Rides and Attractions, Non-stop Action

We recently spent a wonderful weekend with friends in Margaretville, NY. My friend Andree from the "New Moms" group I joined last September and her husband Franck invited us and some other friends to a beautiful house she was loaned for the month of August. We started our weekend together with a trip to a local farmers market. This yielded a bounty of culinary pleasures. We had crisp, sugary waffles at the market and took home amazing organic veggies (there were heirloom tomatoes I am still thinking about) for a salad, maple syrup candies, fresh baguettes, 2 berry pies with white streusel topping, a huge chicken and some delectable ears of corn.

We feasted like kings and queens!


After going back to the house and stocking the fridge we were off to the Delaware County Fair. Stacey, Achiem and baby Callum loaded into one car, Lisa, John and baby Lillian packed into another, Andree, Franck and baby Elodie drove a third car and we went in ours. It was in no way, shape or form a "green" trip to the fair. But at a place that offers this as an option:I don't think anyone was judging us.

The children clearly had a wonderful time:
Elodie: Ooooooooo. Fun.

Callum: Yippee.

Lillian: Wahoo. Seriously, waaaaahoo.

Owen: I can't contain this child-like awe and rapture any longer.

I had fantasies of amazing pictures of Owen's first carousel ride.
Now I have fantasies about pictures from his second carousel ride.... where a professional photog will join us.

I so wanted a picture of Owen's face high in the sky with a bee in the background. Um, Eric took this one instead.


High art was achieved when we snapped this gem of the kids, and Franck, in front of a sow with suckling butter sculpture babies.


Elodie, Callum and Lil all enjoyed bites of their mamas and papas ice creams. Eric and I hid from Owen while scarfing our ice cream. In our defense, we wanted his first taste of sugar to be his birthday cake. Also, we are really mean parents.

Here is a little montage of the babies from our joyful weekend. They really take great pleasure in playing with one another, and we got so much happiness from watching these monkeys interact. Dudley the wonder dog makes a brief appearance.