The Fair is in Town!

 I'm still on full maternity leave so it's nice to be able to enjoy some of our favorite fall activities without taking more time off of work. Doug took a day off and we all went to the fair together. I probably should've done better research because it turned out we went to the fair on "kindergarten day" which made it exceptionally more crowded, especially in the children's areas.

We skipped the fair last year and haven't really been to other amusement ride places so I wasn't sure what she'd want to do. She went in pretty gung-ho and ready to ride things. We started on the carousel and then headed over to the dragon roller coaster pictured below. She was excited to ride her first roller coaster with daddy by her side.

 Let's just say I'm glad I got a picture beforehand because she was hysterical by the end of the ride. It was loud and fast and rickety - a perfect formula for distress in Katie's mind. She really didn't want to ride much else after that. We coaxed her onto a few mundane rides but it was clear she wasn't thrilled.

So we moved onto food which was just fine with me. My favorite are the sugared donuts. You get 26 in a bag and I'm always thinking "there's no way we'll eat 26 of these things." Well 26 donuts later, I was wanting another bag!

Before we left, Katie wanted to ride the carousel again. I definitely wanted to end on a high note so she wouldn't harbor this fear of the fair so we got back in line again.

It wasn't the "ride extravaganza" I thought the day would be, but it was nice just being together as a family. Oh and here's the little man. This is the extent of what he did while we were there!