We spent a terrific day with our family at a county fair last week. Cousins S, N & A, along with Nana & Aunt Shelley made up the group. It was a beautiful, unusually cool summer day and we were all excited to spend the day together. I hadn't taken K & T to a fair before, but I knew that they would love all of the new sites, sounds & people watching! They did really well, and I'm so glad that they always seem to just go with the flow. K will try just about any food once, T is always up for an adventure, and I love watching them experience new things. Here are some pics from our fantastic & fun day!
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| Cousins! |
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| Smiley T ready for a great day |
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| Happy K ready for adventure |
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| Checking out the art entries, the girls liked anything with glitter or the color purple. |
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| K was all smiles to be with her some of her favorite people. |
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| Mr T stared at this tractor for quite a few minutes, he kept calling it a mower. He's a tad obsessed. |
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| Waiting for the parade to begin. |
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| While we were waiting, K pointed out these two school buses to me, several times. "Look Mom, 2 buses! 2!" She reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally wants to ride a bus. She will be very happy when they are out driving around when the school year starts. |
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| The parade began with a horse drawn carriage. |
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| Next came this crowd. The kids loved seeing the horses wearing 'hats'. |
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| While those horses were rounding the corner, music began playing, and T, our in house musician, just stared and stared and sat perfectly still on Nana's lap. It was a sight he hadn't ever seen before.... |
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| ...a marching band! They played a couple of songs and the kids enjoyed dancing along to the beat. |
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| There were lots more horses, homemade floats and 4H clubs to be seen, finally, this group wrapped it all up. We headed out to see more of the fair. |
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| Our next stop was the goat barn. Doesn't it look like we interrupted an important conversation between these two goats by the look they are giving us? |
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| Aunt Shelley helping K pet the goats. |
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| T didn't want to get too close, notice his body language. |
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| This pig is a grand prize winner! (btw, he's sleeping) |
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| K thought these bunnies were oh so cute. |
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| Guess what K & Nana are looking at.... |
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| Turkeys! Check out this gorgeous guy. He had his tail feathers out for our entire visit. |
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| After lots of walking, animal looking and hand washing, it was time for lunch. What to choose, what to choose. |
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| Corndogs for these girlies. |
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| and one for Nana too! |
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| We washed it down with something sweet, ice cream and snowcones. MMmmmmm |
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| K chose the colors for her snowcone, orange and blue. Guess they didn't have pink and purple, her two current favorite colors. |
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| During our lunch Nana took a phone call. T noticed... |
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| and helped himself to some of her ice cream. Silly guy. |
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| After lunch we hit the rides. All K wanted to do was ride a 'puppy that does up and down'. She did. |
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| This guy landed on a horse. |
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| The girls went with the classic horse as well. |
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| This car driving ride that went round and round was also popular. Check out these happy kids! |
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| K opted for a seat by herself, behind T &A. |
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| Kids in action. |
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| Love T's intensity, and look at K's smile! |
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| We walked to one more ride before heading out, the ferris wheel. That's Aunt Shelley & S waving from way up there. |
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| N wanted to take a turn too, so Nana boldly jumped in and took one for the team. See her excitement? |
We had grand time at the fair, I would gladly take K & T back next year. Where else can you eat a snow cone, watch horses wear cool hats, people watch and pet a goat? Count us in!
