Zach's First Fair

...not that he is old enough to ride anything (but I must note that he is almost tall enough...scary). As has become a new tradition, we attend the Central Oahu Regional Park Fair the night it opens. So far, for the past three years we have been able to avoid a huge irritating crowd this way. We barely stood in any lines. This years fair was filled with the usual games, rides (minus the ferris wheel), and fried food (fried Snickers!!). Zach took it all in and seemed to enjoy himself (minus a stroller pinching incident). He looked eager to try all the things big brother was trying. Sigh. Soon we will be spending triple digits for a night out of kid entertainment. Gabe had fun riding the "roller coaster" with me. And I did too. Very symbolic of how life with an almost nine year old is right now. There's something about cheesy rides and junk food at the fair that bring out everyone's childish charms. As we drove past the fair being torn down over the next few days, I think we were all a little sad. It's always a fun family outing. This year seemed extra fun since it was our first family of four, fair experience. Zach was a jovial onlooker...not sure next year will be that way...too big to keep restrained and too little to do big boy fair stuff. So this year we just enjoyed watching the wonder in his eyes from bright lights, music, and laughs from big brother ...who was high from cotton candy.