North GA Fair

Our annual visit to the North Georgia Fair was a lot of fun again this year. Diane, Margaret, Meridith, Audrey, Morgan, Mark, and I went on September 29 to experience what the fair had to offer. Breaking with tradition, there were no huge turkey legs devoured. Instead there were corn dogs, hot dogs, french fries, and lemonade. Morgan and I rode the first ride together and it scared the shit out of me. Now, on my own I usually love carnival rides and roller coasters. But, put my precious daughter next to me and it is absolutely terrifying. Of course, the whole time Morgan was shouting, "I love this. This is awesome!" The entire time I was focused on trying to practically sit on top of her tiny body to help quiet the fear that she was going to be thrown from the ride. I could also see the ferris wheel next to the ride we were on and remembered all to well the terror that ride induced last year. The moment we got off our twirling spinning death trap I rushed to find another person to spare me the pain of having to ride the ferris wheel again this time. Meridith took the bait and was off to stand in line with her much eager niece at her side.
Diane, Margaret, and I took Audrey to ride the tame merry go round while Morgan enjoyed looking over the fair from up in the sky. Audrey seemed to enjoy herself despite how tired she was and fell asleep shortly after. Morgan enjoyed several more rides but was mostly interested in the games you can play. You know the ones "$2 for one ball, $5 for 3. Every child is a winner." Morgan couldn't seem to get enough. She won several stuffed animals including an Elmo for her little sister. Audrey even got to play the basketball game and the man picked her up and let her throw the ball into the net.
We ended up staying for about 4 hours and saw most everything there. On the way out, Morgan wanted to ride one more ride and Audrey went with her. Audrey seemed a bit scared right up until she saw that she was going to sit next to her sister. She instantly relaxed as she was placed in the seat with Morgan and the two of them enjoyed their last ride of the year.