Harwinton Fair

Sunday was one of our first really blustery, yet sunny days; I think fall has officially fell. Stefan went to the Harwinton fair and hung out with Grandma Janice while I played with the band. Though I missed most of the fair, I had a chance to take him over to some very cute ponies and we ate some french fries together...OK I ate french fries, Stefan threw them on the ground. It's healthier that way. 

I had a great time sitting amongst a bunch of silly semi-pro band-os, sight reading all sorts of crazy music, and watching people (children and adults) dance while we played. My favorite part of the day was playing some tunes for the flying trapeeze artists next to us. They had a few full band "ta-da's" and some Blue Danube while they bicycled across the high wire (in some tricky wind! Pretty impressive). Though they brought their own music, they seemed to be having a better time getting us to play for them. How often does stuff like that happen? It was very cool.

Stefan's favorite part of the day was bumping into Aunt Diane. I saw my mom and Diane saunter off and I figured they'd wander through the vendors or something. Well, it turns out, they went to the rides and Stefan had his first Merry-Go-Round ride!

I think fair season might be over...at least for the big ones out here that we'd be able to make it to, but I'm psyched about bringing him to some next year. Goshen and the Big E (during the week, no weekends!) have our names on them. Maybe we'll catch a hayride or something cool this Halloween!