoop. Tanishk was still sleeping. Tanay was interested and he picked up one hoop. He tried to dance holding the hoop, but he did not go in the hoop. We tried to help him, but he refused for the help.

Tanay is holding the hoop and trying to understand how to dance with hoop

When we left from street fair, Tanishk was awakened and started to scream again as he didn't want to sit in the car and wanted to go back to street fair. It was strange for me as I thought that he didn't like the street fair. I think it was not about the street fair, he liked moving when sitting in the stroller. That's my thinking.

We enjoyed the street fair a lot. It doesn't matter for me that there was nothing to buy for me or it was expensive. We were there only for the kids and if kids are happy we are happy. We wanted also Tanishk to enjoy and explore new things. But he is always like that. In the crowd, he is always lost and doesn't show any interest even in the kids' activities. He is never curious about his surroundings and happenings. He doesn't try to take part in any activity.

When he enjoyed the bouncing inflatable ride and sand play, I was happy that at least Tanishk did something and enjoyed. There he screamed very less - only once or twice, when he wanted to move in the particular direction. :)