Our county fair was this week. While I did not grow up taking animals to the fair – that time you live and breathe all things fair – Jeremy did. He looks forward to the fair for two reasons (I think): 1) it is a little piece of his childhood, and 2) his birthday coincides with it. This year, we went to the fair on his birthday. We decided to make this day the big family day. You know, go all out. We ran through a lot of animal barns, bought fair food (cotton candy, Lerch’s donuts, gyros, corn dogs, ice cream…) And for the first time, we bought the girls bracelets for unlimited rides. They loved it! So, here are some of the rides:
One they had both done before – the Apple Worm, the carousel, the Batmobile, and the ferris wheel
A few Ellie joined Madison for this year – Jet skis, motorcycles, and the Dragon Wagon (big sis showed lil sis how to buckle up!)
And some that were new to both of them – the frog hopper (super awesome!), the big slide (no pictures – both girls said it was too fast and they were crying when they got off), the kangaroo (so weird… are they in the kangaroo pouch like a joey??)
Madison’s highlight was seeing a piece of her kindergarten artwork hanging up…. with a blue ribbon! (Hers is the one in the background with the green border – it is very bright!) She wanted to visit that building multiple time. Thank you, Art Teachers, for taking time to hang the children’s artwork. It is worth it!
We also, for the first time, visited the 4-H horse stables. Extended family of Jeremy’s had a horse that they rode for several events. The girls sat on Skeeter and got to feed him some hay as well.
On day two, we did not go all out, but somehow we were still there all day – and we still had a lot of fun! We started off by watching some of our SYF members in the bands.
Then, we jumped on another Ferris wheel ride. It was my turn this time. I am not so sure I still like the Ferris wheel. I felt like I couldn’t breathe or I would tip out of it. I tried to be brave … with some success.
Then, we looked at the artwork again. We picked up some swag from the Bookmobile and colored a bit. We made two magnetic crafts. We watched some of the Draft Horse judging, saw Abe’s purple tractor, checked out the giant vegetable barn, and picked up some kettle corn.
We checked out how Lilli’s goat (Sparky) was doing. We pretended to walk and milk a cow.
The girls had wanted to do the fun house the first day, but it costs an additional two dollars. So, I told them if they wanted to do it, they had to bring their own money. They decided that would be worth it. And we did the fun house.
We also had enough tickets to chose one more ride. They both went for one more spin on the Dragon Wagon.
It was an exhausting day, following an exhausting day.
We are still recovering!
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