Fair

Well, we went to the Ohio State Fair today and it was as fun as ever! The weather was perfect for it and we had a blast! But now we are all exhausted. And smelly. However, our shower is out of commission again (more on that later…)

Wm got his first ever Schmidt's cream puff and attacked it wolf-style. He was the predator and that cream puff was his prey.

Started out like a gentleman.

ATTACK!

Stuffed full of fair stromboli, cream puff, and his annual coke, Wm decided it was time for archery.

The deer made it

On to the requisite fair caricature drawing! Wm smiled at first and then the guy goes, "you don't have to keep smiling, if you don't want to," after he finished drawing his mouth. Wm then looked so sullen that a stranger stopped to comment on it. It was all or nothin'.

Wm being captured on paper

Shading and sullenness 

But he was VERY pleased with the results!

Wm LOVES the games at the fair. He usually spends all his allotted fair money on games, forgoing rides. This year, he didn't even want to ride the Big Slide because he said, after the alpine slide in Denver, it was a huge disappointment. This year, Wm won a stuffed penguin and THREE goldfish. Steve then proceeded to spend $35 on fish-related wares. I am sure all of these fish will be dead in 15 minutes and we will have $35 worth of useless fish crap.

Thrilled with life

The fam has been watching Alaska: The Last Frontier and Wm is OBSESSED with it. It's basically a documentary about homesteaders in remote Alaska. They don't even have running water (Wm was amazed that people used outhouses). In the last episode we watched, they slaughtered their two turkeys (named Thanksgiving and Christmas) with a samurai sword (you may be figuring out why Wm loves this show).  We found some baby turkeys at the fair and Wm was super excited to see some in real life. I told him we should get some turkeys and a samurai sword, but he said he'd rather just buy them at the store. Bor-ing.

Baby turkeys!

Wm also went fishing - didn't catch anything. Major disappointment.

So, we are re-caulking the bathtub AGAIN - and last night Steve and I stripped out all the old caulk. Wm walked into the bathroom this morning and then this happened…

Wm: Where is all the caulk?

Steve: [teasing] Mommy ate it.

Wm: Mommy is a monster caulk-eater!

Me & Steve: HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!

Wm: What?

Me: Nothing.

Wm: WHAT?

Me: Hey, didn't you say there's a new mod on Minecraft you wanted?

Wm: Oh, yes, it's the most extensive mod yet! It has….[insane yammering]

Thank god he's easily distracted.