The Great New York State Fair.
What we think is cool is that in all the state of New York, the state fair is in Syracuse. That means we don't have to drive far at all to go to it. :)
But, I'll be honest, it started off on the wrong foot.
We had to park far away and catch a shuttle to take us to the fairgrounds.
With our ginormous double jogging stroller.
Packing that onto a crowded bus makes thee husband a wee bit cranky.
A cranky husband makes a cranky wife. Though lots of things make me cranky, so that's not saying much.
When we arrived there were all these 'no fracking' picketers telling us that we must not love our children because we didn't take their flyers. I wanted to scream at them. Of course I love my children. But do I want to carry around a piece of paper at the fair? Not so much. Do I care about the water in my home? Sure. But I also care about all the litter they were creating by throwing papers in people's faces.
One more thing, dear picketers, getting mad at people as they enter the fair does not help your cause.
I was there to go to the fair with my family. Not listen to you criticize me. Sorry.
Okay, so that's how it started. Not so great, right?
Don't worry it got a little better.
Despite the hot hot heat and the 46,000 something people - we did have a good time.
We ate fair food. Which, alone, makes the trip worth it. We had this amazing fried dough (which to Utahans is known as 'scones' only it was a long stick of dough instead of a circle and it probably had a pound of sugar sprinkled on it).
We went to a circus which Josh and I thought was surprisingly great. Though after having seen "Water for Elephants" we kept wondering if the Ringmaster is actually some mean old guy abusing animals and his wife. Probably not. :)
Brinkley rode the Ferris Wheel with Josh and wasn't even scared. I was so impressed. You can't get me on a Ferris Wheel. Yikes.
Darcy cried and cried that she didn't get to go, so we finally found a ride she was tall enough to go on - the carousel, and she was so scared she wouldn't let go of my neck the whole time. The horse was going up and down and I was going to puke on her... perhaps not worth the 3 tickets, but she didn't whine to go on a another ride after that.
Brinkley also went on a little roller coaster. I didn't even help her get on or anything, she was like a pro at that point. She's just awesome.
Karmin was there, we strolled past as she sang some tricksy lyrics, that was cool.
We saw the famous butter sculpture. Later on Jay Leno, he brought it up! We were so excited. Though he used it as a way to make fun of Prince William. Still, our town made late night television! Woot!
The line for the 25 cent chocolate milk was so long we didn't dare wait, but all is well. We were tired by then and so headed home.
The fair can sure wear a family out. We're glad it's only once a year. I think we can handle that.
The butter sculpture.
Josh's fair food.
The Circus:
Brinks on the Ferris Wheel, she in the pink one:
Darcy got sleepy:
Brinks on the Roller Coaster. She made a friend:
Our Fried Dough:
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