Why not to go.to the local outdoor show

Joe saw a sign at the grocery store for an outdoor show the next county over, like 20 minutes away on Friday night. We figured it would be something to do to get the boys out of the house. There was to be food and games (always a draw for Luke). What I am going to tell you is why not to go to the local outdoor show on Friday night, if you have 3 children under the age of 4.

1) there are 2 of you and 3 of them
2) we forgot the stroller at the house
3) everyone else is looking for something to do on Friday night = 800 people
4) no parking, you have to get dropped off and park across the street in the fair grounds, plus it is 20 degrees
5) since we got dropped off, forgot 8 month's pacey in the car seat
6) since there are 3 boys, ignored the program and just winged it and spent a good bit of time in the gym, when there was so much else to do in the whole school, classrooms were set up with lectures, and different displays, etc
7) when walking by the classrooms with the displays, since we didn't read the program, Luke just walks in on a lecture about deer age as he sees a bunch of antlers, and we can't get him out
8) your kids might have gotten used to Mickey Mouse at Disney, however they do not know Smokey the Bear and are very afraid of him (all ages)
9) no place to put your coats, and with it being 20 degrees you had your coat on, so are overheated
10) 800 people walking the hallways of a high school with displays and tables set up in the hallway, so no room to walk
11) since everyone is wearing Camo, it is hard to see people and you run into them quite easily
12) if you are not wearing Camo, you feel really out of place, even the girls with the pink camo
13) since the program is shoved at the bottom of the bookbag, we don't want to take the time to dig it out to see what lectures and stuff is going on, so we walk by everything
14) 8 month old starts to get upset he doesn't have his pacey, and only the monkey cymbals or mommy's phone will keep him happy

Reasons to go to your local outdoor show
1) your child with get a ticket just for trying to play corn hole, or shoot a bow and arrow and you will come home with nifty prizes (2 plastic cows one good cowboy and one bad cowboy, plus a monkey that has cymbals attached to a tube of bubble gum, and a green bird that says Happiness (yes the last 2 picked by Luke)
2) there is a lot of stuff to see and look at, if you don't have 3 kids with you
3) cool raffles, and lectures about different hunting things, also cool things to buy

So all in all, it was a bust, but next year maybe just one of us will go and take Luke. If anyone wants to come next year, we will let you know when it is, so you can make your plans!! I will volunteer to stay home with the other 2!!!