Starting our day yesterday we weren't sure where we were headed for the day but quickly decided it was Fair Day! I had already purchased the kids wristbands and I won season passes for Aaron and I so we were set! Now to find someone to take the little punk... Nessa! She is my saving grace many times. We loaded the kids up and Aaron noticed a child wandering around in the grass outside our door. Weird to situation to run into. We though his parents may be coming around the corner but alas no one came. He started wandering off so Aaron went to see if someone was looking for him and no one was. How scary for this cute little blue eyed baby boy. He had to be 3. I couldn't see my self allowing him to just wander around alone so we took him to the management office and made sure he was ok before we proceeded to our destination. Still no word on the child but we definitely will check on Monday to make sure he found his mommy; poor little guy.
We got the little punk situated and went on our way. We figured out on the way there that we had to go to the main entrance. OH That is what we avoid but OK! We sucked it up and hopped the trolley to get our season passes. Went in and started on our way! It was amazingly crowd free for a Saturday. We rode a few rides, used the bathroom a few times, ate lunch, had ice cream, used the bathroom a few more times (my kids have itty bitty bladders). I will post pictures of the events at a later time but the ice cream incident had people walking by laughing. Imagine, if you will, my 5 year old with a chocolate dipped lopsided ice cream cone. He had it EVERYWHERE! The man of the house tried to keep it kept up by eating it but ended up with lots of it on his foot. HAHA, he was making a bigger mess than the 5 year old was. I was laughing so I forgave the strangers for finding it a sight laughable; I think I was giggling too hard to say anything anyways.
We enjoyed our lunch before ice cream too. The boys had pizza. Ok, we are at the fair and you are going to have a meal you eat whenever I am feeling lazy. Lovely! The man and I had Mexican bowls and roasted corn. the bowls were ehhh, but the corn was wonderful as usual. Our favorite snack at the fair is deep fried snickers. We had it for the first time 4 or 5 years ago and will share one every chance we get! It is deep fried yummy goodness. Imagine biting into a doughnut and having chocolate, nuts and caramel all creamy and gooey smothering your mouth. I can't help but drool thinking about it. The boys had deep fried oreos, they shared a serving because, WOW, they were really sweet. We had great lemonade and lots of water. It was SO hot. I believe it got up to 99 degrees; this is fine because it was supposed to be 105 degrees. I'll take 99 any day over that.
Our first attraction, after food and potty, were the dinosaurs! ROAR! Dinosaurs were insanely awesome! Do people still use that word? I am so happy that none of the boys were afraid of the Dino's. We went to Disneyland last year and the dinosaurs kept us from riding the train more than once. My boys are not manly men but maybe this Christmas we'll get to partake in the train a few times! After the Dinosaurs we ran into a giant robot man. I'm not sure what he was called but he was so cool! Ok, another word I'm not people use anymore but forgive my lack of know what's in; three boys keep me busy not having a life. The boys and the man pulled me away from the giant robot and his giant scooter to hit the county exhibits. The boys seem less than interested in them because this year they weren't as good. I'm sure the state of the economy has something to do with it but they were ok. They did get cool bead necklaces from a nice lady at a Solono County exhibit. I didn't notice until too late that they were Casino beads. HAHA, My kids are billboards for a Casino, lovely. I win parent of the year! yay! We really had fun just wandering around. We visited the woods to get Papa his yearly sapling and visit the bugs in the bug building. The boys saw baby cows and pigs. Baby pigs are the cutest pink fatties. I wanted to pick one up and play with his little pink nose. This is about when Adam decided that his reason for going to the fair needed to be addressed. After a few more potty visits we headed over to the commercial building. Can you imagine 2 buildings full of living infomercials? I can because that's what this is. You can get anything from Protek to Egyptian Cotton Sheets. Want a ShamWOW you got it! I wanted a Shamwow but my Adam was on a mission to hit that Japanese Anime booth. He was a commando. We found it and he got his Chain Chomp, otherwise renamed Chain Bite. He is obsessed with Mario. Brett got his Pokemon cards and I talked Cameron out of his; we do not need a billion plus 2 boxes of cards in our house. I think allowing Adam to lead us around was a mistake because once he had that toy he was done... done, done, done. We had to bribe him with the fried oreos lucky man. We decided we would run ourselves through the art exhibit buildings and have a little more fun on the midway before hitting our traditional Ferris Wheel ride to cap off the trip. I have to say I am an adrenaline junkie. I LOVE LOVE LOVE rides, especially ones that dump you upside down so your bottom doesn't touch the seat. I am going back without kids, yep, I am! I am going to find someone that loves them as much as I do; that and I want a margarita but felt like a bad mom for even thinking about drinking in front of the kids. I'm not a lush, I just love having a drink while looking at funny things and watching a hypnotist make people look like complete morons; it enhances the fun. Changing the subject now......
All in all we had a grand time and the kids were pooped. Too bad we didn't pay attention to where we'd parked so we had to hike around the fields to find our car. I was definitely not at my peak OCD planning yesterday which is good because we had fun just wondering around. We also ate dinner after 8pm, which is a HUGE no no for me but yesterday was the exception to my control. I have to say, I enjoyed letting things go and enjoying the moments. Thank you to everyone that didn't go to the fair! We had a great time not fighting crowds!
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