...at the Puyallup Fair!
That was the theme to this year's fair and also this region's largest fair. This weekend's plans initially entailed a quiet Saturday of lounging, napping, cleaning up, and laundry - but around noon we decided to hit up the Puyallup with a group of friends. Our friends were originally planning on going Sunday, which eliminated us since we already had plans. But with an 80% chance of rain threatening on Sunday, they decided to go on Saturday instead -- hooray, we could go!
So, imagine 5 little girls who were mobile (various ages from just over 2 to 4), 2 infants (4 & 6 months old), my womb child, and 8 parents trying to navigate and herd our children to and fro throughout HUGE crowds and uber stimulating rides. The head counts were endless. At one point I thought we had had 8 children and started to panic at the thought of losing some. Blame it on the pregnant brain. We had 2 wagons, 2 strollers, and 2 ergos. All the mobile girls had brown curly hair and they were all just barely tall enough to ride the rides. The day was long, but full of laughing (both adults and kids)...ZERO NAPS, 5 faces painted, 3 elephant ears, 2 bricks of curly fries, lots of barbecue, highly coordinated potty breaks, and a few meltdowns were had, but we made it. Did I mention it was sprinkling/raining the whole time? It's amazing how much $$ you spend at fairs - but it's almost obligatory, you can't go and not have fair food and ride the expensive rides!
By 9 p.m. Bella was falling over in the wagon as she passed out and it was raining buckets - so we laid her down in the wagon, covered her in rain coats and made the muddy trek to the car. I was glad to have an excuse to leave because my feet were on fire and my back was screaming in agony by 9 p.m. and I could hardly walk to the car. The next morning I felt like I'd been in a car accident.
Sunday offered no rest for the weary. I'd planned on making my dish for our friend Laura's baby shower on Saturday night, but the Puyallup obviously took priority. So, Sunday morning I achingly got up, made the dish, got Bella ready, and made it to church (a little late). The men and the kids all went over to our house for beer, pizza, and football while we girls enjoyed showering Laura with baby girl gear! It was fun to see what's been invented in the last three years! The shower was adorable and super enjoyable.
Post - shower I went home to see what damage was done to the home front (surprisingly not much considering all the kids and men-folk) and Charles, Bella, and I all took a nap on the sofa.
What a weekend. I'm exhausted just writing about it!
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