We took Owen to the Puyallup Fair on Wednesday. I was born and raised in Puyallup so the fair is in my blood. My parents took me when I was 7 months old back in 1978, and I've gone every year since. Anyway I wanted to share the tradition of the fair with Owen. So we loaded him up in
the stroller and were on our way! Of course he fell asleep so I didn't get any fun pictures of him at the main gate or by the antique merry-go-round. But he was awake for the petting zoo! We wandered through the buildings and under the Grandstand and watched the draft horse show. We took him to the Republican booth and chatted with one of the volunteers about how fantastic Dave Reichert is. Chris bought his bag o' scones as usual...in fact, I posted 
my favorite picture. Notice how he's carrying the baby and pushing the scones in the stroller! We also walked through Hobby Hall, where my grandma worked for years and years. I told Owen how we used to visit her and show her all the things we'd won. She'd stash them for us so we wouldn't have to carry them around, and then she'd give us a few bucks to blow on whatever! I always think of Grandma when I'm at the fair.So we had a fun time. However I can't wait until Owen's old enough to go on the rides. He's going to have a blast.
Speaking of blasts, Owen had some diarrhea today. I'm sure you all wanted to know that. He was giggling when I started singing "diarrhea, cha cha cha" to him! That kid is a fantastic pooper. He used to be an every-other-day pooper, but since he's gotten into a routine of having solid food, he graces us with poo on a daily basis. Today marked 14 days of poop. I think I've changed 13 of those diapers. Chris always manages to avoid them.
Which brings me to my next topic: Hot Butt Potato. The rule is simple: if the kid poops when you're holding him, you get to change the diaper. The rule applies to guests as well. Chris and I made this game up when Owen was a couple weeks old, and Chris came up with the brilliant name. I don't really know who is the winner and who is the loser, or if we should be keeping score. We never really discussed that part. What do you think? Post a comment.
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The real question is what happens when he poops and then someone sneakily puts him down to avoid the diaper? Is there a penalty?
Chris seems to do that one a lot. We haven't determined a pentaly but there definitely should be one.
Sometimes (I admit) I will smell the poop but I won't say anything. I'll say "hey Chris, can you take Owen for a few minutes while I water plants" but he ALWAYS sees through it and tells me to change the diaper myself. Turd.
So you just need to pinch Owen and run to do the watering. Make it seem like you never even smelled it! Eric does the "I have a cold, I can't smell anything!" bit. Seems like he always has a cold though....
does that mean i was supposed to change owen the day you two were visiting? remember, the mystery of the poop nugget...we may never find out whose arms he was in when that happened!lol
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