York County Fair...and trouble!

Last weekend we headed to York two different evenings for the county fair. The plan was to only go for one, but on our way there, we got a phone call from my parents that they were headed our way, so we decided we go back for a second night so they could watch the kids ride rides and look at animals. These photos were all taken from the first night.
Ben enjoyed driving the big blue semi.

This was the only ride that Madalyn was able to get on as well. We wondered if she would last very long and she did quite well. She started being ready to get off right when the ride stopped.

So the rest of the train story goes like this...

The second night Ben wanted to ride the train again, so we let him. Instead of getting to go around 8-9 times, the train stopped after 2 times around and Ben had to get off. Our son had been kicked off his first carnival ride!!! I was a bit upset (Jay Dee would say overly upset!) Here's what happened.... Ben was in the caboose this time and as they went around he was sticking his head out the side of the car to look at the front of the train. The first time they came around, I leaned over the fence and gave him a thump on the head and told him to get his head back inside. Well it wasn't two seconds and he was sticking his head back out again. This time the train stopped and he had to get out. I was not happy that the carnival person didn't give him at least a warning. I think that if someone besides me would have told him, he might have listened. Although we've been struggling with that A LOT lately-listening. So if anyone has any parenting tips, I'd gladly take them!

On the way to the car, our sobbing son informed us of why he did what he did. He told us that the person in the caboose is supposed to help the person in the engine. Well he's right. You see we read him a book about trains on the average of once a week, and in that particular book it talks all about a guy in the caboose helping the engine driver. So our son was right...to some extent. Now if we can just get him to understand rules! I'm starting to worry about preschool.

Ben also wanted to ride the ferris wheel, so his daddy braved it with him (Neither Jay Dee or I enjoy rides anymore). He had a great time and loved it. He just didn't like it when daddy rocked the seat, or when it stopped at the top and rocked a bit.