The Recreation Fair

Jason is now working Saturdays again, so to keep myself from going insane when the kids are home I decided that I would find something fun for us to do every week.  One weekend they were having a Recreation Fair at the fairgrounds in Monroe, so we decided to go check it out.  We have been in the past but it seems to change every year so I wasn't sure exactly what to expect.  It was free to get in and to see all the vendors so I thought we would give it a try.  There were very few people there and very few vendors, but we were able to find a few vendors that the kids enjoyed and where they were able to do some fun activities.  I told them they each had $10 to spend on whatever they wanted, so they chose to do a couple rides and game booths to win a stuffed animal.  

Joshua had fun watching the girls and looking at all the rides.  He was pretty fascinated by everything there, but he was still a little small for the rides they had open at this event.

They had a free fishing booth open for the kids to catch trout.  Eva caught about 5 but each of them broke off the hook before she could reel them in.

Breanna had a little better luck and caught hers pretty quickly.  

It was a pretty good size one and they let the kids bring them home to cook up and eat if they wanted to.  My kids normally hate fish but wanted to bring them home, so I told them if they did then they would have to learn how to gut them and they would have to eat them.

Eva got a good size one too and wanted to bring hers home also.  I did end up making them watch me gut the fish and let them touch the teeth and eyeballs which they thought was so cool.  I also helped them identify all the guts which they thought was totally gross but very interesting.  They did try some of the trout after I cooked it, but didn't care for it very much.  Joshua loved it though and so did Jason.  

I couldn't resist getting a bag full of scones.  Even though I can't have them because of the special diet I am on for my Leaky Gut Syndrome, I enjoyed smelling them and watching the kids enjoy them.  I let Joshua have a bite, even though he is not suppose to have them either because they have soy in them and because of his G6PD(enzyme deficiency) he is not suppose to have any legumes.  Fava beans are the worst for him but other legumes can also be problematic if he has them too much or too often, so I just try to avoid them altogether.  He sure did love that bite though.  

Eva even got to have one even though she can't have gluten.  She doesn't have gluten very often and it doesn't seem to affect her if she just has it every once in awhile.  We even saved some, well a lot, for Jason.  I think he was disappointed that he had to work while we were out having fun, so it was a nice surprise for him along with the fresh caught/cooked trout for dinner.