NC State Fair

Let me start this post by saying, I do not really care for the fair-- the crowds, the lines, the malfunctioning rides........... but, Eddie LOVES the fair.   He loves the FOOD at the fair-- he could pass on the rest of it, but my man loves some fair food!

We took Cal when I was pregnant with Andy and I did not like it at all-- I was pushing the stroller through the crowds while people were swinging their cigarettes in his little face.  It was not ideal for me!

But this year, Eddie really wanted to go and take the boys.  He got a taste of it Friday night at the monster truck show, so he was okay to not go back again, but when my dad said he wanted to go with us to the fair, we couldn't turn it down.

We woke up Sunday morning and got ready to head to the fair.  We had a little tackling incident that left Nug with a fat lip and a bloody nose (and Cal in time out), so we were about 10 minutes later than we thought, but we still got to the fair early enough. 

There were NO lines-- it was amazing! It was a gorgeous day and we all had a ton of fun.  Around 1:00, the crowds showed up, but we were on our way to the car with two exhausted boys, so it all worked out.  This trip to the fair restored my faith in the fair! I just might be persuaded to go again next year.... maybe....

Our attempt at a family picture-- not sure why Eddie is holding Cal like that...?

These mums were amazing!

 As we walked into the fair, Cal spotted the pony rides and was all about doing them.  Andy was too, until he realized he had to actually *ride* a pony. So just Cal rode-- he he loved it!

Almost immediately, Eddie went to get some corn-- love this picture of my dad and the boys

Not shocking that Nug loved the corn... however, his front teeth were a little tender for the early morning tackle....ahem.....so it was hard to eat it!

We headed to the kids row of rides and the boys both took turns on the trampoline bungee jump and they loved it! Cal was more timid and Andy was full steam ahead! They allowed Eddie to go in and help Andy, so he had a little assistance getting that high-- Cal was trying to figure it out on his own, but they both did great!

We got a video of Andy that I will attempt to post-- he was arching his back and soaring.  Too funny to watch!

The boys did a few other rides that were fun.... the bugs and the giant slide...

And we rode the carousal.... twice!

It ended up being such a fun day!

 


 

Mommy FAIL turned fun!

This past Saturday, we had a soccer game for Cal at noon.  Or so I thought.  We got a text on our way to the fields "where are you guys? we need Cal!" Uhhhh....? huh?

so much time to kill before the noon start....!

Turns out, Rainbow Soccer changed the schedule midway through the season-- I inputted all of the dates and times when the schedule was first released and never went back to check again.  Such a mommy fail.  We pulled up to the fields as the team was walking off.  Cal was crushed. 

My parents were having a little tailgate party in their yard, so we ran by there so the kids could play.  Cal was soon having a great time and totally forgot about his game. Phew!

Turns out, some people at their tailgate had a few extra tickets.... next thing we knew, we were running home to change clothes to head to the game! We skipped Andy's nap and headed to Kenan Stadium for the BC game.

The boys had a blast!

Cal is beyond obsessed with football-- it's borderline concerning how big of an obsession he has... so he was in heaven watching the whole thing and sitting on my dad's lap telling him about every.single.thing on the field.

The extra tickets were in the Blue Zone (how lucky were we?!) and we ran into some buddies up there also having an ice cream break.  Those spiderman pops STAINED those faces!

Cal and I went down and sat in some seats in the second row-- he sat on my lap and we just chatted up a storm about all of the plays.  There was even a touchdown RIGHT in front of us-- we were both screaming like crazy.  It was so fun seeing it with him.

Andy loved the game in the beginning and then the first touchdown happened and the fireworks went off-- he wasn't thrilled with those.  Then the band started playing and he didn't love the loud noise of that either.  He has some sensitive ears! He loved sitting with Grandma and watching the game-- we just had to cover his ears when there was a touchdown!

My mommy fail turned into a really fun, family day-- we were SPENT by the time we got home.  I think we bathed the kids and had them both in bed asleep by 6:51.  And they both slept until after 7 on Sunday!


 

Friday MONSTER fun

 Friday, both boys had school-- and they both had excellent days! yay! Andy was very excited it was Friday and a school day:

Cal stays for lunch bunch on Fridays so I have time to pick up Andy, feed him lunch and then head towards Cal's school.   Hank was determined to come with us this day-- hard to deny him this simple pleasure! He climbed right up on the back bench with Andy...

Then after we got Cal, Hank kept his rump on the seat, but lowered his front half down.  He is a huge boy!

Andy went down for a nap and Cal had a little bit of rest time so that he would be ready for the MONSTER TRUCK SHOW (I feel like that has to be in capital letters.....).  The State Fair is in town (more on that in another post) and Eddie took Cal Friday night to the demolition derby and the MONSTER TRUCK SHOW (again-- it needs caps!).  It was supposed to be a cooooooold evening, so I found Cal's old TCU beanie-- he wore this when TCU won the Rose Bowl (notice I didn't say "play" in the Rose Bowl.... THEY WON THE ROSE BOWL.  We need to focus on that win after this not so pretty season.)

Oddly enough, I hated missing out on the fun times-- although after hearing about it, I am glad I wasn't there...!- so I made Eddie promise to send me pictures.  He did a great job keeping me posted on my little guy and all of their fun!

They got there and immediately got some fair food!

Cal and Billy were ready for the show! 

Cal loved the demolition derby for the most part-- Eddie said a driver got injured and his family was sitting in the stands and all got up crying-- they kind of shook Cal a little bit.... then the monster trucks came out.  The big one had some crazy amount of horsepower and was insanely loud.  Eddie took ear plugs for Cal, but I guess nothing really helps to drown out that level of noise.  He did not like that one bit.  Eddie picked him up and walked to the back row...

They left at the end of the show and Cal was not long for this world once they got in the car-- out cold! It was a big day for the little guy!

When they got home,  Eddie carried in a sleeping Cal.  He woke up when I put his jammies on him.  I said "how was it??" and Cal replied, "I liked the little monster trucks, but not the big ones AT ALL." He never opened his eyes when he told me this- haha!

Andy and I went to the country club so he could attend kids club and I could have dinner with some friends.  He had a BLAST and was a happy boy leaving-- and his momma was happy too!

 It was a perfect fall Friday night!