I didn't think we would be able to make it this year with Austin's work schedule and Colby's school schedule but the thought occured that we could get Colby out of school half day and drive up that afternoon. We checked him out at 11:30 (right before they go to lunch). This is not something we will do often but I figured a trip to the Fair was totally worth it especially since he got 100% perfect attendance for the 1st Quarter! He seemed really excited about going and seemed to remember things from last year. After getting him at school we went to eat a quick lunch at McDonald's. Def not something we do often but it was the only really conveniant stop on the way out with 2 kids. We were on our way by about 12 or so. It takes a little over an hour to get there. Both kids traveled really well. Lindsay pretty much slept the entire way over the Causeway and woke up somewhere on the North Shore. Even though she didn't get much of a nap she was a really great trooper the whole time. We got the fair sometime around 2 I think. The first area we went to was the animals. I really thought this would be the hit b/c usually it is with Colby. I think he liked seeing the animals but he refused to get near any of them! I couldn't believe it! Our little animal lover! Lindsay was in the stroller and we asked her a couple times if she would like to get out and she let us know NO right away. Oh well atleast they got to see them from a distance. Next we made our way over to the village. When we got in there it was pretty crowded. Austin decided to wait in line for cheese and crackers and a drink while I took the kids to a non-crowded area. We found a nice little shady place by the creek. I think that was actually my fav part of the whole day. We just sat down and played and enjoyed the quiet. At this point Colby could see the rides though and was anxious to get to that. I do think both kids enjoyed walking around and exploring. I was able to get in a little history with Colby explaining how people lived in those days. I would love to take him back when its not so crazy crowded though. We really didn't go into any of the buildings b/c there were so many people and with Lindsay in a stroller it was just difficult. We walked around a little more before heading to the rides. Colby had his mind on that pretty much from the moment we arrived. We told him he could only do 2 rides..we bought 10 tickets so I think he ended up doing 3. We didn't even try to put Lindsay on them. For one b/c she really didn't care either way and the rides are 3-4 dollars per child so it would have cost us 10 dollars for them both really to do just 1 ride. Plus I figured she might freak out! She's only really been on carousels so far and she hates them! After the rides we could tell the kids were getting weary so we headed out but passed through the animals one more time! On the way home we ate at Zea's....wow what an experience...I mean the kids weren't bad but they were just being crazy kids! I once again realized why we rarely go out to eat except for places like Chickfila! Anyway we got home around 7 and we quickly ushered everyone to the tub then off to bed! We were all exhausted! It was totally worth it though to have a fun day with the kids!
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