County Fair

One of the big highlights of the year happened last week.  The county fair came to town!

This year the fair sported a new ferris wheel.

And another new ride:  ZERO GRAVITY.

Benny wanted to ride it. But after walking on, he turned around and walked right back off again.  Standing UP during a ride?  No thanks!

We walked around in the (extremely humid, extremely warm) evening air, and nobody was riding anything.  Why?  They wanted to find some friends from school to ride with.  Even though they had not seen their friends all summer, the fair was not going to get underway until they found someone.

This led me to reflect on how quickly things change.  The first few years we lived here, the boys were thrilled to go to the fair.  Together. And ride rides. Together.  If they found a friend, great. But they were just as content to run side by side from ride to ride.

Well.  Those days are over.  Nobody wants to ride rides with their BROTHER!

Lucky for them (because I was getting really annoyed with the stalling) they each found batches of friends.  And everyone broke off and rode rides like crazy.

Benny rode the "Himalaya," and loved it.  In fact, he and his friends rode everything!

They even went back to ZERO GRAVITY.  Turns out Sam was riding it with his friends. Well---between that, and Benny's friends riding the ride--Benny walked on and rode it.  And then rode it again. He loved it!

After hours of hot, sweaty, running around, laughing, pushing, riding and joking, everyone was ready to go home.  Including Mom!

So long, county fair, and see you next year!