Celebrate Fairfax Was a Lot of Fun

I love county fairs so when my sister asked me if the boys and I wanted to join her and her daughter Jessie at Celebrate Fairfax, I jumped at the chance.

Celebrate Fairfax is a giant, giant county fair. There' something for everyone and it's super fun. Knowing the government parking structure nearby would fill up fast, CJ, MJ and I left the house as early as we could, which was 10:00am. We got there close to 11:00am but we still got parking. Phew!

Celebrate Fairfax has kiddie games and rides, adult games and rides, crafts, jewelry, petting zoo, live performances, and all kinds of fair food. We stayed in the kid alley, which has kid-friendly rides and food.

CJ and Jessie rode the train, the roller coaster, etc. Since Dina doesn't do spinny rides, I rode an octopus with Jessie.

Unfortunately, Jessie got sick right after lunch. She got really dizzy and threw up and couldn't recover, so Dina and Jessie went home. I hung out with the boys for a little bit longer and CJ went to a disco ride, we watched kids ride a mechanical bull, etc.

The highlight for CJ was winning a goldfish at a ring toss game. For $3, he got to toss ping pong balls into cups. One of the ping pong balls went in, so he got a 0.50 goldfish, which then cost us $84 because Maki and CJ went to Petsmart to get a tank, food, plastic plant, plastic rock, water conditioner, yada, yada.

CJ decided to be funny and sit in MJ's stroller, so MJ decided to try and push him.

I love this cute photo of the boys sharing a slushie!

A Change of Plans

Today was supposed to be a big day.  We were scheduled to go to Celebrate Fairfax with my sister Dina and her daughter Jessie, and then visit with our friends the Jopps, who just had a baby.   My sister Dina called on Friday to say that she was bailing on Celebrate Fairfax because temperatures were supposed to hit the high 90s and who wants to go to a fair in that kind of heat?

So, Maki and I decided we would attend the Armenian Festival in Old Town instead, and then visit the Jopps.

Unfortunately, CJ came down with a fever on Friday night.  Kid illnesses tend to come on really fast, we have noticed.  CJ seemed find when I got home from work on Friday, but was feverish by bedtime.   I knew something was wrong because by 8:30pm, he said he wanted to go to bed.  Mind you, this is a kid who never wants to go to bed.

So, Maki went to the Armenian Festival for a few hours while CJ and I stayed home.  CJ was only mildly feverish, but he must have been feeling really bad because he slept pretty much all day.  He slept until 10:30am this morning, and then spent the rest of the day on the couch.  Oh well.  It was probably better to be inside on such a hellaciously hot day.  And I got to watch hours of Food Network.  I even watched the Belmont Stakes horse race; like the rest of the world, I was shocked that Big Brown did not take the crown.

CJ is feeling better, but he still seems a little tired, so we will probably take it easy tomorrow.