Dragon Wagon

Today I got to ride on the “Dragon Wagon”, a pinkish dragon kiddie-rollercoaster. Twice. I also got to watch some malaysian girls singing, multiple rounds of cow parading, some youth country singers, and a tiny puppy herding a number of full grown sheep.

These are not the sorts of things that I normally do at the Royal Show; however, they were extremely enjoyable as I got to do them with Romilly. The look of excitement and wonder on her face as we wandered about and found new things to enjoy was worth any price. I mean that both literally, in the sense that it wasn’t exactly the cheapest day out, and figuratively, in that I had a nasty headache and I really dislike country music.

Last year Romilly really was only interested in the colours and the noise of the show. She just got pushed about in a stroller and got excited at balloons. She’s such a little person now, with her own individual likes and dislikes. She didn’t mind me looking at the painting and photography exhibits, but there was no way we were going to look at the water saver shower heads or spend time playing silly games in sideshow alley. She didn’t want a pony ride, she didn’t want fairy floss, and she thought that idea of donuts for morning tea was completely wrong (we had to have “warm” — not hot — chips). She certainly did want to stay through badly sung (to a backing tape) country songs, and through nearly two full rounds of the cow parading, including the 20 minutes of cow preparation time.

My daughter is growing up, and despite the fact that we don’t always agree on things (particularly the appropriateness of donuts for any and every meal) she’s more and more fun to spend time with every day.

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