Sandwich Fair

We decided to skip church and head to the Sandwich Fair on Sunday Sept 7^th.  We hadn’t been to the fair in a couple years and it sounded like a fun idea.  Plus we had never seen the draft horse pulls and it sounded interesting.  That morning Brad had a bad cold he was fighting off and Joel was  having a bad day.  But we pretended everything was fine and headed to the fair anyway.

While we were there we ran into several different friends and it was fun to visit with all of them for a few minutes.  A few minutes was all we had with the kids with us!  Not long after we got to the fair the kids wanted some of the snacks we packed, well Joel didn’t like any of them so there was a minor meltdown.  Then he found trail mix with m&ms in it and picked out all the m&ms.  Then when it was lunch time we grabbed some corn dogs.  All three older kids love corn dogs.  Joel leaned over and accidentally broke the top of Cecilia’s corn dog off….Meltdown.  Kids all not behaving perfectly…meltdown.  Not getting to touch every bunny in the rabbit tent…meltdown.  Discovering Vincent lost the second water bottle in 24 hours…meltdown.  Having to watch the draft horse pulls instead of walking around…meltdown.  Having to leave to head home….meltdown.  It was never the same kid or parent. Don’t get me wrong, there were several good and fun moments (we saw many friends while there) and memories made but we probably should have just stayed home!  Once we got home, the kids were happy, and played together and there was no fighting.