Ok. That's enough of that.
It was this Thursday night. Alpha wanted to do something "together". I was itching to go to the fair at some point, and after 4 days of a new school year, we were all beat! So I called Jim about 4:00 and he agreed. We arrived at the fair in time for supper. The girls got hot dogs and Jim and I got BBQ ribeye sandwiches. Mmmmmm!
Actually, for our first trick, we went to see the cows. We were asked to go see the cows. My girls VOLUNTARILY walked through the cow pens! They loved it! We saw some goats, too. Our last event of the evening was watching part of the junior livestock auction. These kids showed their animals that they had raised and companies would bid on them. We got to hear a live auctioneer and everything! I read in the paper that the kids get to keep the animals and all the money raised goes to their local 4-H club. At bedtime that night, both girls told me they want to have an animal to raise. Yes, a FARM animal. Beta wants to be a vet now. I can't get these girls to pick up a single thing in their rooms without yelling and they want to go work on a farm!
In between eating and watching cows, we rode rides! Alpha is almost getting too big for the kiddie rides. *sniff* She's also quit wanting to ride some of them. She (here's this word again) VOLUNTARILY wanted to go through a Haunted House! I could not believe she wanted to, but she did. She was very brave walking up to it, but paused at the door and peeked around. Jim and I nearly fell to the ground laughing when she was out of sight. I thought she'd get lost in there and need one of us (Jim) to go get her. No. She was out in about 30 seconds. Smiling and as brave as ever! She assured us it wasn't that scary at all. We reasoned that since this one only took 4 tickets, it must have been the 5 ticket one that was the scariest.
All in all it was a wonderful time! The weather was beautiful. It was a good thing we went Thursday night, too, because it rained nearly all day today. Luck was with us!
Here's some pictures:
This lovely family let us pet their cow.
Beta's first ride pick of the night. The very scary Merry Go Round! (Seriously, 2 years ago at the state fair, Beta screamed and cried on it the entire time.)
You can't have a good time without a little Sponge Bob.
And we certainly can't be outdone by our big sister!
Ta da! Alpha's first haunted house! I still cannot believe that she asked to go in there all on her own. No kids teasing her or begging her. Just up and decided to do it. I do not know where she gets her fearlessness from. It must be Jim. It is CERTAINLY not me.
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