Pedro has been working for Coca Cola for the past 4 1/2 years and they usually do something like a coctail Christmas party for the employees and spouses. But this time they did something different, they had a Holiday Carnival right at the parking lot! It was exciting to be able to bring the whole family and enjoy some fun time, free food, free games, and all you can drink sodas, juices and water. They even had a huge trailer with video games and about 20 students from a school (can't remember the name) giving free massages, which would have been great if I wasn't so ticklish and the poor guy had to finish my massage early because I just couldn't stop giggling (that was embarrasing)... Anyway we had a lot of fun and here are the pics to prove it. Thanks Coca Cola!

As soon as we got there, my kids were drawn to these.

A beautiful Coca Cola truck...

that was really a big, chocolate cake!

This truck had the music

which was very nice and loud

Emma was the first one trying this ride, and by the end of the day she was actually pretty good at it.

She did not want to miss a single thing, so up she went to this giant slide...

and down she came with a happy face...

unlike her mother who is afraid of heights, she enjoyed every minute of it...

Then Pedro tried to get on the bull, but it wasn't as easy as he thought ( the seat was actually very slippery)

but he never gave up and triumphantly sat on the bull's back!

Then the first -born son tried his luck with the bull, and lucky for him, the camera didn't catch him on a horizontal position...

Then the eldest daughter tried to prove what little girls are made of, gun powder and lead... (oh no that's the song, sorry) she always got up with a smile...

Pedro and Erik spent a great deal of time on this game trying to prove who was stronger, and I have to be honest, Erik was the strongest and more balanced of the two, although Pedro ended up knocking him down many times...

Yes, he knocked his son down because he would loose his balance and fall on top of him! What a cheater don't you think?

Here is my girl again trying to prove that us women can do anything the men can do...

unfortunately balancing is not one of them...

Emma tried to prove the same thing but the poor thing couldn't even balance the "thingies"

but at least she tried...

Then came my turn to tame the bull... as you can see height is not my strong point and Angie gave me some pointers before I got on it: "Jump two times on the floor so you can gain enough height and then you can jump onto the back of the bull...

That's when I realized how slippery the seat was, but to be honest I wasn't really jumping that high, so I couldn't even get my right leg across the animal... it was soooo embarrasing...

Until I finally did it on my third try ( and with a little help from the ride operator who made the creature lean towards me so I could get on top) and triumphantly sat on it for the next 6 seconds, before I met the cushionny floor again...

What a great day! Like I said... Thanks Coca Cola!