Barnstable County Fair

Isabelle and I went to the Barnstable County Fair last night (Mom is in San Francisco for the week), and pretty much did it all!

We started with the Ferris Wheel - her first - and she loved it. From way up high we were able to scout out the whole place, and knew that after I won her a stuffed animal (a purple monkey), we would be headed to the Super Slide. On the way to the Super Slide... we found the Big Bears (the whole thing spins, and we could control the spinning of our own bear - very fun, very easy with a 23 month old)... had a gyro, some ice cream, went potty 4 times (we now bring the potty with us when we have the stroller, it is so much easier than waiting in lines!).

Every time we went on the Super Slide, as soon as it was over Isabelle would turn to me, with a huge grin, and say "Again! I want the Super Slide again!" and run to the front of the (rather large) line.

Other highlights: She wanted to go on the dragons (similar to the Big Bears but for older kids). I told her she was too little. She looked at me and said "I want to be bigger". Feeding the farm animals was a large part of the day. There were lamas, lots of goats, horses, a turkey, bunnies, and a pot bellied pig. She only got nipped on the fingers once, and frankly it didn't bother her much! My favorite memory of feeding the goats was when a goat thought the strawberry on Isabelle's outfit was real, and started biting her pockets - look closely at the photos and you can see that the greens on the strawberry stick out - this is what the goat was grabbing!

The french fries, doused in catsup, were popular too. And ff course we went on the merry go round, more than once. "Again, Again!", and "you sit on this one, I will sit on THIS one!". She loved it!

Finally, at 9pm, I won her a teddy bear and we headed for home. As I was loading her into the car, she was clutching her teddy, she looked up at me and said "where's my monkey?". I had left it in the stroller. She hugged both the teddy and monkey the whole way home.

Tuesday my parents picked Isabelle up from daycare, as I had a lacrosse game. My mother was asking her about the fair, and specifically asked what she had to eat. Isabelle replied "Daddy had a sandwich, and I had a bite". While technically true - I did have a gyro, and she did have just one bite of it - for the record I brought carrots and chicken for her, which she very much enjoyed.