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Old Home Week 2016

It is Old Home Week on PEI. We took the kids on Saturday when it was the dairy show. They were less then thrilled to sit through part of the dairy show, but they liked everything else.

Joash was very eager to do the Pedal Tractor Pull again. He said he had been practicing all summer for it.
 This year he did a full pull on his first pull with 50 lbs in. The second round he had 100lbs in the sled and he almost made it to the end, but his foot slipped off the pedal. He was pretty proud of himself.
 Of course, Old Home Week has to celebrate all of life on PEI, including the ocean. We found a cute crab and lobster!
 And the kids were so excited to go on the rides this year. They went much better for Mataya this year.
 They tried a new one which was an obstacle course then ended with a big slide.

It was another fun day at old Home Week and hopefully the weather will be good for the parade later on this week.

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