County Fair

Last week, the county fair was in town so I took the kids to it. We had spent the day before working hard around the house, so I promised them a day of play. We were nearing the end of our heat wave, so we went in the morning when it was still somewhat tolerable. The Kids each got to choose a couple of rides to go on as the ticket prices were a bit on the spendy side, so we had to be selective. They chose the bungee bounce (forget the name), bumper cars (I had accompany to K on this one since she couldn't reach the pedals), funhouse, haunted pirate cove, and the roller coaster for their grand finale.

The bungee bounce was their favorite by far. They got to each get rocked it way up into the air. N wanted to climb the rock wall. Since it was the first activity of the day and already reaching the upper nineties, I was afraid overheat and he'd tire himself out right off the bat. I encouraged him to try the bungee bounce instead, which he ended up loving.

We also checked out the animals. They had quite a nice variety this year. We saw guinea pigs, chickens, roosters, rabbits, cows, horses, miniature ponies, and more. Never quite made it over to the pigs and goats barn. There was a couple of gals who were kind enough to let the kids pet their horses. K could've stayed their all day just gazing at them. She loves her horses so.

Then they played a couple of carnival games and K won a yellow stuffed duckie, whom she named Halo. Since I'm a sucker for snacky food at these things, they definitely didn't starve. I let them have some cotton candy and slushies to keep cool. We also enjoyed a heaping plate of curly fries (not too tasty though), while we enjoyed a kidsshow put on by a local dance troupe. It was shaded in the seating area, so this was a nice break from the heat. I was very tempted to get an elephant ear, but then thought better of it (the scale is always a nice reminder of keeping myself in check...most of the time anyway). Anyhow, by 2 o'clock, it was getting pretty hot so we headed home. I had the kids cool off at home in the sprinkler for a little bit before having some quiet time.

The 3 of us checking out the animals.

Petting an adorable young horse.

K can't get enough of the horses.

That ball of fluff is a bunny rabbit.

Dare we climb this thing?

Nope! It's more fun to bungee jump!

Look Mom! I can fly!

Two future drivers. Scary stuff!

Brave enough to go into the haunted house.


Is it just me or is just a bit tacky to advertise a steak dinner feed on the same building that is showing off the blue ribbon cows?