The girls and I kicked off our Rondying with the sleddog races. I snuggled the girls up with some blankies and lunch in the back end of the Explorer and popped the back window open with the car backed up to the the track as the trail comes down a big hill on Cordova Street. It was the perfect vantage point for them and they had a blast eating lunch and cheering for the dog teams. Ella is really into dogs right now so she was just tickled to see all those puppies close up. She loved cheering, too, clapping her hands and shouting, "Yay! Puppies!" The next night Daddy joined us and we headed down to the parkstrip to watch the fireworks display.
The next week our family checked out the carnival downtown. Ella's still too little to ride any rides, but Sycely had a fun time on the giant slide, the flying vehicles, the train and of course, her all time favorite (which she rode twice) the carousel. She even played a carnival game, fishing for magnetic frogs and won a prize! (Eventually with me attempting to help her, which I'm not sure was ANY help at all!) The guy felt bad that it took us so long to catch a frog that he gave her a "big" prize, so she went home with a neon pink frog. 
The girls and I checked out the snow sculptures downtown, too. Sycely really thought the giant baby was super cool and Ella, as predicted was pretty enamoured with the dog sculpture.
After the snow sculptures we headed over to the train depot to see the model train show. The girls really liked looking at all the details in the displays, like circus animals and fisherman at a lake. The girls both brought home souvenir train whistle/bubble blowers.
I, for one, am glad Anchorage has pulled together to keep Rondy alive. It's so fun to get to share all the fun things I did as a kid with my own kids!
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