We took Alex and Hannah to Celebrate Fairfax (the county fair) this past weekend. We had a great time but I have to say that carnival ride workers frighten me. I realize that their line of work is not the most exciting or fulfilling (making sure kids are tall enough for the rides, starting and stopping the rides, and enticing people to play the impossible-to-win games) but they really shouldn’t be as scary as they are. Alex spotted a Moonbounce that he wanted to try out. As he was walking up to the Moonbounce he asked me to tell the guy that “he is four years but just a little short” because there was a height requirement for this attraction. So Alex walked up ready to bounce with his shoes off and tickets in hand when the creepy guy points directly in Alex’s face and shouted “TOO SMALL !” I was appalled that anyone would shout at my child that way and irritated that the next child allowed to enter the moonbounce was smaller than Alex. I also was scared of the creepy guy so I put Alex’s shoes back on his feet and escorted my disappointed child to another ride. Luckily, we found the tiny Ferris Wheel Pumpkins and Hot Air Balloons that quickly took Alex’s mind off the creepy Moonbounce guy. The next ride we tried was the Buzzing Bees that also had a height requirement but the creepy guy at that ride didn’t think twice about letting Hannah on.
After the bees, Alex spotted an inflatableSpiderman prize at one of the impossible-to-win games. Since this game actually guaranteed a prize for every participant, I asked the game woman if there was any way that my son could specifically win the Spiderman. She nodded, I handed her a $10 dollar bill, she gave Alex the Spiderman, and she walked away as I stood waiting for my change. Because she was off barking orders at other game players and Alex was totally thrilled that he had “won” the treasured Spiderman prize, I decided it wasn’t worth arguing over my change with the creepy game woman.
The fair had lots of other things to do, too. Alex had the chance to “drive” a tractor as well as rock a parrot to sleep. Hannah and Alex got to pet a camel and various assortment of farm animals and watch miniature trains chug around the tracks. Despite the creepy carnival workers we all had a great day.
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After all of the practice at Uncle Bill's place, Alex is clearly an expert tractor driver. How did you guys get him to do the rides?
When the rides go approximately 0.000000001 MPH apparently he's OK with those. Although I must admit I was surprised that he was willing to go up in the pumpkin ride since it went way up in the air.
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