We ended the week with the first session of Music Together, an afternoon and evening at the County Fair and a day of apple picking with Dylan’s preschool.
Friday was a furlough day for Tom — a special treat for Dylan! Dylan’s day started with breakfast out at Walnut Avenue Cafe with Daddy-o (Cameron and I had to stay home while the cleaners continued their job from the previous day), followed by Music Together, lunch at Taliana’s grandparents’ house, and a trip to the County Fair!
Even though we were at the county fair for over 6 hours (!), we didn’t actually see all that much. Dylan wanted to spend the vast majority of the time just staring at the model railroad! Before we saw the railroad, we walked through the Poultry barn (there is something truly disturbing about seeing a barn of animals labeled as food!) and saw some chickens, roosters, and geese (outside). Then we managed to steer Dylan away from the trains to see the Alaskan pig races only by bribing him with the promise of an ice, cold lemonade! After the pig races, it was all about the darn trains again! He didn’t even want to ride a pony with Taliana and P. (I ended up giving his token to another mom we knew that we encountered back at the trains!) or look at the baby piglets with their mama, or see any of the other small animals!! Sigh.
Once the kids started getting hungry, we managed to pry him away from the trains once more. Then, luckily, he was interested in rides. So, before we decided to call it a night, the big kids rode a colorful train, a whale ride, the carousel and the tea cups. While all this was happening, Cameron was, of course, just chillin’ in the Peanut Shell!
The following day, we joined Dylan’s preschool for an apple picking excursion at nearby Gizdich Ranch. Since P. is now at the same school, Taliana and P. got to go with us! Dylan had a blast picking and sampling apples, running races with the girls, and later on, climbing hay bales and the tractor back in the picnic area (where apple pie and fresh-pressed apple juice were being served).
After we finished picking apples, we went home to rest for a little while (of course Dylan skipped the nap) before heading to Heather’s house for dinner and a game of Caylus (Tom won again — his second Caylus win in a row!). Through all of this, yep, Cameron hung out in the Peanut Shell! She is a trooper.
Back Log: Here are links from last year’s trip to the County Fair and last year’s apple picking excursion.
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