Sand and Mud Drags

Darren asks every day to go ET when we drive by in the morning and when we drive by in the afternoon. I cant believe that Michael and have both, for the most part, lived in QC all our lives and have only been there about 2 times. Saturday night we went to watch the sand and mud drags. Darren was in hog heaven watching all the dirt bikes, quads and trucks that came to race. Jaycee wasn't so fond because all the noise scared her. When she would finally get comfortable enough for me to put her down someone would drive by on their quad or dirt bike and rev their engine. Jaycee would turn around and run like a mad women to find me so I could pick her up. Funny but sad at the same time. But Darren, now that's a different story. He was talking to anyone and everyone that cared to listed or entertain him. He went on and on about how much he liked quads, dirt bikes and monster trucks. Ali and Essat were their with their cousins racing truck. Ali sat on top of the truck with Darren and they talked and talked about how he would teach him how to ride. All Michael and I could do was watch how happy he was and give each other the "yeah right, over my dead body" look and nod and let Darren soak it all up. Then there was the mud drags. They were so close it looked like you could reach out and touch them! Jaycee liked this more and was willing to get down from my hip and play in the dirt. Darren liked it too but there wasn't enough action to keep him as entertained. The highlight of the night was when a fuel car raced. The announcer let everyone know that it was an earplug worthy race but they were all sold out of them. They said to cover your kids ears because it was going to be loud. I held Jaycee, used my shoulder to cover one ear and held my free hand over her other ear. Darren and Michael stood on top of the truck to watch. The noise? Loud. Very loud actually. But Darren was just so happy to see the flames on this car and the parachute afterwards that he couldn't stop talking about it. It was pretty neat and surprisingly Jaycee didn't even flinch from it. I think the crowd screaming afterwards scared her more than the actual noise. It was quite the memory to share with the kids.