Thursday, August 11, 2011
Somedays...
I have to remind myself that in a few years I will beg for him to let me hold him. For right now this is his all too familiar "begging" face.
Fair Time 2011
We once again headed out to the Olmsted County Fair this summer. Like always there was a ton of delicious fried food, lots of (stinky) animals, some great rides and some scary looking Carnies.
We took full advantage of a Thursday late afternoon thunderstorm and headed out just as it stopped raining. It was a great time to go. The crowd was at a minimum when we arrived. Here are some of the hi-lights!
Boy in a Ball: Peyton begged to go in the life size blow up ball. I was pretty aprehensive at first but after I watched for a while and the trusty carnival worker assured me that there was enough air to last for 3 hours I said "why not?"
Animals: The boys loved seeing all of the farm animals that were at the fair. They had a new exhibit this year that featured newborn farm animal. Literally, there was a cow giving birth as we walked through the barn. We didn't stick around too long for that one because a certain 4 year old had a lot of questions that I wasn't ready to tackle that night. We did get to see 2 hour old piglets, 1 day old goats, and many newborn chicks. Landon was in love.
Peyton got to try his hand at milking a cow.
Landon was getting up close and personal with the sheep (while some children pet the animals, Landon chooses to give them a kiss.)
Rides: Wow, rides a much more expensive when there are two children riding. We blew through our tickets in no time and that certain 4 year old was not pleased that he didn't get to go on all the rides he wanted to. We rode a few rides as a family and then Peyton got to go by himself on a few.
(one day they will all look at the camera, as for now this is as good as it gets)
Ferris Wheel
Once again we had a perfect night at the fair.
We took full advantage of a Thursday late afternoon thunderstorm and headed out just as it stopped raining. It was a great time to go. The crowd was at a minimum when we arrived. Here are some of the hi-lights!
Boy in a Ball: Peyton begged to go in the life size blow up ball. I was pretty aprehensive at first but after I watched for a while and the trusty carnival worker assured me that there was enough air to last for 3 hours I said "why not?"
Animals: The boys loved seeing all of the farm animals that were at the fair. They had a new exhibit this year that featured newborn farm animal. Literally, there was a cow giving birth as we walked through the barn. We didn't stick around too long for that one because a certain 4 year old had a lot of questions that I wasn't ready to tackle that night. We did get to see 2 hour old piglets, 1 day old goats, and many newborn chicks. Landon was in love.
Peyton got to try his hand at milking a cow.
Landon was getting up close and personal with the sheep (while some children pet the animals, Landon chooses to give them a kiss.)
Rides: Wow, rides a much more expensive when there are two children riding. We blew through our tickets in no time and that certain 4 year old was not pleased that he didn't get to go on all the rides he wanted to. We rode a few rides as a family and then Peyton got to go by himself on a few.
(one day they will all look at the camera, as for now this is as good as it gets)
Ferris Wheel
Once again we had a perfect night at the fair.
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