On Monday, September 25th, Donald, Stella and I visited the fair for our 3rd year. I got discounted tickets from Walgreens which I love. Admission is half off and I get 21-22 tickets for $11. I bought two of those. Plus, you get to bypass the lines for purchasing since we already have ours. Done!
The first thing Stella wanted to do was the trampoline. This is her favorite thing and she wants to do it anywhere she spots it. I'm sure if it was possible I could just hand the guy a Benjamin and walk off and she'd be happy here all night.
I love the sights, smells and sounds of the fair. This image was too perfect for me not to capture it.
Our neighbors, The Joneses were also at the fair. Alana was happy and content with her friend from school and her mom, but Eric didn't have anyone. In steps Stella as his alternate big sister. They rode most of the rides together that night. Donald and I joined them on a few.
Stella had it spinning good and Eric loved it....
...Then Alana and her friend hopped in and spun it even more. Eric loved it until he didn't. This look washed over his face and he looked very drunk. He could barely keep his head up and he kept blinking. Sara and I thought he was about to puke everywhere. We yelled at the girls to stop spinning it and to put their arms around him so he didn't bang his head if he passed out. They paused for about 30 seconds and then he yelled at them to make it spin. So they did. And he was fine after that. I guess he just needed a little break to regain his composure.
He enjoyed the carousel.
And so did Stella. It was the first thing she asked to ride once we walked in since it was right next to the ticket booth, but it wasn't working at the time. So we rode another one instead.
I still don't think we've ridden the Ferris wheel. I mean to me, there's nothing that screams "FAIR!" much more than a Ferris wheel, but it always has a crazy long line so I guess that's why we've avoided it.
Right after walking in she spotted the cotton candy. Now, up until last September this kid didn't even know what cotton candy was. But last year we went to the fair with The Green's. Landon asked for some towards the end of the night and shared a few bites with Stella. So apparently Stella remembered the cotton candy from last year and requested some this year. We told her it wouldn't be a good idea to eat all that sugar then ride rides. Plus, it's all sticky and blah, blah, blah. The typical crap you say trying to avoid buying a bag of artificially colored spun sugar. She bought it. Until a few minutes before we walked out of the gate. I actually thought, "Damnit! We were so close!" But, she'd eaten a good meal, rode the rides and hadn't asked again so we thought, "When in Rome." So we bought the damn $5 bag of fluffy sugar. As you can tell from her face, she's not a big fan.
Here she is faking it.
We started making our way to the exit. We walked through the exhibit halls so I could look at the artwork and photography. I always say I'm going to enter a few photographs but next thing I know it's time for the fair a whole year later and I never looked into what I needed to do to enter.
We stopped for a few minutes to watch a sea lion show. One of the sea lions was named Stella. Stella just lit up when we told her. She thought it was so cool that she know knew a dog and a sea lion with her same name.
Right next to the exit/entrance, there was a carousel. This was the first thing Stella tried to ride when we entered the fair, but it wasn't working at the time. It was up and running now and there was no wait. Since I'd ridden the other carousel with her and Eric, Donald rode this one with her and we were able to use up all 40-something tickets we'd bought.
This was a fun night and the weather was good. You could tell there was a hint of Fall in the air when the sun set. And as always, the people watching was on point. See you again next year fair!
