A day the kids have been waiting for

Emily, Eleanor, Zach, and Kate started their second session of swim lessons today. Zoe watched Noah at home. After swim lessons, I dropped the kids off at home to stay with Zoe while I took Noah to his doctor's appointment. His hand is looking better.

The doctor could tell that Noah is a very active little boy and he made the comment that he suspected that this wouldn't be Noah's last injury. Probably not, but one injury at a time would be nice. Noah doesn't need to go back to the doctor for his burn unless it starts looking worse again. We have supplies to change his bandage a few more times and then his hand should be healed enough for Noah to use again.

My parents, Zoe, Emily, Eleanor, Zach, Kate, and I went to the Bangor Fair this afternoon and evening. Matt took care of Noah. It is a summer tradition to take the kids to the fair and they were so excited to go today! We all had a great time!

Standing in line is part of the adventure now for the older girls.


Zach & Eleanor spent some time together going on rides.


The dragon ride is a favorite among our kids. This was Kate's first Bangor Fair experience and the dragon ride was her first ride. She sat behind Zach and Eleanor and she had a look of terror on her face the entire ride. Oops. That was not a good choice for her first ride. We found slower kiddie rides for her to go on and she loved those! She also loves her new kangaroo that Grammie bought for her.

One kangaroo turns into 2.

Now we have 3?

The older girls were off riding rides, so they missed out.

Zach & Kate spent time riding rides together.



Kate even tried the dragon ride again.

When the ride stopped I heard her say, "This ride is scary! I'm never going on it again!"

This truck ride was Kate's favorite.


Eleanor got tired of the kiddie rides, so she spent time riding with Zoe and Emily, and sometimes Grampie.


Toward the end of the evening, the older girls decided to ride some rides with Zach & Kate. That was nice.

Eleanor was being such a goofball! As you can tell in this next picture, the older girls have not outgrown their favorite ride! Kate did not join them.


Of course we enjoyed yummy food at the fair!


We enjoyed watching the Human Cannonball. We watched him once while we were eating dinner and we saw him again as we were leaving. We actually left the fair with nobody crying or upset. Nice! Thank you Mom and Dad for a great fair day!