The Toohigs: HG’s First Fair

Thursday, September 27, 2012

HG’s First Fair

On the way home from the Disney Princesses on Ice on Saturday night, we passed the DeSoto Civic Center, which just happens to currently be hosting the MidSouth Fair. The ferris wheel was lit up at night, and it caught Helen Grace’s attention. She wanted to know all about it, and she didn’t stop talking about the thing. By Sunday afternoon, I told her that I’d take her to the ferris wheel if she’d stop asking to go to the fair long enough to take a nap. Sure enough, she popped up after her nap saying, “Can we go to the ferris wheel now?!”

Helen Grace’s first fair experience didn’t disappoint. We headed to the petting zoo first, and then HG wanted to tackle the obstacle course- all by herself. I was so proud of her. She never looked back and was so proud of herself for doing it all on her own. After that, she hit the cars, and while she was on that ride, she noticed the crème de la crème in the distance- the ferris wheel! She almost jumped off the ride, but when it finally stopped, she grabbed Granddaddy’s hand and went running. She did really well on the ferris wheel. She was a bit nervous at first but soon wanted to stand up in the middle and take in all of the view! I was clinging to her like my life depended on it. The ferris wheel was a BIG hit. She went on to try the spinning bears, big slide (which terrified Mama and thrilled Baby Girl), bumble bee ride, and fun house. Then onto my favorite part- the food! We chowed down on piece of pizza, and then HG experienced her first funnel cake. In her typical fashion, she licked off all the powdered sugar and left the cake for me. We ended the night with a grape slushee and were only able to pull her out of the fair by the promise of jumpy-ing at Spiffer’s!

She’s once again proven that she is fearless and that Mama is a pansy!

All by herself And so happy! “I wanna go THERE!” So ready but a little nervous Ok, this thing is moving now… Woo hooo!!!!Getting ready for it to start Heeeeyyyy! These moving steps at the fun house had her a little spooked, but she conquered them once she put her mind to it. “I did it!” YUMMM, funnel cake!