To celebrate my birthday, and because it's just big fun, we all went to the Guilford Fair today. Ethan an I snuggled while watching the tractor pulls.
Then he and Ryan had fun with Mimi.
Mama Jeanne really got into the tractors.
This kid won first in his division.
One of the cool things about the Guilford Fair is that the Flying Wallendas perform there. (Yes, The Flying Wallendas like in the movie.) Today Tino Wallenda walked across a wire strung 70 feet above the ground. The speck to the left of the sun is Tino.
He also did a head stand. That was very cool.
The Flying Cortes performed on the trapeze.
That act had Ryan mesmerized.
Ethan really liked the round-up ride.
At one point Ryan asked for a corn dog. Mama Jeanne tried to find one, but failed. Could there really be a fair with no corn dogs?
I didn't think so. Mimi had corn dog magic and found one for him.
Ryan made friends with a donkey.
Both guys liked the inflated slide.
It was a full good day. We stayed for hours looking at the exhibits and the livestock. We said hello to the llamas, the cows, the sheep, the chickens, the rabbits, and the goats. We even got to see a cow getting her hooves cleaned and her swollen foot bandaged.
Eventually though, Ethan got tired, sat down at a table near the sheep, and went to sleep, 
so we gathered him up and headed home.
Ethan asked for help cleaning his room, so Mimi made a date with him to work on it today. They have been at all day except for a few breaks. I suggested that Ethan could use an old shelf resting on some cinder blocks to add more room for books under his desk. That was the last step, and while they sorting the books, Mimi asked Ethan if he wanted his red chest to live under the Lego table or to go back under the window where it has been living.
Ethan: It's OK there now. I'm too tired to move it.
Mimi: Want me to move it?
Ethan: Um...
Mimi: Do you want it under the window?
Ethan: I don't want to move it.
Ba: If it could magically go anywhere, where would it go?
Ethan: Floating in mid-air. *Very Big Grin*
Ryan lost his first yesterday. We were in the car when he announced "My tooth is half un-tached!" Not 20 minutes later he yelled "My tooth came out! Here it is!" and promptly dropped it in the car where it immediately disappeared. We stopped the car and spent 30 minutes trying to find the tooth but could not. We assured him that all was well and that the Tooth Fairy would bring a dollar even if there was no tooth under his pillow. Ethan was so sweet. He reassured Ryan that the Tooth Fairy would come and even offered to help write a note explaining the situation to said fairy. He is so cute with the little gap in his mouth. He lost the left bottom front one, so it's not incredibly visible, but when he smiles one of his really big smiles you can see it. Mimi and Ba went to the bookstore to get him a tooth fairy book, but, alas, none of them had little tooth pouches like the one we got for Ethan. No matter, we got a Charlie and Lola book in which Lola's tooth both falls out and is promptly lost, just like Ryan's. The Tooth Fairy brought Lola a coin, and this morning there was a dollar under Ryan's pillow.So, Ryan has one less baby tooth, but one more dollar, and he is glad that he can once again eat whatever wants with having to be careful of a loose tooth.
Spydentity (n): The secret name that one spy calls another. Also the real identity of any spy, although the real name and spy name rarely match."I'm going to pick up it." (This one has the grown-ups now using that word order.)"My sore is throat." (Given as a reason for having a beverage close at hand.)
Toxinate (v): What happens when poison gas is let into the room. This is generally done by "bad guys" and/or "evil spys". as a noun: toxination
"My tooth is half un-tached!" (Actually, that tooth is now completely unattached.)Elseplace (n): Some place which is ot the place you are currently occupying."I am starving hungry! Thus, you will make me breakfast."Agents (n): Very old people or groups such as the Spartans or the Ancient Romans
Then he and Ryan had fun with Mimi.
Mama Jeanne really got into the tractors.
This kid won first in his division.
One of the cool things about the Guilford Fair is that the Flying Wallendas perform there. (Yes, The Flying Wallendas like in the movie.) Today Tino Wallenda walked across a wire strung 70 feet above the ground. The speck to the left of the sun is Tino.
He also did a head stand. That was very cool.
The Flying Cortes performed on the trapeze.
That act had Ryan mesmerized.
At one point Ryan asked for a corn dog. Mama Jeanne tried to find one, but failed. Could there really be a fair with no corn dogs?
I didn't think so. Mimi had corn dog magic and found one for him.
Both guys liked the inflated slide.
It was a full good day. We stayed for hours looking at the exhibits and the livestock. We said hello to the llamas, the cows, the sheep, the chickens, the rabbits, and the goats. We even got to see a cow getting her hooves cleaned and her swollen foot bandaged.
so we gathered him up and headed home.
