Northern Exposure: Capital Ex

On Saturday, we took off for Capital Ex. It is like a really big fair. The weather started off kind of bad, but we braved it anyway! We did all the indoor stuff first while we waited for it to stop sprinkling.
We found the kids area and tried to convince Claire to try out a bouncy house and a blow-up obstacle course. She refused the bouncy house and after four tries in the obstacle course (we're talking going in and turning around and coming back out) we gave up. That is how Charlie and I ended up on the slide with Claire!

Sometimes being a parent is just too fun! Ha!
We wandered around a little bit. There was a hall filled with every possible item you have seen on an infomercial. It was pretty interesting. Sort of. Charlie keeps talking about how we should have bought these magic ice cubes that turn regular drinks into slushies. I don't think so!

We watched this guy for a few minutes. He was pretty good!
Then, we went outside to check out the rides. We told Claire she could pink one to ride, and it was a tough choice. There was a huge kids area with a bunch of rides! So, while she made up her mind we ate lunch.
After lunch we found a kids music show and when we saw that the crowd was small, we sent Claire up to the front row to watch.

At first she just sat and watched, but when the other kids got up to dance...she got into it! The musicians started singing a cowboy song and they were letting some of the kids sing in the microphone. Of course Claire was waiting in line to sing. She was supposed to be repeating yippee-yippee-ki-yi...but those words are hard to pronounce, haha!

At the very end of the show they let all the kids come up on the stage to dance. Just watch Claire bust a move! That girl loves to dance (and if you don't believe me you should see her trying to do ballet moves on the pew during church. It.is.embarrassing!)

After the show, Claire was ready for her ride. She kept saying she wanted to ride the log flume water ride but she wasn't tall enough. I'm not sure she would have really ridden it anyway. So she settled for the swings. And I think they were perfect for her.