It was that time of year again. The fair – rides, animals, friends, food, and general fun. This year, despite the rainy weather, we went on Saturday to watch my neice and nephew show their goats (named Calvin and Hobbes). Last year, we missed watching them show, so we thought we would try to catch it this year. We knew it would happen after noon… or whenever the animal before them finished… which took F O R E V E R! Like, not until 4ish. It was fine though because most of the cousins were there; food was there; and free entertainment was close by the goat pens.
We walked through the school buildings. The girls love that their art teacher hangs so much artwork up. It is always fun to try to find if their artwork is on the wall. We found two from Ellie:
And two from Madison:
We also roamed around the produce building to find names of people we knew attached to garden samples. We also enjoyed the scarecrows in the building.
There was tasty food – Walking tacos and gyros this year.
And there was free entertainment (oil and gas propaganda, but it was fun for the kids…) They were all involved, and it helped pass an hour quickly.
The goats were, of course, the reason we were there. Lilli did a great job, and Same did, too. They even won some ribbons (which I would give them credit for, but I can’t remember the places, and I don’t want to mess it up!)
I took the girls back on Monday (fair day = no school and free admission and cheaper ride bracelets). I let them each get a ride bracelet for unlimited rides and ended up getting one for myself so I could ride with them if needed. We stumbled upon friends from church. The girls were static to each have a friend their age to ride with. And it made it more pleasant for me as well. Some of the fun…
We parted ways and ate our packed lunch as we recovered from the rides. We visited the goats, checked out more animals and buildings, and then hit the rides one last time. A few we did by ourselves.
Again, we found some kids the girls knew. The downside, they were mostly Ellie’s age, so Madison felt a little left out. She handled it well though and still had fun.
Until next year…
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