The town just north of us hosted its annual Sweet Corn Festival this past weekend. We were sure to put it on the calendar since we missed it by two weeks last year! We went on Saturday afternoon, which happened to be record breaking temperatures for our mild Ohio summer we have been having. Seriously, when the sweat is running down your back, you know it's hot.
Forget about how hot we were, what about the guy behind the mask?? This is the Dayton Dragon mascot, our local minor league baseball team. Good thing that smile is plastered on the costume, I had some major sympathy for him:
Everyone was pretty much cranky. I think I was the only one having a good time looking at marshmallow throwers, bow and arrows and Beavercreek American Girl Doll Cheer Uniforms (those booths sure do have some random things, don't they?), and their was a couple of smiles as we approached the big bouncy houses. Ah, relief, I could almost hear my kids shout.
Look at Andy pulling out the wallet. Dads are awesome!
The other highlight for the girls was free popcorn from one of the church sponsored booths. We should have snatched some free water, too, but I was feeling too guilty for having just charged $1 a bottle at home.
I was most excited to buy fresh sweet corn- and come home and learn how to shuck it. To be completely honest,as with most of my new experiences, I like to figure things out on my own and skip reading the how-to (insert Andy rolling his eyes). Now I wouldn't necessarily do that with hang-gliding, but it wasn't too hard to figure out. At least the festival had corn, otherwise, it would have been a total flop.
I asked Andy to hold one up and this is what I got:
And of course, an ear of corn:
Sincock score on Festival Fever: 3.
