Off to boarding school.

We spent Labor Day at an antique fair in Hudson, Ohio at Western Reserve Academy.



Western Reserve Academy is one of the top prep schools in the country. So if we ever need to make good on the boarding school threat, now we know where to send Lauren (On second thought...).



The school is nestled in a to-die-for neighborhood, where all the homes are painted white with black trim.



In attendance was the school's mascot, The Pioneer.



There was also a trolley...



And music...(Originally, I was going to crop the lady to right out of the photo, but I thought it was much more interesting to keep her in there. Yes, that's a dog in the stroller. You see this phenomenon often at antique fairs. We once even saw a lady pushing a cat in a carriage!)



And a spooky graveyard...



And a popcorn cart. Say, is this an antique fair or a theme park?!



Yes, there were indeed antiques. Like Zoar, this show contains almost exclusively quality primitives.



I loved this beautiful (and functional) statue. But, as I always ask, where would we put it? Mark says that if the lady would have had a price tag on it, it would be standing in the middle of our yard right now.



Is that the face of a kid whose parents drag her to too many antique fairs? Smile for the camera kid, or remember what Mommy said about boarding school!



Lucky for her, we closed out the day with some good old fashioned technology at the turnpike rest stop.