Fair Time!

One of my favorite childhood memories was the annual arrival of the Brazoria County Fair. I love being able to go back now with Spencer. This was our second time to attend - the first was in 2010 when Spencer had just turned two. Going back with our five-year-old was even more fun because I do believe that five is the perfect age for the fair.

And the best part was that Alison, Tom, Kenzie and Garrett met us there, so Spencer and Garrett got to ride everything together. They had a blast!

 

 And besides the rides, there were yummy treats like corndogs and funnel cake, plus farm activities. Of course we played a couple of (expensive) games for (junky) prizes.

It was a great day - we stayed almost 6 hours! Even though we enjoy going to the Austin Fair and Rodeo in March, the Brazoria County Fair will always be #1 in our book!

Rodeo Time

Spencer is on Spring Break this week so I took today off and we went to the Star of Texas Rodeo carnival for the third straight year (Daddy, too!). Spencer's pal Koen and his mommy and baby sister went with us and the boys had so much fun together. It's the perfect age to have a little pal to go on the rides with. Koen was a daredevil, so that helped Spencer stretch out of his comfort zone a bit. This was one of those outings where we just didn't get very good pictures (and we really didn't take that many), but here's a little peek.

Spencer had two particularly brave moments today. First, he went down the big super slide all by himself. I wish you could've seen the look on his face when his blanket started going a little sideways. That's him in the pink lane.

And Spencer's second big moment was riding a little roller coaster for the first time — the Dragon Wagon. He was a little unsure at first, but by our third loop he was saying, "Wheeeeeeee!" The picture below is the "before" shot. He was all smiles afterwards.

We also went to the petting zoo, saw the K9 Kings dog show (lame), had corndogs and lemonade for lunch, and ended the day with an ice cream cone. Spence fell asleep on the way home and I was able to get him to lie down with me in our bedroom and we ended up sleeping until 7:00! It's made for an interesting evening, but well worth it. Fun day!