To fully enjoy our favorite season, we were out and about this weekend. On Saturday we took Henry to the Topsfield Fair - the country's oldest agricultural fair.
In addition to the usual Fairway rides and games, Henry got to have fun in a petting zoo, see an elephant (random), giant flower displays, and lots of livestock.
We saw the largest ox EVER (and yes, I have seen my fair share of oxen):
And were led to wonder if these sheep were newly shorn and being kept warm, or if they were being prepped for execution:
Henry had a great time looking at the animals, but had a bout of near hysteria since there were so many balloons everywhere. Henry is OBSESSED with balloons, and his inability to have each and every one was a very sad thing for him (as a side note - his obsession with balloons is clear when you see him reading "Good Night Moon". He madly flips the pages until he sees the pictures with the red balloon, jabs his finger firmly at it and yells "this, this!!!", and once you say "yes, it is a balloon!", he then madly flips to the next page with a balloon on it. This is repeated maybe 50 times in a row until he grows tired of it - don't even bother attempting to READ the book to him.)
Today we took him back to the "Battle Road" that runs through Lexington and Concord. He had a great time running along the road and examining flowers (flowers come a close second to balloons in Henry's mind - every time a flower is seen he yells "fla, fla!" and does not stop until you respond that yes, you see the flower and then name the color for him.) The foliage is not at its peak yet, so we are going to need to return and do this walk again in a few weeks to hopefully repeat some of the great pictures we got last year (please see the top left of your screen for evidence...)
Next weekend is our annual Fall Festival extravaganza in Vermont - we can't wait!
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