More Fun At The Fair

We had never taken the kids to the fair before, in fact I don't think either of us had been to the State Fair previously. It was interesting to walk around and see everything. We watched some equestrian acrobatics for a while, which were really neat. I was amazed at how much there was at the fair. We walked A LOT and saw many different booths, exhibits, and smelled many, many different kinds of food. We tried alligator on a stick (tasty) and deep fried Twinkies (wow, super scrumptious!). There were a lot of buildings that we never even made it into.

The kids, especially the boys, were most excited to see all the tractors and farm equipment. They were able to get up into some of them. Joseph was very happy to be up in this tractor:

We could hear, long before we could see, the chain-saw artist. He was working on a big bear as we strolled up. But, what was much more fascinating were those big logs off to the side.

Joseph finds something amusing:

An old-time tractor:

And you can't escape the fair without a few rides! This was The Circus Train. Joseph was too little to ride by himself so yours truly got to ride with him. Let's just say those little openings to get in and out are not made for adults, especially pregnant ones!

Catherine got to ride in the front:

Then they got to ride the dragon/elephant ride. This one went up and down, but they didn't get scared. It was cute to see Catherine put her arm around Joseph so he wouldn't be afraid.

And finally, the jeep. They each got their own steering wheel, complete with horn. I think there was a horn honking continuously from that car! They really had a blast on this ride. Most of the other cars only had one child riding and they did not appear to have near as much fun as our four.

We lasted almost 5 hours at the State Fair, which is pretty good for our little ones. There were definitely some sleepy heads on the way home.