The Richmond Fair

Today I went to the Richmond Fair. What a great day it was too. The cold air disappeared for the weekend and the sun was shining the whole time too. I am watching the kids this weekend too so that Mommy and Daddy could go away for their anniversary. They left Friday a.m. for Vermont and should return before supper on Sunday. So I took the kids to the fair. They were so excited. The rides the rides the rides. That was the only thing on their mind. So I bought a bunch of (over priced) tickets and asked what they wanted to ride on first. "Horsies Horsies!" Ok off we go to the Merry-Go-Round. It was actually quite nice and lasted quite a while. When it ended Choo Choo was very sad and cried a little, she didn't want it to end. It took a little while for her to calm down. Then they went on some motor car ride, the ferris wheel and a train. Nugly wanted to go down the big slide so he went on his own. He carried his blanket up all the stairs and down he went holding the blanket instead of sitting on it so off he went to try it again and tada it came down so much nicer. The tickets were gone and that caused another upset with Choo Choo but she got over it when I said lunch time. We went and got some nice hotdogs. Choo Choo ate the bun and that's it but I knew that was coming seeing as how she is a carb-ivore.

After lunch we ran into Sparky the fire dog and got pics taken and hugs. Then we were off to find the petting zoo (nothing was marked out for us). We found a kid section run by a nursery school which had crafts and painting and then a singer came, Mary Lambert from Kingston, ON. She was really good. She sang a song that needed children to dress up and Nugly was chosen for the sheep. He got to wear a sheep hat and a tail. There was also a pig, a chicken and a cow. When it came time to perform he had to BAAAAAA at the right time in the song then turn around and shake his little tail. It was priceless. I got lots of pics for Mom and Dad. Choo Choo realizing that Nugly was up there and she wasn't began to have another melt down. Fun times. After Mary's performance we thanked her and finally found the petting zoo, which was goats and a donkey. They were starting to get tired out so we started heading for the car taking one last look at the all the cows and dressed up horses. We all had a great time and they are both passed out up in their beds. (2 points for me).