When Pigs Fly

It is official. H*ll has frozen over. And pigs can fly. And there is waterfront property in Arizona. I went to the fair. Shocking, I know.  I am not a fair-going type of person. I think it is dirty. And I think it is even dirtier now that I have small children who live with their hands in their mouths. But we went, kinda sorta spur of the moment.  Maybe even more so in my mind because although I had some warning we were going, I obviously was still mentally against it  as I forgot lots of important things. Like wipes.

On our way in!

We ventured out just after the rides opened on Sunday morning and were met with a ginormous crowd. I was shocked at how busy it was just 15 minutes after the rides opened.  We patiently waited in line for our tickets and we were off. The children had absolutely no idea what to expect. Later Will told us his point of reference for the fair was the “Curious George Makes Pancakes” book. I hope he wasn’t too disappointed there were no pancakes (there probably were somewhere) and no speech from the mayor!

He talked the poor man's ear off

Little Einstein Avery

You know this ride is going to be a fave

If there was one good thing about the crowds, it was that it was so busy and crowded that the children were overwhelmed nor could they physically see everything. So there wasn’t a lot of disappointment over what we did and didn’t do.  They rode maybe 6 or so rides…always together, which made me feel better. Except Avery was only about 0.25 inches over the height requirement and I could barely see her once the ride was moving! 

Yes, Avery is in there

We looked hard for the prize winning produce area, but never could find it. Everyone in the fam was a little disappointed.  We didn’t do a ton of “fair food” either, which in hindsight was probably good. A quick lunch while sitting on a bale of hay of burgers for the girls, a huge corndog for Will and polish sausage for Matt.

Chocolate milk at lunch

I don't like the fair

 Believe it or not, we escaped without playing any games. Again, I think Will was too overwhelmed to maybe fully understand what he was missing.

I'm glad she didn't get her head stuck

The last ride they did was a little roller coaster. There had been a big moment of disappointment earlier when Will wasn’t tall enough to ride the big roller coaster he had been eyeing while we were waiting in line for tickets.  But the worm coaster helped redeem the situation.  Avery’s face looked frozen with fear the entire time….I actually felt really bad for her. But when she got off, she remarked in this very excited little voice that it was “the best ride she had ever seen.”  Sweetness.  And of course Will loved it and is already practicing for the bigger roller coasters by having his hands up in the air!!

On the worm

And then we made a bad judgment call. We let them get candy apples. Not that buying them was bad…letting them eat them in their nice(-ish) clothes on the way to the car was a mistake. And throwing away the plastic wrapper was also a mistake when it came to driving home time. And bad that I had no wipes.  But we managed and the children finished up their apples when we got home.  

All in all, the children had a blast. And if we ever do this in the future (which I’m sure we will), we will try and make it during the week. Not on the picture perfect fair day weather weekend day like this year!!

So I did crack a smile....took a grape slushy to make me do it!!