Delaware State Fair

We headed to the Delaware State Fair today and had a good time. They had so many neat things that we must had missed the last two years because it was all new to us. As soon as we walked in they had a giant Thomas the Train area. The boys got their picture taken with Thomas by someone from the newspaper. I guess I will have to keep my eyes open to see if their picture makes it.

They had a lot of "Green" exhibits this year. This one was great. You could peddle a bike to see how much energy you can produce. It was so funny watching Ken because his facial expressions are always so exaggerated. Peddling the bike was pretty tough though, much harder then the bikes we ride on the road.

Then Chris about amazed me. He had been talking for about a week about taking his brother on a roller coaster. Now Chris hates most rides. So the talk about the roller coaster really surprised me. Of course Chris found the smallest roller coaster around to take his brother on. After that they went on the swings. I love in this picture that the boys are looking at each other and smiling. I wish it would have came out clear.

After about an hour more of different rides Ken and I wanted to play some games. We headed away from the kiddie rides and Chris surprised both of us by asking to go on the big swings. It didn't look like he was having much fun but he got off and ran back in line!

It was pretty amazing. If the boys didn't agree on the same ride they went on separate rides by themselves and Ryan never got upset that he couldn't go on some of the rides that Chris could.

Except for the ride home we had a wonderful time. We kept the boys up way too late and Ryan really had a melt down on the way out. He was screaming to get out of his stroller then when we got to the car he was screaming to get back in his stroller. He wouldn't sit still to get in his car seat. We eventually held him down to strap him in his car seat. He continued the melt down so we decided to pull over about 5 minutes outside the fair. I held him and it helped him to calm down. He fell asleep in my arms but when I put him back in the car seat the melt down started again. Lesson learned, knowledge earned...When Ryan becomes overtired nothing can make him happy.