Unlike previous years where we were the people wondering how and why folks drag their kids out to the Fairgrounds for the day and manage to keep them under control and not have meltdowns, and for the umptenth time have our foot run over by a stroller wheel - the tables were turned and yep, that was us this year, we were one of those families!
Surprisingly it was a chilly September day. Which I guess we preferred over it being 95 and humid! With jackets in hand and a full diaper bag we traveled to the State Fair with the Atkinsons for some fun, good eats and good company.
The boys tried all sorts of foods and James enjoyed his first chocolate chip cookie and a cheese curd. He enjoyed everything but we of course rounded out the meal with some milk!
Elliot took his first amusement park ride on the cars and him and Dad went on the Ferris Wheel too.
We visited Machinery Hill and sat on some tractors, toured the animal barns and the visited the Miracle of Birth barn to see baby animals. After the animal barns James was about ready to turn in for his nap.
We left early afternoon as the crowds began to build - now I was the one running other people's feet over with our stroller wheel ... time to go! As we left - literally as we are crossing the street to catch our bus back to the Park and Ride lot - the axel lug nut on our jogging stroller popped off. With it no where to be found we trudged along and just held it together until we got home. Had this happened earlier in the day we might have had some major issues - lucky for us it was at the end of our day!
All in all the Fair trip was a success and I'm sure James will enjoy it even more next year and he might even be asking for his own cookies!
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