County Fair 2012

It's County Fair time again!  We could tell that it was quickly approaching, not just because it was August, but the fairgrounds were starting to get all shaped up and we kept seeing cattle trailers being pulled through town.  On Tuesday night we took our nightly walk up to the fairgrounds to give Megan a little sneak peak.  Already there were plenty of tractors on Machinery Hill and a few campers.  

My parents took Megan to the fair on Thursday night.  They mainly walked her through the animal barns.  Apparently she was very concerned for the horses' legs being all wrapped up and she thought they were all hurt.  There was a goose that scared Grandpa and in each pen she had to label every animal with a family member's name: Daddy, Mommy, Megan, Owen.... no matter that every animal was exactly the same size.

Then on Friday night my mom was nice enough to stay with Owen so John and I could go up to the fair with Megan.  It was nice to give Megan some quality Mommy-Daddy time and Owen slept the whole time for Grandma so I'm glad we didn't end up bringing him.  I was suffering from a cold all week and was leary about going up there since I usually get a cold from things like these.  I took a benadryl before we left home and also wore a mask in the barns so I actually feel ok now.

We arrived at the fair in time to get a good seat for the bear show and for me to quickly grab some boar bites and french fries before the show started.  Then we wandered through some buildings and Megan kept asking for more animals so we knew we better get a move on.  On the way to the cattle barns we stopped at Machinery Hill so Megan could sit on some tractors and mowers.  They (obviously) didn't move so she kept telling me that Grandpa needed to put some batteries in them so they would go.  

We walked through the horse and cow barns as quickly as we could since those are the ones that bother me the most.  Megan got to "milk" the cow before we left the barn.

We then started walking towards the small animal buildings, stopping for a pork burger and milk on the way there.  Megan loved the goats and sheep and pretty much everything.  It was nice having the stroller because we would let her out as we entered each barn and when she bored with the particular animal she would just go back in the stroller and we'd make our way towards the exit.  She got to feed the exotic animals which weren't as cool to her this year as last, although we did get some pretty good giggles out of her as she fed the ostrich.

We saved some of the best for last.  The much anticipated pony ride!  And she so happily waved to me every time they went around.  She had a blast!

Then we had to use our free Ferris Wheel ride coupons.  I couldn't believe how excited Megan was to ride it!  Even as we got going she never got afraid, instead was smiling from ear to ear.

 

After the Ferris Wheel ride we back-tracked so John could get a strawberry malt which he figured he'd share with Megan.  We sat down near the patio area and Megan barely wanted any ice cream at all - she just wanted to dance, dance, dance to the live music, showing off all her wild moves.  She even wanted me to dance with her - this was my favorite part of the night!