My obsession with fairs continued on Friday when I drove the girls across the state to meet up with my friend Maria and attend The Big E in Massachusetts. This is no rinky-dink carnival. According to the website, there were nearly 80,000 people in attendance on that Friday; it’s the biggest fair in the Northeast. So accordingly, we came with big appetites and big expectations. And we weren’t disappointed!
We started out by splitting corn dogs, pizza, and fresh-cut fries. I don’t know if I’d ever had a corn dog before, and the girls certainly hadn’t. I think their favorite part was the fact that it was served on a stick.
We continued on into the animal barn, where we got to ooh and aah over the baby chicks:
Maria was especially excited to show them all the baby animals, but I think they continued to be more impressed by the food than the livestock…
…until we got to the life-sized plastic milking cow. They were a little perplexed by the protruding anatomy:
You can see them thinking: “You want me to do WHAT to get milk out of that cow?”
Then we finally gave in to the girls’ requests/demands to go to the rides. We first hit their ever-beloved helicopter ride. I climbed on in with the girls, like I have at other locations, but the ride operator was a stickler for the weight requirement (but apparently not the height requirement, since the girls were under-sized and I scooted them in anyway) and ordered me off. The girls didn’t mind one bit. They flew around in circles like they had been piloting whirlybirds their whole lives.
Then it was off to their absolute favorite: the “horsey merry round.” We thought they were going to bust through the fence they were so excited.
I was pretty excited, too.
After our thrilling ride to nowhere, we wandered around some more, visited friends manning a booth giving out free Bibles (and also lollipops, much to the girls’ delight), and ate more food.
We capped off our eventful evening with a pony ride, which brought smiles all around.
Oh, how I wish fair season could last all year!
On second thought, I think my wallet would get too small and my waistline too large.
I love Becky’s smile in the last picture on the pony! It has been way too long since I’ve visited the blog. School and Master’s have gotten crazy and my best friend had her miracle on Monday afternoon (13 days early) so it has been a scramble to help them get everything ready for him. The girls look so grown up at the fair!
I am getting caught up on all my blog reading! You’re girls have grown so much!! I love carnivals!! And it’s probably mostly for the food!! Ha!!
Oh, you’re making me homesick. I love the Big E and would love it even better if I was there with you and the girls. They are getting so grown up. love them. Can’t wait to see you again. I hear you’re a little bit closer now. ; )