An Evening at the Fair

Last year, Riley was into Michael Jackson so much. He watched his videos on YouTube and memorized all his dance moves. My sister bought him a couple of MJ outfits. And there wasn't a day that MJ wasn't playing on TV.
The Puyallup Fair happens early September and to our surprise we saw that there was going to be a Michael Jackson impersonator. Jacob looked the guy up and discovered that this guy has a successful MJ Show in Las Vegas. He saw some of his videos and saw that he was pretty good so Jacob went ahead and bought tickets to go see him at the fair. We kept it a secret from Riley.

We got there in the evening but still somewhat early for the show so we walked around for a bit. Jacob and Riley got on a few rides while I went exploring and came upon the planting patch at the garden. I thought it was so cool that the fair has a large garden where one can take a break from the busyness and the noise. Such a wonderful reprieve.

Upon entering the garden I immediately noticed a lot of grapes hanging from a large trellis.

These windows caught my attention and thought it was a nice focal point. I especially like the hanging basket on top of the white window. Looks pretty. And vines are pretty too.

When I saw this next pumpkin/gourd display I was in awe. I've never seen anything like it. How cool is this?!

I saw several varieties of sunflowers but this particular one is the prettiest of them all in my opinion. It's just gorgeous! I believe it's name is teddy bear. The name suits it just fine.

The black-eyed Susan is also in the sunflower family. It's pretty too.

The garden also had giant pumpkins, cornstalks, and a variety of flowers.

We walked over to the stage where the MJ Show was, sat down and waited. We didn't say anything, we decided to let Riley figure it out himself. He had no clue! lol. It was fun seeing him smile once he realized why we were there for.

When he first saw the impersonator he got super excited and said he looked just like MJ. His mind probably couldn't grasp what he was seeing since he knows Michael died. I have to admit that it was a trip seeing this impersonator. It's so crazy to see the lengths someone will go to look like someone else.

It was such a good show and Riley loved it!

Once it was over we let Riley play a few more games. I really dread it when he wins a stuffed animal. I just don't like them. They take up so much space and after a few days he doesn't even play with the thing.

There's only one reason why I like going to the fair ... fair food as in snacks and sweets. We no longer eat like a meal there because more often than not the food is mediocre. It's really a waste of money. I also enjoy seeing the pretty fair lights throughout.

It was such a fun evening. I hope Riley remembers the MJ Show for the rest of his life.

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of 

years; people grow old by deserting their ideals. 

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up 

enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.