So, in the mean time, last night was the 1st time we went to the Fair as a family and we had a great time!!! Several things happened that made for an eventful evening, for example:
Rick and I had discussed weather we would say Zack was 4 or 3 at the ticket booth since 3 and under got in free. I told Rick I would rather tell the truth infront of Zack than tell a lie, he seemed to agree. We got to the ticket counter and the lady pointed to Zack and asked,
"Is he 3?"
Rick quickly answered, "Yes."
The ticket lady continued, "Well, 3 and under are free!"
Us sounding surprised, "No way! Really? Tha's great!"
(There goes the not whole let's not lie infront of Zack thought)
As we are walking to the entrance to hand off our tickets I have a little chat with Zack that went as followed:
"Zack you're 3 ok?"
"No, Mommy, I'm 4!"
"No, baby, you're 3!" Trying to sound as excited as possible, "You'll be 4 on Saturday!!"
Zack hangs his head down and with disgust says: "Awww, man! I gotta be 3 years old, AGAIN?"
It took all I had not to bust out laughing to loudly. Thankfully, no one asked Zack about his age and we proceded to enter the Fair feeling a little guilty.
Zack was super excited about the lights and music and all the rides. Much to our surprise he actually wanted to RIDE them!!! For those of you who know how cautious Zack usually is, you fully understand the utter shock I had! We went and checked out the Photo exhibit 1st (I had a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbon hanging. Nothing very exciting for me) and let Zack go to town! What was the 1st ting he wanted to go on??? "The circle!" 4 year old translation, The Ferris Wheel!!! Here they are in Zack's 1st ride in the yellow car:
Evan has been under the weather a bit lately and was completely content in his stroller so we let him sit the rides out. He didn't mind!
After that, Zack was off and running! He held Rick's hand and literally dragged him behind as Zack lead the way!
He went on a little kiddie roller coaster and then I ran him over with the stroller. No, I'm not kidding. As he skipped down the walkway (hanging on to Daddy with one hand, juice in the other) I, being the wonderful parent that I am, got too close to him with the stroller and caught his heel on the front of it which caused him to fly forward tossing his juice and scraping his knee and elbow! I know, Mother of the Year right here! As Rick puts it, I tortured him by taking him to the music stage where a country group was playing. We sat a rocked for a while to try and calm him down and a unexpected bonus, the music was so loud it completely drowned out the crying! I sent Rick off to go buy a bottle of water and get some napkins so I could rinse off his scrapes. Five minutes later he returns with the water, napkins and a three foot long corn dog!
Crisis averted, we pressed on to Zack's favorite ride, "The horsey" or as we may know it, The Carousel." I got a TON of pics of this one as I found it fun to play with the shutter speed and lights.
Next we went on to play his 1st Carnival game and he was awarded his first prize:
An Ice cream cone and a fried twinky later and we headed home:) All in all a FUN night and Zack's been asking me all day today if he can go to the Fair again! I think Disney World is going to be so much fun!! Four weeks to go!!! Horray!!!
