Luke went to his first small town, local fair last night. He got his first spin on a Ferris Wheel, saw some prizewinning cows and sheep, checked out the 4H produce and flower competitions, and got hot and sticky in his Bjorn. I included the pics of the cows...I would like to say that we, as parents, are very mature.....but it would simply be a lie. We had to take the pic of us with the cows out of sheer childish red faced giggling over those massive udders.......as a nursing Mom I have a whole new level of admiration for those babies. Wow! And the milkers that they were hooked up to ~ full scale industrial engine powered milk suckers! Sheesh! Anyway, I digress.
Some of MY earliest memories of rides are from this same fair when I was a little girl. I remember how big and exciting it seemed back then...I have to say I was shocked at how, um, dirty and small it seemed now as an adult! And jeez, I wish that there was some way we could maybe just skip the middle school era of Luke's life..........its almost painful to see these herds of gangly pimple faced kids running around trying to act so cool for one another ~ I cant decide if its funny or tragic, but, like the proverbial train wreck, I could not stop watching. My sweet little baby will some day be some gawky hormonal trying-to-be-cool 13 year old......Ouch. Did they really do away with those "Mothers Little Helper's" pills from the 70's? I may have to start lobbying for those to be brought back. He's only 6 months old and I already have anxiety about puberty. Oy.
I made my sweet husband humor me by taking Luke on the Ferris Wheel ~ I love all of the utterly (udderly?) silly and corny things that being a Mom allows me to do! And all under the guise of doing it "for the baby" :). It was such a hot night but the view was beautiful as the sun was sinking down into the trees ~ I like to think that Luke appreciated it, but who really knows. I sure did. We then went into WC for "First Friday" and walked around town together while Luke slept like the dead in his stroller. I love our little town. I am really going to miss it if we are unable to find another house in the borough.
