We visited the animal barns and the local tractor display. Then we actually found a (mostly) healthy, non-greasy lunch of pulled beef sandwiches & fresh corn on the cob. John and Liam headed for the rides, while I took Sara to the farming community area for some less noisy fun. Sara could have spent the whole day coloring & digging in the "potato patch".
Then John called, wound up because he'd lost Liam's ride pass. I had handed it to him at lunch, so he and Liam were re-tracing their steps to see where they'd dropped it. They made it to where Sara was playing and John was fully frazzled. I left him with the kids, to go see if anyone had turned it in where we'd had lunch. Imagine my surprise when I found the ticket still sitting on our table - no one had snatched it up in the half hour it'd been sitting out in plain view (it was neon pink and hard to miss!). Only in Lynden.
I'd planned on taking a break to head to my mom's for a nap for Sara, so I grabbed her a (somewhat healthy) snack of chocolate covered strawberries on a stick, for the walk back to the car. We made it just outside the Fair gates and she was sound asleep. So guess who got to watch the hypnotist show uninterrupted? 
After she woke up we hung out with the animals a bit more, Sara drank most of my iced chai tea, then we met up with the boys. We took the kids to John's parents house, then got to go out to a grown-up meal at a restaurant without a playground, without anyone wearing a bib or spilling a drink. And then I made the ultimate sacrifice, to prove my love for my wonderful husband: I went to a motocross event at the Fair. Love you, honey!
And now we're paying for it with two tired, cranky kids. But still wouldn't change a thing.
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