Thursday, August 11, 2011

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.

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