county fair 2011

fair time was a few weeks ago.

i'm conflicted on the fair. half of me loves it and the other half loathes it.

and the fair is situated right across the street from the middle and high school, so there's really no way around it. this year we talked to big kids about the fair and $$$ early in the week to give them plenty of time to earn money to go. neither went the 'earn additional on top of your allowance' route, but they both managed to pull their whole amount.

we looked at schedules and weather forecasts and found the best day to go would be thurs, opening night. and so we went. it worked pretty well because that was the night that christian and co wanted to go too. it's good to have a presence there, ifyouknowwhatimean.

we got there before the rides started, so i walked the girls around the animals.

despite her face, she really loved it. poor girl, she loves animals!

(poor girl because mommy and daddy are not pet people)

addie kind of hated it, but wanted to keep going back to the turkeys. then she would just stand there and fold her arms, like she was analyzing their behavior for a science experiment.

as soon as we walked by the door addie made a beeline and she really didn't want to come back in.

since it was pretty smelly, i finally relented.

we met up with izzy and co. (by chance) and this was the girls first ride.

goofball.

terrified ball.

"mom!"

i was a little bit afraid that she would try to stand up and jump out, but she didn't. she just held on for dear life and turned to stare at me sadly as she went around.

here's how she enjoyed the next few rides.

it's really hard to get a good picture of these two!

frankie was much happier as soon as this guy showed up! we decided to divide and conquer (the story of our lives lately!) with matt taking frankie back to see the animals and exhibits, and me staying with the big girls for rides.

:)

i wasn't about to get on the carousel, but the big girls really wanted to ride it, so we waited for the last ride of the night. then they rode it 3 times.

and for this year we got our fill of cotton candy, fried corn dogs, cheese fries, and awesome fair people.

ifyouknowwhatimean.