County Fair

This afternoon we headed to the Lycoming County fair. It's not the county we live in, but we live on the very northern edge of Northumberland County, and Lycoming County is very close to us. The Bloomsburg Fair in September is bigger, but it is a FAR more expensive fair. This fair is plenty big enough for us to enjoy, and it costs a small fraction of what it costs to attend the Bloomsburg Fair, mostly because unlimited rides are included in the $6 admission to the Lycoming Fair, and rides cost a fortune at the Bloomsburg Fair. If we were picking which day to go based on the weather, we would not have picked today. It was HOT and humid, but my family graciously tolerated the sweaty weather so that I could attend the Newsong concert at the fair with Ian and Oliver at 7:30. We went it two vehicles (parking is only $2) because Paul and Nadia left at 6:15 to take her to her Spanish class. This morning Ian threw up in the van on the way to Nadia's tennis lesson, and I thought maybe our plans would be in jeopardy, but he ate a HUGE lunch and kept it down and seemed to be feeling totally normal. I wasn't planning on taking Ian and Oliver to a Christian concert when they were this young, but it was cheaper than hiring a babysitter so that I could go alone. I knew we wouldn't be able to stay for the whole concert due to the fact that they usually go to bed at 8:00 (plus I figured Oliver's attention span wouldn't be long enough for an entire concert). The funniest part of the concert was when one of the men was singing a solo of "How Great Thou Art" with an accompaniment by a cellist. Ian asked me why they were talking about TV in the song. It finally hit me that he was mishearing "to thee" as TV. LOL!

We had a great time. Ian rode bumper cars for the very first time (not counting the kiddie ones at Knoebels). He rode once with me and once with Paul. He laughed his little head off both times. I didn't enjoy the bumper cars at Dutch Wonderland (felt like I got whiplash!), but these were cushioned enough that I didn't mind being bumped. Ian rode the big swings here, just like he did at Dutch Wonderland (that time was his first). I guess he likes that ride now!

I took Nadia and Ian each on a ride that they had never been on before. Nadia loved it when I made our seat do a 360 degree circle. She screamed her head off and then begged to go upside down again. I spun her around 3 times each time we rode the ride, and that was all my stomach could handle. Ian didn't want to go upside down, so we didn't. We also walked through the buildings of animals (rabbits, cows, horses, pigs, goats, and sheep).

My concert buddies!

When Ian first saw a goat he called it a sheep. This is why it's good to go to such events! There also was a petting zoo, which was free to enter, but it cost $1 for a container of carrots to feed the animals (llama, goats, sheep, horses, tortoise, porcupine, etc.) We also were able to pet (but not feed) a baby kangaroo. The baby kangaroo was Ian's favorite part of the day. We went back three times to see that baby kangaroo. They also had pony rides and camel rides. I paid for the three kids to ride a camel together. Nadia and Ian had ridden a camel once before (I think two years ago). It was Oliver's first time, and he loved it! We ate dinner at the fair. The kids had hot dogs ($1 each), and the four of us shared a funnel cake. That's a food we like to have once a year as a treat. We also bought four bottles of water (50 cents each) in addition to the water bottles we brought from home (it was HOT out). A good time was had by all.