We live in a small town and every year we have our local fair over the Labor Day weekend. We work throughout the year to make craft entries for the fair too (mostly DD in the 4-H category). The fair starts Thursday evening, so we go to that, I work in the 4-H booth this year on Thursday. Friday the kids do have school, but they are all in a parade which starts at 1:00pm (so they all get out of school early). All the school age kids are in the parade walking or riding on a float (which their class has been working on all week). DH and I will both take off work early so we can watch the parade. Then to the fair again Friday night and Saturday night. Saturday we will probably swim and cookout, same thing for Sunday and Monday. My oldest DD and 2 grandchildren usually come on Saturday night to go to the fair.