Booed!!!

My littles waited patiently to get booed! They love this about Halloween! Don't tell the kids but secretly our booer had told me our boo from them was on the back deck. They were asleep when we got home that night so I brought it in for the night and put it on the front porch before they got up the next morning! They were so excited to wake up to the treats on the porch which included cupcakes...oh the boo was good to us! ;)

Fair Time

I guess it's the country girl in me...but I love the fair! Not necessarily the vastness of a state fair, but a little county fair. I have such fond memories of the Trimble County fair from my childhood. It was a week of fun and friends and I went every night...so every summer..I pack up the littles and we go to the Oldham County Fair...and they love it! It's just a part of our summer...and the Timmerings are always there with us!

The rides are old...but there is something to share with the littles everywhere..this ride had a Woody Wood Pecker on it. I loved telling them about who Woody was and how I used to watch him on TV when I was little with my best friend, Laura.  When you tell your children little facts like that is makes a bridge...a generational bridge that was not there before...linking them to you in a new way. Just like this fair....I tell them about my child hood fair....we experience this fair together...and in the end we see that a fair is a ball of summer fun!

Everyone started with the dragon coaster.....it looks tiny but it jerks like nobody's business!

Lila opted for a small spinning ride instead....

Until she realized that she had missed out on the dragon coaster...and she was determined to do it too!

She had a love hate relationship with that dragon!

For Sarah Kate is was love only...as she giggled at every jerk and turn!

I will admit that the fair is a little random...there are workers in t shirts that say Carne on them as they embrace their jobs for one thing...and some of the ride restrictions are crazy! Rollins was too little to ride the scrambler..even with an adult...(he just rode the vortex at Kings Island!)...so I took him to this ride called the hurricane...just me and him!  Since Braden and Riggs got to ride the scrambler...I thought it would help the tear studded eyes to ride ride something else...first. So off we went to the hurricane!

Here we are on the hurricane before it started...there were no pictures taken on the hurricane during the ride...we were slammed against metal for the duration of the 15 minute ride..unable to move an inch...it was something else!

We all did the Ferris wheel...many times!

But the favorite...as always...was the Superman ride! Forward and backwards...fast and spinning..with lights that flash and rap music...it is the perfect fair ride!

Right away the girls saw their were pink, inflatable dolphins to win....and the boys were right on that! There were three little girls wanting dophins and three brothers who love to play games so it all worked out. The boys were so cute running with the dolphins to the girls...so proud and happy to deliver the prize!I'm telling you...only at the fair!

Don't forget the fair food....it is the best!!! Funnel cakes, corn dogs, cotton candy...and my favorite the lemon shake up!

Nothing like it's sugary sweetness on a hot summer night.....

Snow cones too...in every color...in bowls shaped like flowers...

Rollins got a blue one!

It's just a swirl of fun...the breeze of the rides feel so good....and the smiles melt your heart....

Check it off the summer list...we did the fair and had a ball!!

Book Fair and Rollins

Today it was Rollins' turn to shop the book fair...and he bought everyone a treat! This child has such a generous way about him...Diary of a Wimpy kid for him...World Record Book for Riggs, Barbie book for K-Kate, and a Dog dog sticker book for Lila Ray!

A heart like no other.....

Today was Book fair day at Goshen...I met Rollins in the library to shop for new book for him to read. He smiled when he saw me...so happy I was there.... and buried his little head into my tummy. Off he went to shop and soon he came back with two books...smiling happily as he walked toward me...must be good books I thought...he handed me a book about Justin Bieber (for sk) and a book about puppies (for Lila). "These are for my sisters," he said. "what about you?".....I asked him. He told me a saw an animal book but that it cost too many dollars so he would just get these for Sarah Kate and Lila....I am telling you...the giving and love literally oozes out of this child. He lifts me up everyday with some small but amazing act of kindness. We went and found the animal book and of course added it to our pile! He is a beautiful little boy...inside and out! Giving is like breathing for him...and I am lucky enough to witness this everyday in this precious little boy!