Day at the Fair!

I am tired! We've had a fun weekend around these parts, first with Farm Day, and now the fair! A nearby town hosts this pretty impressive fair every September, and I am so glad we were able to make it there to check it out.

A huge portion of the fair is dedicated to the agricultural competitions, so the first thing we did was go and visit all the animals. The pigs were MASSIVE! Yes, there were plenty of other animals, but I had never seen such enormous pigs before. The rabbits, too, were fun-- so many different types, some with really interesting "hairstyles." The kids seemed to enjoy the animals, though were were constantly on poop alert (there were landmines everywhere!). Fortunately, everyone's shoes remained clean. Whew!

It was only a matter of time, though, before Maya became insistent that we go on the ferris wheel RIGHT AWAY. This was what she had been looking forward to all morning-- her first ferris wheel experience. Nikos was adamant that ferris wheels were too high and too scary, and there was no way that he would go on it. No way, no how, got gonna happen. But then he did! And he had a great time!

On the midway, en route to the ferris wheel. I have no idea why Nikos is making that face, but it cracks me up!

Me and my favorite little girl, on the ferris wheel:

The view from the top. Just like in our town, we were surrounded by forest! So pretty!

Nikos and Gus at the top of the ferris wheel. He looks miserable, huh?

After the ferris wheel, both kids were suddenly very enthusiastic about the other rides! We walked around the kiddie rides, and they both declared that they wanted to ride the motorcycles. And they LOVED it! I think this ride was the biggest hit of the day. Gus and I were cracking up, watching their delighted faces as they went around.

We told them they could pick one more ride after that, and they chose the "flying" helicopters and boats. We had to wait for the operator to come back, though, and I thought I would take a quick pic of them standing together. Only Nikos started doing a robot dance. Of course! haha!

The guy did eventually come back, and they chose to ride together in the blue boat with the "robot head" on the front (according to Nikos). Silly faces!

And that was it, for the rides. We bypassed all the scary fried foods (fried oreos! steak on a stick! etc.) and bought a small bag of fresh cotton candy for the kids to try. Yes, it is pure sugar... but the kids had been asking about it after they read about it in one of Maya's books. And it was a fun treat. Maya, in particular, was a fan!

Anyway, it was a lot of fun, and the kids are already asking when the next fair will be. Quite a change, considering Nikos didn't even want to go this morning! haha!