<\/a>On Saturday a bunch of local businesses were offering an open house to get the word out about what they have to offer.\u00a0 In the past, these kinds of things seem to be a bit of a bust, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

But this time around they offered 20+ inflatable attractions to get families out there.<\/p>\n

My worry is always that they’ll end up charging for tickets or that there will be some hidden charge.\u00a0 Even though they kept advertising all of the inflatable stuff for free, I still suspected they’d end up charging us for tickets or something.<\/p>\n

I warned the boys ahead of time that I wouldn’t be buying any food and if they tried to sell tickets, we’d have to leave.<\/p>\n

To our pleasant surprise, the rides were all indeed actually free.<\/p>\n

And they had a blast.<\/p>\n

The boys did try to get me to spend ridiculous amounts on food they were selling, but I wouldn’t budge.\u00a0 Even still, they had an absolute blast and it didn’t cost us a single penny.<\/p>\n

Here’s Ben and Tom climbing up the stairs to one of the slides:<\/p>\n

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Climbing into an inflatable obstacle course:<\/p>\n

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Tommy making his way over one obstacle:<\/p>\n

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This was Ben and Tom’s favorite one.\u00a0 It was a huge inflatable train they could climb inside of:<\/p>\n

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Sam and Walt enjoyed the inflatable contraptions for older kids.\u00a0 This one was funny to watch.\u00a0 They were strapped in, then ran forward to see who could get the furthest before a bungee cord jerked them backwards.\u00a0 It really made me laugh to watch them.<\/p>\n

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They were determined to beat each other on this race thing.\u00a0 Too funny.<\/p>\n

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