Fair

Last week, Collin and his best buddy Joe Joe got to go to the Onslow County Fair.  This was Collin's first experience at a fair.  I knew it was going to be an interesting experience, but especially since I had never been to this particular fair, so even I wasn't sure what to expect.  I didn't even know if there were rides for children his height.  So, thinking that this would be a relatively inexpensive experience off we went.  HA, not so inexpensive, but a great a time!

The first ride the boys found was a motorcycle ride.  As you'll see the various motorcycle rides were, by far, the most popular.  This better not be a sign of things to come.

Collin handled this ride way better than I expected him to.  It was actually a little mini-roller coaster, and went kind of fast.  I was a little surprised, and Collin thought it was great!

Then there was the next motorcycle ride.  It was a little vintage, it has apparently been thrilling children for more than 30 years, and still going strong.

And alas, the final motorcycle ride of the evening.  Quite a bit newer than the previous and Joe Joe even got a passenger (if you can't tell, that's a girl on the back of his motorcyle).

Then the boys discovered that they could win a light sabre sword if they played a fishing game.  Fortunately, it was a play until you win game.  So, both boys went fishing for sharks, and both boys won!

We did have to confiscate the swords quickly so that no by-standers would get whacked in the head as the two began to play.

Of course you can't leave the fair without having sampled fair food, so we topped off the night with cotton candy... 

...And the ride home was very quiet.