County Fair

Today we went to the Benton-Franklin County Fair. We have gone in the past so this wasn't anything new but each year brings a little different experience.
This year the kids went on the "big kid" rides. The first one they all tried to go on the carnival man stopped them to measure to see how tall they were. Jacob was tall enough no problem but Jack and Amelia were too short. Jack was totally shocked and outraged that he was not tall enough since when he measured himself he was. Now it needs to be said when Jack measured himself his hand had an upward angle of about 3 inches as he moved away from the measuring stick. The carnival man just laughed and said "nice try."
So Jacob went on the ring of fire for the first time. It was so delightful to see his face as he whirled around the circle. His face was priceless! His eyes were super wide and he had this permanent goofy grin of joy and delight. I had to laugh at loud it was so wonderful.
All the kids enjoyed the rides but I think Jacob really has the taste for fast rides.
Jack brought some of his own money to the fair so that he could do this floating bubble things he remembered from last year. He had a blast running like a hamster in this little ball. He also payed to play several games. I payed for them all to play one game where all three of them won a little frog. Amelia was not very happy about it but Jack said he would win her another prize. And he did! He rung a little bell with his mighty strength to win her an inflatable pink dolphin. She was so happy and he was so proud of himself. I was also pretty proud of him for winning his sister a prize.
Jack also spent a dollar to have a parrot fly to his hand to retrieve it. The bird sat there on his hand for awhile  just hanging out. It was a neat trick and Jack really enjoyed it.
Amelia's favorite part of the fair was having Jack win her a prize. And I believe eating the cotton candy.