Fulton County Fair 2008

This year's Fulton County Fair was our favorite yet.  Aaron was tall enough that he could ride most of the rides accompanied by Alex, which meant that I didn't need to ride everything and could watch and take pictures from the sidelines.  There were some rides, like the "1001 Nachts" flying carpet ride that Alex is riding here, that were still to big for Aaron, but he was still able to ride some of the smaller kids' rides that Alex wasn't interested in anyway.

They worked together on the bumper cars to strike fear in the hearts of the other drivers, while I watched and tried not to flash forward to thoughts of them driving on real roads someday.

Alex found that this huge burlap sack slide was faster than he remembered, especially when it tossed him up (and then dropped him) on the bumps.  This was one of Aaron's favorite rides though, and he rode it 4 or 5 times.  Thank goodness we went for the unlimited ride pass.

This inflatable obstacle course costs extra, but the kids love it and so we do it every year.  This year, Aaron could tackle all the obstacles and keep up with his brother.

After our ride passes expired we ate fair food and checked out lots of animals - cows, pigs, rabbits, chickens, goats, and sheep to name a few.  The boys really loved watching a sheep get shorn right before judging.  He was unhappily bleating every few seconds which they thought was hilarious, so we moved on.  All in all, our favorite year here so far.