Is what J calls it although to us and everyone else (except maybe those other imaginative toddlers) it is know as the fair. The kids look forward to the end of summer for one reason and that's because the fair comes around right before they head back to school.
This is J's first year to be so excited about going. Our little EverReady bunny couldn't stop talking about fairytale land all day.
I think the anticipation of going was just too much for him! Since Daddy's T.V. was broken he went out and did some work outside (hmmm, maybe I would've pulled the plug out a long time ago?). We ended up going in the evening. Once we walked in the gates J could barely sit still in the stroller, he kept moving back and forth as if that was going to make the stroller go faster.
First thing his eyes got caught on was the big soft ice cream cones. Now all the kid were eyeing the ice cream, one of their favorite things to get. So they all got ice cream and on we went. We made it over to the kiddie ride area. J got out of the stroller and just couldn't stay still, his eyes were wide open as he was looking at all the rides. We took him over to the rides and thought we'd start him off on just the simple rides where you get in a truck and just go round and round, no bumps, no flying, just round and round. Well, he was just beaming!! We managed to get Mom Jr. to go on with him (which of course was definitely not her choice of ride but she did it). The ride started and he couldn't stop smiling. He was putting his arm out with a fist. Once the ride ended and Mom Jr. told him they had to get out, his smile turned to a frown and he started crying. Daddy had to go get him, he just scooped him up and carried him over to another ride, the flying elephants. Now it was D's turn he was going to go on it with him except J wasn't tall enough so Daddy had to go on with him. He had a blast!! By now the rides were lit up with lights, we made our way back to the food because who goes to the fair and doesn't have a corn dog (well in exception for me, I'm not a big hot dog fan)? As J was eating his, you could see his eyes were getting quite heavy. He tried to keep them up, he would open them wide and smile at us, and then they'd close again. We thought for sure he was done for the night, we layed the back of the stroller down and he laid back. As soon as we started to move he popped up wide awake.
We made our way to the big rides and we knew there was no holding back J. He wanted to go on all the rides! Daddy bought him a sword that lit up hoping that it would keep him occupied enough to not get upset about not going on the big rides. Now my challenge was just to keep his sword away from people that came anywhere with in his reach to poke them with it. Yeah, that's all I need, for him to poke someone in the back and let's face it he's not going to hit anywhere higher than their waist.
Mom Jr., D, and Jr. headed over to their first ride. They all rode together, now this was D's first time being able to get on the big rides, last year he wasn't tall enough. They were laughing and screaming. Once that ride was over Mom Jr. and D ran to the next one. Jr. stayed behind (personally I think it was a little much for him), so Daddy, J, and Jr. went over to the Super Slide. Then Jr. and Daddy hit the big Farris wheel and the rest of us headed back to the slide. As we were walking back towards the food area for their last snack Mom Jr. saw this ride, she said "I wanna go on that one!!". Both boys saw it and said "nah, we want to eat something". Well, Daddy is one that you don't have to ask twice about going on a ride, especially fast ones. The two of them went to get on the ride, J was now curled up asleep in the stroller, and the boys were running around a tree.
I watched the ride begin, I saw them, the ride got faster and faster, so fast I couldn't see where they were, it was a blur. I started to catch glimpses here and there. I could see Mom Jr. leaning on her Dad with her head down and then up. When they got off and came towards us they both looked jolted. Mom Jr. said "I need some water". Daddy said "that was an intense ride, it was worse than the zipper!".
We ended the night with some snacks and made our way home. Everyone slept in and when J woke up he had a smile on his face. We will go back 2 more times, once just for J to go see his friends, Dora and Diego, and the last will be to spend the rest of the ride tickets.
With all the craziness that happened over summer vacation it was really nice just to take the kids somewhere to just have fun, laugh, and really enjoy the smiles on their faces.
They needed it, we needed it, and as J says "It was the best Mama!!"
Just a Mom enjoying an evening out with the family............
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