Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo

Carnival

What a day! I don't know about the kids but I am exhausted. We got to the Expo Center around 11:30 and got the wristbands to ride all you want until 5 for $15. It was me, Riley, Regan, Merissa, Tristan, and another friend Costa. Alex came out and met us for a little while too. It was great because most of the rides you had to be either 52" (which Riley was, barely) or 42" (which Regan was, barely) so they were both happy campers, and it was so nice not to spend the day saying sorry, you're not tall enough to ride that ride!! Riley rode every ride in the park, several of them multiple times. It was nice in the morning, it was overcast and there was hardly anyone there, no lines, a lot of the workers were letting the kids just stay on the ride and ride it over and over again.

Regan was so happy to be able to ride something, she didn't care what, the first thing she got on with Merissa was the one that takes you straight up in the air and the just drops you, and you should have seen the look on her face when it got to the bottom, about 3 seconds of abject terror, quickly replaced by the biggest grin, as she yells, "let's do it again!" It was so cute. There were a few times I got really nervous thinking of my babies on portable, drive-away rides that propel you at break-neck speeds, but they were just having so much fun.

Riley even rode the Power, the one where you have to pay even MORE money to ride, he, Tristan, Merissa and Costa rode it, it's 4 people on each end, you go so high up and I think they said you go like 60 miles an hour around in a circle. His face was priceless!! Of course, he wanted to go again, but we didn't. They rode so often, at one point, coming out of the Star Ship (the one where it's fully enclosed and the bottom drops out as you spin around in circles) the door opens, I see Tristan push Riley out of the way so he can run to the grass and hurl. The mark of a truly great day at the carnival!!

Then we went to the petting zoo area and saw all the goats, llamas, deer, there was a baby zebra, kangaroo and donkey, and the kids got to feed them, they were all so cute. We saw Elsie the cow, and Regan got to ride a pony. We got the yummy carnival food, ribbon fries, funnel cake, nachos, lemonade, delicious. So, a fun day, a full day, the kids are already asking me what we're doing tomorrow (uh, how about cleaning my house, which has been sadly neglected due to all our fun this week? No, darn.)

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