We took Olivia and Lilly to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Country Fair this weekend and Olivia absolutely LOVED it. She had so much fun riding the merry-go-round and any other ride that we would let her - the girl has NO fear. Of course, a trip to the fair would not be complete without a few fair prizes. We came home with one stuffed fish and one live fish. We won Nemo, our live goldfish, in the quintessential fair game - throw the ping pong ball into the fish bowl. I let Olivia play knowing she didn't have the hand-eye coordination to win. She surprised me - she lobbed those balls very close to the fish bowls. I still felt pretty confident after she threw her last ball and no hit, until the carnival lady running the game handed her a fish. I looked up in shock and the lady told me that someone won, but didn't want the fish. It was probably some parent laughing all the way to the parking lot. Ugh. As I told my mom, at least it wasn't a rabbit, like I used to win at the fair when I was little. Unfortunately, Nemo had a tough transition home. He came to us in water colored with food coloring (I think). When we transferred him to the fish bowl that we bought (yes, Jeremy went to Meijer at 11:00 on Saturday night to get supplies), he didn't make it through the night. After comforting a hysterical 3 year old in the morning, I promised her we would get another fish. A fish funeral around the toilet bowel and a trip to Petsmart later, we came home with Mr. Seahorse, our new Betta fish. Unfortunately, he hasn't moved from his spot all night. I still see his gills moving, but I fear we may have a second funeral in the morning...
Loving the Merry-Go-Round....
Fishing to win our (stuffed) dolphin...
Eyeing her prize!
I can't believe she wanted on this boat!
She loved flying in the helicopters!
(For those from Somerset, the little girl in the
pink bow is Julie Bourne's little girl - small world!)
Lilly was less than enthused - she slept through most of the excitement!
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