On Saturday we went to state fair. I haven't been to a fair in 10 years and I really really wanted to go. I'm not sure how I convinced Brent to come with me (mister homebody) but he did and so we made a family day of it.
Daniel slept most of the time in the baby bjorn and we had Jacob either in the stroller, walking (with his monkey leash), or on Brent's shoulders. Jacob had a grand time - we took him to the petting zoo, the animal barn and to a kids show called Street Beat where 3 guys used household objects (trash cans, paint buckets etc.) to make drums and then performed. Jacob really enjoyed rockin' out to the beat and Daniel surprisingly slept through it. We also enjoyed cotton candy and a "UFO" which is a cream filled large flat scone (like and elephant ear). Brent sadly never got his "fair corn dog" or a snow cone, so I guess we will just have to go back again next year.
In between all the Jacob stuff we enjoyed looking at art and photography displays and we bought a few items in the merchants building: like the Sham Wow! that everyone seemed to be walking around with. Brent wanted one and the goose chase to find it was worth while since the demonstrator guy was so entertaining. It was 85 degrees and very hot so I made sure to sunscreen myself and the kids and we brought 6 bottles of water to keep ourselves hydrated. We were there for about 4 hours before heading for home. Jacob started falling asleep in the stroller on the long walk back to our car and I was able to put him in his carseat without him waking up and he slept all the way until we got home. For those of you who know Jacob you will understand why that's an oddity worth mentioning, never in his 22 month long life has this happened. We were hot and tired at the end of it all but we had a good day and only Brent was a little pink (due to his dislike of sunscreen and therefor not using it).
Enjoy the show...
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Fairs are so much fun! Glad you had a good time!
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