a bit too competitive

This morning I woke at 6am, fed and washed Julia Ellen, showered, woke up the children and headed out the door at 7:30 for the last day of the Union Fair. One of the pedal tractor race prizes was a $190 Ford tractor and with 3 children eligible to compete, the chances of one of them winning this year were pretty good. Other activities scheduled for the day were children's games, the parade, and another free bike drawing.

Any normal person would have realized that it just wasn't a good day to drive over an hour on narrow back roads, but knowing that Maggie won her bike last year on the last day made me decide to press ahead. With temperatures in the 60's and a steady rain falling, the fair officals canceled everything, so we turned around and stopped for a hot breakfast. On the plus side we managed to get all our town errands taken care of on the way home. There will be plenty of years left for pedal tractor races, pig scrambles, and bike drawings and many more lazy afternoons filled with piano practice, mugs of hot cocoa, and playing I Spy on the computer.