The County Fair

The kids and I took advantage of the beautiful day and somewhat milder temperatures to visit our local county fair today. We haven't taken the kids to the fair since Danielle's first birthday, so really this was new to both of them. We had such a good time. It was another one of those days that reminds me to tell my husband how grateful I am to be a stay-at-home mom.

We enjoyed looking at the naked sheep (recently shorn), the baby donkey, the silly goats, the beautiful horses and the HUGE cows. While we were there they were having a costume contest for the donkeys and their handlers. (Who thinks of such things??) Danielle could hardly contain herself when she saw the pony rides. Danielle rode Leo. Tyler rode King. They both really enjoyed their rides.

Tyler really wanted to try playing a game, so I conceded after this very nice (read: "not as pushy as everyone else") game attendant agreed to let Tyler have a prize even if he missed. Turns out this shouldn't have been a concern. Tyler threw the dart & popped a balloon on his first try. He had 3 darts and managed to pop 4 balloons! He was so excited to trade his little prize up for a "big" one after his third balloon. I was trying to take a picture of him with his prize, but he wanted it to look like the dog was eating the cotton candy, so you can't really see it. Regardless, he was very pleased with himself. Danielle didn't want to play any games. All she really wanted was cotton candy (which she pronounces totton tandy).

After the game the kids rode a ride and played in a giant bouncy house that had a slide, too. There wasn't a time limit on the bouncy house and it was relatively cheap, so that was a good deal. They had lots of fun and wore themselves out pretty good in there.

After the rides the kids were exhausted so we headed back to the car. Before we left, though, Tyler went back to the same balloon game and won a little prize for his sister. She was delighted and he was, of course, very proud. On the ride home the kids enjoyed their cotton candy and managed to get themselves good and sticky. (She didn't really eat all that!)

It was a great day.