Afternoon at the fair!

Today, Rod took off the afternoon so that we could go to the fair. It was beautiful weather and not crowded at all. We were so glad we went when we did! The first thing we did was go to the petting zoo. The boys loved feeding the animals. I think Jett wasn't too sure about some of them, but he never really got scared... on the other hand, Ethan was so excited to feed the animals! Next we went into this building (I can never remember the names of the buildings out there) where it was set up for kids. They had a "bug" station, as Ethan would call it, where you could see different kinds of spiders, scorpions, millipeeds, those nasty giant cochroaches (even typing it makes my skin crawl). This was his favorite thing to look at. They also had several incubators where you could watch baby chicks hatch. They had plants with caterpillars on them and then some with criscilas (I think I'm totally spelling that wrong-I'm talking about cocoons) and then a butterfly area. It was pretty cool! They had a cow there that had just had her calf on the 15th and it was so cute!!! They also had a milking station where you could milk a cow, but the cow was resting when we were there. She had to have been tired! They also had sheep and goats there. There were several tables where they had the wool of a sheep laid out so you could feel it. I tried to explain to Ethan what it all was because this week in pre-k he is learning about the farm and all the animals on a farm and what they provide for us. Next, we went to the horse barn and got to see they Clydesdales... they are so beautiful! The boys weren't scared at all, which I was surprised by. They even had some horses for sale, but Rod wouldn't let me go down that isle! :( I have to say that walking through the livestock buildings are my favorite thing to do at the fair! I LOVE the smells in those barns... brings back so many wonderful memories! I know that there aren't many who actually enjoy those odors, but it is great to me. So, I know I have given maybe way more info than you want to know, but it was so much fun and I wanted to share it with you. Huddy did great. I carried him on me the whole time and he got to get out and lounge in the stroller while we ate our indian taco... which was WONDERFUL!!! One tradition we have is to always buy cotton candy for my mom because she loves it and they don't ever go to the fair, so we bought some of that to take home... as well as a cinnamon roll! What a way to end a great afternoon!!! ;)