Grandma S and the Fair

So, Arlington has a county fair.

Kind of.

I mean, it has one. It's just, if you've ever lived in a county that actually has zoning for agriculture, you'll have trouble calling this a fair. It's more like a carnival. Yeah. A big carnival with some booths and a few contests. Oh, and four cows you can pet at the entrance. But whatever. We had a blast at the fair!

We actually went twice.  The first time was pictured above. PDG love-love-loved it. It was opening night and the lines were super short. He is over 36in tall so at not even two and a half, he could ride all the little rides by himself. Our little boy is getting all grown.

his very favorite - the ferris wheel

The next time we took Grandma S.

Let me just say, we were pretty excited to have Grandma S in town. The visit was short, and had to be cut shorter because of a sick relative, but we soaked in as much as we could while she was here. The other Washington is far away, so it's extra special when she makes it out here to recharge on snuggles and kisses.  Sadly we did a terrible job taking photos.

Her first morning in town we headed back to the fair (only a mile away!) and hit up the rides again. We also checked out the free bouncy castles, which PDG was surprisingly brave enough to try out, and cooled off in the rec center with the booths and expositions. J-Man and I accompanied PDG on our favorite rides from childhood, and even both got to give the teacups a whirl (pun obviously intended).

The rest of the week continued on that high.  I did spend two days in professional development trainings, which was annoying for me, but a great chance for the boys to get spoiled by Grandma S.  We also took a trip out to see Great Grandma in Maryland for a barbecue. I love that PDG gets a chance to meet such extended family from so many generations.

All in all the visit flew by too quickly. We can't wait for Grandma S to come back. Or maybe for us to go back out to WA to visit? But thinking about that means thinking about flying with the two boys in tow, so yeah. We can't wait for Grandma S to come back to us... :)