Fair Weather

I am certain I've used that title before.  Maybe I use it every year, even.  But I just can't help myself.  I blame Joyce Dyer for my abiding love of the two-word, double meaning title.   And thank her, too, because they're just the best...

Because the weather-- it's actually been quite fair!  A mix of sun and clouds each day.  Pleasant summer temperatures, sometimes toasty warm, sometimes breezy cool.  Easy-living weather.  Toss-on-the-sandals-and-grab-the-swim-bag weather.  Vacation weather.


Also, today, we went TO the Fair!  And the weather was really just right!  There is such a thing as "fair weather," you know-- not too hot, not too sunny, but still pretty for pictures.

Today delivered.

We were looking for a way to spend the day with our beloved Bec, who is moving to Tennessee next week. We always love going to the Fair together-- but the Cuyahoga County Fair isn't til after her move date. Enter Summit County!  At first we were a little thrown off by the fact that these are not our usual fairgrounds.  But it did not take long for us to fall in love....

 What a great little fair!  No crowds, no lines for rides, no excessive heat-- but plenty of animals, every conceivable type of fair food, pig races and a gladiator demonstration.  Pretty much everything we could ask for.

The kids even got to play a midway game, even though we usually eschew them.  How could we say no to a game where you can win a bunny??  I have never seen midway games with bunnies ass prizes.  Only in Summit County, I guess!  

 We did not win a bunny.

We didn't even buy one in the bunny barn!

But we did get ride wristbands for the kids which was the best investment ever.  This "glider" ride was the fan favorite.  I think they went on it about 8 times? Despite what it looks like in this picture, it went crazy-high and was pretty intense.  Ivy was terrified on her first go, but encouraged by her brother, tried again.  The boy had this blissed-out smile every time he swooped around....

 And of course, the scrambler.  Jack gamely took the outside every time, and helped his sister up into the car.  I am not sure when I have ever seen these two work together so well, or be so supportive and kind to each other, as when they were heading off to enjoy these rides.


Hope for the future, at the county fair.

Other highlights:

While we were there, Becca found out that she got the job she was hoping to land.

It was exciting.

Pig racing.  Is there anything more American than this??

 A romantic "date" on the Ferris wheel as Becca took the kids in a different car.  Hey, you take alone time when you can get it.