Madison Visits The Fair...2011

The fair was in nearby Statesboro last weekend.  On Saturday afternoon, Madison's parents surprised her with a trip to the fair on the day before her birthday.

It just so happened that my husband, Ed, and I were going to Statesboro to do a little bit of shopping that day.  We decided to take a little detour from our shopping, so we could watch Madison ride a few rides at the fair.  I know that opportunities like these will become scarce as Madison continues to grow older.

Madison started out riding some of the smaller kiddie rides.  She rode a few of those and enjoyed them, but soon she wanted to move on to "bigger and better" (in her opinion) rides.  I remembered her feeling the same way last year, too, but she wasn't tall enough to ride most of the bigger rides then!

I was a little surprised when Madison chose to ride "the swings".  This was one amusement ride that always intimidated me as a child, but it didn't seem to phase Madison a bit.  In fact, she had a great big grin on her face every time she came flying by us.

I thought Madison had surely lost her mind when she looked at this ride, known as "The Crazy Mouse", and said that she wanted to ride it.  We weren't even sure she was tall enough!  It turned out that Madison was tall enough, and she earned  my respect when she endured a ride on "The Crazy Mouse"--the day before her fifth birthday!

I don't know if I'll ever have another opportunity to attend the fair with Madison or not, but I learned one thing this year.  She will ride just about anything that moves!  What a girl!

An Evening At The Fair~part 2...

In case you didn't read part one of this story, in my previous post, my husband and I decided to tag along with our grandchildren and their families to the fair last week. This was granddaughter, Madison's second trip to the fair--and she loved it! It was her cousin Cade's first trip.




Madison began her adventure by riding the carousel, along with her cousin, Cade. Madison loves the carousel, and usually rides it whenever the opportunity presents itself. Cade wasn't so sure about the thing, but at least he didn't cry!




After the carousel ride, Madison accompanied Cade to the "Pick Up a Boat" booth. She liked picking up the boats, too, but not nearly as much as Cade did. Madison chose a pink guitar for her prize, while Cade chose a blue one!

Here is a photo of our two future musicians, enjoying their newly won prizes. I'm not quite sure what Cade was trying to do with his guitar!

Madison loved riding ALL of the rides that she went on! She wasn't afraid of any of them. She and her mother rode almost everything that she was tall enough to ride on. Although they got on this bee ride, they didn't actually get to ride it because it "lost power" after everyone got on it.

This was the first ride that Madison saw and actually asked to ride on--probably because it reminded her of "Dumbo" at Disneyworld. You can see her happy smile in the photograph!

I really enjoyed being a "tag along" to the fair. There is nothing better than experiencing something again through the eyes of a child. Don't you agree? Getting to eat that fresh candied apple wasn't half-bad either!

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