On Halloween we decided to take the kids to the Arizona State Fair. We pulled Seth from school at lunch time then picked Chris up from work and headed off. When Kyle & Caleb found out that we were going they said that they wanted to ride the roller coaster. I only hoped that they would be tall enough.
The first thing we did when we got there was ride the giant slide. Everyone went down by themselves but it was obvious about half-way down that Caleb wasn't having a good time. Caleb was sobbing but Kyle was grinning from ear to ear. We all went again but this time Caleb went down on Chris's lap. Then he loved it!
Our next stop was the midway to shoot some hoops. On his first shot Chris won a huge elephant. We played a couple more games but Seth was anxious to ride some rides (go figure) so we headed to the haunted house (is this my child?). After that it was on to the fun house and then to get some corn dogs. We also went and looked at some animals and played in the kid zone for awhile and then it was time for the roller coaster.
Chris tried to take the boys over to the kiddie section to ride the "baby" roller coaster but Caleb wouldn't hear of it. He wanted to ride the "big green one" so that's where we headed. After measuring them we found out that Kyle & Caleb were just barely tall enough to ride. Hurray!!! Seth doesn't like rides so much to my surprise he said he wanted to ride also (we must have picked up someone else's kid from school because this isn't the Seth we know and love). Kyle and Caleb rode in one car while Chirs and Seth took the first car. When the ride was over all three of them wanted to go again. We were running out of time and ride vouchers so we decided to let the kids go down the giant slide one more time. The problem was we only had enough tickets for the kids to go so Caleb would have to go by himself. He didn't want to go but he didn't want to miss out either so he headed to the top, crying the whole way. Chris and I were waiting at the bottom for them and could see that Caleb wasn't going to go down. I thought that one of us would have to go up and get him but the worker at that top made Seth take him down on his lap. Boy was Seth mad! Before he had a chance to complain though I thanked him for being such a great big brother and then I promised him ice cream!
As were heading out Chris and Seth stopped to use the bathroom. While the rest of us were waiting we went over to listen to a story about Thomas (the train). This poor guy was really having a hard time getting this huge book ready to read. He had just gotten it all set up when Chris and Seth came back so I made them stay and listen to the story. The story took a lot longer to read than I thought it would so by the time we left we were running behind. It was Halloween after all so we still had to get home and get ready to go trick-or-treating. We had such a fun day at the fair none of us minded having to rush a little when we got home. The kids are already talking about what rides they are going to go on next year! I guess they had fun!!
The first thing we did when we got there was ride the giant slide. Everyone went down by themselves but it was obvious about half-way down that Caleb wasn't having a good time. Caleb was sobbing but Kyle was grinning from ear to ear. We all went again but this time Caleb went down on Chris's lap. Then he loved it!
Our next stop was the midway to shoot some hoops. On his first shot Chris won a huge elephant. We played a couple more games but Seth was anxious to ride some rides (go figure) so we headed to the haunted house (is this my child?). After that it was on to the fun house and then to get some corn dogs. We also went and looked at some animals and played in the kid zone for awhile and then it was time for the roller coaster.
Chris tried to take the boys over to the kiddie section to ride the "baby" roller coaster but Caleb wouldn't hear of it. He wanted to ride the "big green one" so that's where we headed. After measuring them we found out that Kyle & Caleb were just barely tall enough to ride. Hurray!!! Seth doesn't like rides so much to my surprise he said he wanted to ride also (we must have picked up someone else's kid from school because this isn't the Seth we know and love). Kyle and Caleb rode in one car while Chirs and Seth took the first car. When the ride was over all three of them wanted to go again. We were running out of time and ride vouchers so we decided to let the kids go down the giant slide one more time. The problem was we only had enough tickets for the kids to go so Caleb would have to go by himself. He didn't want to go but he didn't want to miss out either so he headed to the top, crying the whole way. Chris and I were waiting at the bottom for them and could see that Caleb wasn't going to go down. I thought that one of us would have to go up and get him but the worker at that top made Seth take him down on his lap. Boy was Seth mad! Before he had a chance to complain though I thanked him for being such a great big brother and then I promised him ice cream!
As were heading out Chris and Seth stopped to use the bathroom. While the rest of us were waiting we went over to listen to a story about Thomas (the train). This poor guy was really having a hard time getting this huge book ready to read. He had just gotten it all set up when Chris and Seth came back so I made them stay and listen to the story. The story took a lot longer to read than I thought it would so by the time we left we were running behind. It was Halloween after all so we still had to get home and get ready to go trick-or-treating. We had such a fun day at the fair none of us minded having to rush a little when we got home. The kids are already talking about what rides they are going to go on next year! I guess they had fun!!
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