The Fair

It was the Winter Fair last week in Brandon. Now that Rylen is a bit older, we enjoy doing these types of activities with him.

We decided, for his sake, to brave taking everyone to the fair. We decided to go at the last minute, so the whole thing started off very hectic. Loading everyone up, packing bags, snacks, bottles....seems to take us a year to get ready to go anywhere.

Anyways, we finally made it there.

At which point, I realized we must be crazy.

First of all, I will discuss "The Bus" which is what I have nicknamed our stroller. We bought a Joovy Big Caboose which is basically the double version of the regular Joovy which alot of people have for a baby and a toddler.

Well, my understanding is  that the single version of this stroller is great. The double, not so much. There's a reason I call it "The Bus".

People were literally running away from us as we pushed our way through the crowds with this puppy. It is so huge and cumbersome. A true embarrassment. Mark had to hold the front and steer, while I pushed from the back. Several times we got stuck. It's like pushing a bad shopping cart. A shopping cart loaded with screaming babies.

Things overheard while pushing this sucker around:
"Whoa!!!! It's on the move!!!"  (said while backing away, clearly frightened)
"Wow, that's a Big Rig"
"Oh my." (enough said right??)

It was very embarrassing, and basically this thing just attracted more attention to us than was necessary. We were quite the spectacle.

Speaking of spectacles,  Rylen didn't help things much. Especially when he ran on stage during a children's  musical performance and proceeded to start playing with the music equipment. Mark, who was holding and burping Garrett after a feed, had to run on stage and chase him off. Of course, Rylen protested this. Quite loudly. (During this incident, Rhys and I were happily pretending we did not know "those crazy people").


The fair was super crowded. And the babies were fussy. Which meant that everyone and their dog came over to gawk/drool over the babies. I felt like a celebrity. But not the gorgeous, skinny, makeup and hair-done kind. More like a sleep-deprived, hair a mess, baby puke on my sleeve, part of some crazy reality show that everyone makes fun of but still watches. That kind.

Anyways, looking back, we did have fun. Rylen loved the big sandbox, the seed sorter, the petting zoo and the Super Dogs. At the time, it seemed  completely nuts, but we are slowly realizing that crazy is the new normal for taking out two babies and a soon- to- be 3 year old.  We are glad that we braved it and it gave us confidence to try and get out of the house more and resume "normal life" activities.

 P.S. We have recently bought a new, much more compact double stroller that I can manage on my own. The Joovy is up for sale. Any takers???