Pure (chilly) joy

We have an annual tradition - Sunday morning at the State Fair. Usually the weather is beautiful in mid-October in North Carolina. This year, it was drizzly, misty, cloudy, windy, and in the low 40's, but that didn't stop us! We had a few more layers than usual, but the show still went on! Memere, Poppy, and Aunt Dithy all tagged along too - there's just something fun and exciting about seeing the kids' faces light up at all of the fun fair exhibits, rides, food, etc.

The kids were really excited about the animals, especially Kate. She wanted to see the sheep. Nothing else. Just sheep. Brett wanted to see a monkey. We had to explain that the fair and the zoo are not the same thing. He eventually got it, or was too distracted to care. I'm not sure which!

Last year, Brett had to be sort of coaxed on a few rides, and that was about all he wanted to do with them. Kate wanted to go last year, but was too little. Brett is usually a fairly cautious kid, so I wasn't sure how he was going to react to the rides and stuff this year. He LOVED them! He couldn't get enough of them! Kate, on the other hand, was absolutely petrified... whole body shaking, bottom lip out, tears rolling down her face, petrified! Instead, Todd won her a small Nemo (from "Finding Nemo" movie) and that completely made her entire day!