Fair Time!!!

Fair time came around again and oddly enough, the weather was not miserable!!

It wasn't raining.

There were not gale force winds.

It was not snowing!!

It was, however, pretty warm!!

 By the end of day one, Scarlet was done with the whole affair and just wanted to sit and eat her corn cob!!

 Ella got to try her hand at fishing at the NDOW display and caught 2 fish!!

 Carousel fun!!

We met up with the Wheeler cousins and the kids had a blast!!

The adults were sun burnt and sweating like the proverbial pig!!

 Ella on her horse.

 Ella's an old pro at the kiddie rides.

This was Scarlet's first year and she LOVED it!!

I'm glad they can have fun with out being scared, but still have a little bit of healthy fear for the big rides.

When they decide they're ready for those, they are their Daddy's responsibility!!

 Ella begged with big eyes to PLEEEEEEASE try the bubbles.

Brent gave in and took her.

She declared we needed some for the back yard!!

 On Thursday I helped with Ella's class. I only had 2 extra little kids and they were very good.

They did not like this guy!!

They all looked like they were going to scream STRANGER and run for their lives!!

 Ella milking the cow.

I was surprised she wanted to try!! 

Sometimes she gets nervous and shy.

 Posing on the tractor wheel.

 We caught up to Jara's class and took her off Mrs. Barlow's hands!!

We're always up for a friend to join!!

 Scarlet wanted her picture too!!

 On the train ride.

If there were ever two cousins who didn't look alike, it's these two!!

It's fun for me to take them out together because people who don't know us will think they are both mine, or that Jara is mine and Ella is the cousin!!

 Scarlet is having an incredible amount of fun.

She wanted to ride the train so bad and was so excited when it finally came.

And this was the face she had while riding it.

 More rides!!

All four of them fit in this one!!

 Ella froze at the top of this slide, but Jack and Jara had already gone done so she couldn't bail out.

I think it's good for her to face simple fears like this to help build her confidence.

And to prove that things that seem really scary aren't that bad!!

We had to take a break after hours in the hot sun.

We went to the kids center they had set up and played all the FREE games.

Good grief I think I used up my life savings to buy DRINKS!! 

I also think the amount I spent on Gyros was enough for a mortgage payment.

They happily played and when it was over Brent and I breathed a sigh of relief.

Fun is exhausting!!