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October 23, 2008
North Carolina State Fair 2008!
I love this time of year. I love the cold weather. I love to shiver. I love to shovel snow. I hate the cold. I hate snow. I hate shivering. But, as someone much wiser (and certainly much older than me) said, you have to take the good with the bad. The bad is the having to wear layers upon layers of clothes, just to peel them off as the day warms up. The good is the North Carolina State Fair, going on now through Sunday October 26th.
Thanks to my second job, I had to take a day off from my main job, so that Megan and I could take the boys to the Fair. We looked forward to eating, to riding rides, to seeing animals (and feeding them too!) and just having a fun family outing.
I am proud and happy to say that we accomplished all of those goals, and more, as you will see.
First and foremost, chicks! We stopped by the poultry tent to get our fill of fowl.
Jonah was so excited about the chicks! Josh wasn't too impressed, so it was on to rides!
The first one Josh and I went on was this super tall, super fast slide.
Josh got me through it.
Jonah wanted to ride a train, but this was the closest we could get...
Until, of course, we saw the train...(It's a train. Trust me.)
Rides are good, but the petting zoo beckoned. Jonah and Josh loved the animals...
But refused to sit still for a nice family photo...
We had, as we say here in the South, a large day. Along the way, we had lunch, then some snacks, then some drinks, and finally, we had to have dessert. Each year at the fair, they fry something, or dip something, or do something 'exotic' to food. (As if frying was exotic.) Megan had heard of a frozen chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick. We had to have it.
But we had to hunt for dessert quietly.
That's because Josh, for the second year in a row, fell asleep in the wagon we pulled the boys around in. Here are some pics from last years snoozefest...
And there it was...Heaven on a stick...
We enjoy the fair a lot, and I look forward to making this an outing my boys (and whatever the third one is) is one they remember all of their lives.
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Posted by Jon at October 23, 2008 04:38 PM