NC State Fair

As if the circus weren't exciting enough, today we went to the state fair! The weather later this week looks to be cooler, cloudy, and possibly rainy, so we went today. We took Karston out of school a little early, had a quick lunch, and drove to Raleigh.

When we first started walking around, the weather was really quite warm! OK, I got hot. We hit our usual attractions, like the antique farm equipment and the Village of Yesteryear. We let Karston ogle the Lego displays. Daddy, Mommy, and Cale ate pickles from the Mount Olive booth before we went over to the kiddie rides. Cale just loved the roller coaster, while Karston really liked spinning around. While we were at the kiddie rides, we saw Lucy, Lexi, and Drew!

After that structured entertainment, at Karston's request, we wandered over to the waterfall by Dorton Arena and the kids played in the spray (I stayed dry instead).

The only drawback was that our usual state fair dinner (Murphy House barbecue) closed at 5:00 PM, and we didn't get there until nearly 6. Karston and Cale were fascinated with the remote-controlled school bus Buster who talked to them. We kept getting a few raindrops, and I kept thinking we would leave soon, but the rain held off. We all shared a funnel cake (yum!), and the boys had soft-serve ice cream. I got an apple cider freezie, but the boys liked it so I had less than half. We'll have to make some at home! Since the rain held off, we walked around the gardens and the boys played miniature golf until the mosquitoes were about to carry me off.

As we walked back to the car, the weather was still a warm 75 degrees with a gentle breeze. (It felt really good to sit down in the car, though!) Just as we all climbed in, the skies opened up and it started to rain. Perfect timing, for a perfect day at the state fair!