Cleveland County Fair

Boy oh boy!  Where do I even start?  First - does anyone even know where Cleveland County is?  I thought it was right outside of Gastonia, in other words about a 40 minute or so drive from our house.  NOPE - it was more like an hour and 20 minutes.  It seemed like it took us ages to get there. 


Steve is not really one for fairs, amusement parks, rides, etc.  So, you can only imagine the moans and groans coming from him on our way there.  Me on the other hand - I love them.  It just brings back so many childhood memories and memories of high school when we'd pile into the car and hit the Union County fair with friends. 


This particular fair was shall I say, REDNECK. It reminded me a little bit of the time we visited The Redneck Zoo.  Remember that?  Ha, Steve and I still laugh about that place! 


It of course had your typical ferris wheel, rides, games, freak shows, petting zoo, funnel cakes, ice cream and a mini Mexican circus (yep, you read that right). 

The girls absolutely loved it!  Lottie and I rode a few rides and Stella ran wild and free.  I spent a good part of our day chasing her down.  All in all though, a great day out! The weather was perfect!

Here's a look back at our trip to the fair.......................

 

Lottie's shirt was filthy within 15 minutes of being there. We bought her a hot dog for lunch and within a second of handing it to her and turning our backs, she dropped that hot dog!!!!!!!! OHHHHHH!  It's a good thing they were only a $1.00!  Kids!!!!! 

 

 

 

The "Mexican" circus was quite the entertainment! 

 

I spy a mullet - can you spot it?  :)

 

Steve bought a bucket of rings thinking he could ring one of those bottles!  So difficult! 

 

Good try babe! 

 

We tried our best to win Lottie a goldfish!  FAIL!!!!!!!!!!  After spending $4 or $5 trying to get the ping pong ball in the bowl, Steve gave up!  He told her that he would just take her to Wal-Mart and buy her 5 goldfish for $5.

 

"Come on Dad, I really, really want a fish!"

 

 

Lottie and I riding the Mini Teacups

Lottie looks like such a big girl riding the kiddy scrambler.  She loved it!

Stella loves ice cream! 

Stella's first ride on a carousel.  What a cutie! 

This Saturday Waxhaw is having their annual Autumn Treasures Festival!  Unfortunately, Steve has to work so it looks like the girls and I will be tackling yet another festival!  I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday with my girls! 

 

Greek Fest / Lottie's First Ride

This past weekend, we met friends in Dilworth and walked to the Greek Festival.  Between all of us, we enjoyed Gyros, Greek Fries, Spanakopita, Baklava, Honey Drizzled Donuts, Baklava Sundae and little powdered sugar cookies!  DELISH! 

After overindulging, we walked over to the kid's side of the festival where they had face painting, snow cones, kiddie rides, etc.  Lottie did a lot of pointing at the rides but when it came down to it, she was a little unsure about actually getting on them. 

Jeanette is a big kid who LOVES rides.  She was overly excited to take Lottie on her first ride.  After checking out all of the rides, we decided the swings might be the best option since she already loves swings and there was NO spinning and craziness involved.  After the first couple of times around, Lottie started loosening up and really started enjoying it.  Sure enough though, as soon as she started enjoying it, the ride was over.  I went and got a few more tickets for one more ride around w/ me.  Of course, this go around, she cried when I put her back on the swing (mini melt down).  Melt down or not, we were getting back on the swings - I mean I know I did not just pay for more tickets not to use them (it's the frugalness in me!)  Sorry Lottie!  You'll soon learn this about your mama!  :)

The scowl/uncertainty look

Getting into it now

Wind through the hair - loving it

We are scowling again

Picking up pace again

 

We also tried putting Lottie on the little train they had.  She sat there for a couple of minutes fine, but it took too long for the train to get going and Lottie got scared.  Had the conductor started the train right after I put her on it, she would have loved it, I'm sure. 

All in all the Greek Fest was a success.  We ate way too much food and I got one last sunburn (not so successful) - dang it was hot!