A day at the fair

Well it is now impossible to ignore that fall is here and summer is over. It's a shock and a disappointment as summer didn't even arrive until August, but the nights are drawing in and the leaves are starting to turn. However, we have tried to squeeze as much summer into August as possible and that included our first trip to a state fair.

I'd never been to a state fair before so all the exhibit tents were fun for me. They have vegetable exhibits, cake exhibits, quilting, art and loads more-it was pretty cool. The kids got bored of that pretty quickly, but they loved all the animals and got to pet the largest pig I have ever seen.

There is also a lot of heart attack inducing food at fairs. There was one stall called "Everything fried" and they also sold chocolate covered bacon (just wrong). We stuck to scones-which as you can see Zoe just loved:) and cotton candy or for the English followers-candy floss. Now, I am sure that I have had candy floss before, but I have no memory of it. It looks nasty-like fiberglass, but I too decided to give it a try. It WAS nasty-like fiberglass, but M and Z thought it was awesome.

The highlight of the day was the rides which were brilliant. We went along with the BFF's Miles and GiGi and all 4 kids were totally into all the rides. We bought the unlimited arm band and there were 9 rides they could ride alone, and a few like the rollercoaster that we rode with them. They couldn't get enough-we did some rides 4 times, so we really got our money's worth. We made it to 3 p.m. without tears then headed home. Max and Zoe were fast asleep before we even left the parking area, and it was a very peaceful drive back to Seattle. Our first fair experience was a great one, and I feel an annual tradition coming on.