Fall has officially arrived! "Officially" it arrives in DeKalb Co Alabama when the County Fair comes to town. My boys live for this time of year! It comes in close to the top of their favorite things lists, only coming in behind Christmas and their birthdays. They count the months until it's fair time. Ironically, it also always falls the week of my birthday. My big day can't hold a candle to the Fair!
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| So excited that they've forgot that I'm back here :) |
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| Oliver riding the bull last year |
Now they have decided that we HAVE to go tonight (Tuesday). The main reason they are so eager to go is to see if their Lego creations won Blue Ribbons. The little boys each entered several creations. When Parker was little and we lived on a farm, he always entered Chickens in the Poultry show. He won Best in Show w/ his Rooster one year! For you city folk- That's a big deal in the Country! We also entered my pickled okra, tomato basil jam, peach bellini jam and dill pickles. So I have to admit I wonder if I even placed in the judging. I know that we will end up w/ funnel cakes, riding rides and tears when it's time to leave. But then I remind myself, The Dekalb Co VFW Agriculture Fair only comes around once a year, like their birthdays and Christmas. So it's okay to go several times and indulge. They are only little for a time and the smiles on their little faces when they are riding the lil scrambler ride, that makes me dizzy just watching them, and is operated by someone I swear I saw on America's Most Wanted is oh, so worth it!! |
| That smile! So worth every funnel cake I can't turn down! |
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| Cooper & Oliver trying their luck @ the shooting gallery last year. |
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| We got Parker to ride the bull last year. He didn't know I got a pic.... |
2 comments:
I remember that Parker always called it the Hair. He would tell us that he had hickens in the hair. Great memories of him!
I am pleased to report that WE won a few ribbons this year!! Oliver won a 2nd and a 4th for 2 lego creations. My pickled okra won 1st place in it's division!!! Simple award but satisfying :)
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