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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Evergreen State Fair



Today started out with nice weather. We went up to the Evergreen State Fair. 100 years of Fair Fun! One of the first things we saw was a giant sand sculpture. Very cool.

We watched some of the horse competition. That was fun, but none of my photos really turned out well.
Then we took Lon to the pony ride. That was the best spent money at the Fair.
After the pony ride it was time to get something to eat! Daddy got a smoked turkey leg that was really good, I shared some! Lon got his cob on the corn.
That was followed up by a blue bunny ice cream sandwich! And he ate all of that too!


Goats!


Lon remembered this from last year. He really wanted to make sure we knew he wanted to ride a tractor. He had lots of fun! We put his name in for the drawing of a new pedal tractor. Everyone think good thoughts!



Mommy got an onion burger and some onion rings. Lon liked them. Walla Walla Sweet Onion Rings. Yummy! It was starting to rain. Not a light drizzle, but real rain. No, we did not go home at this point.


We went to the petting zoo. On the way into the animal section, they have a place to help kids learn where food really comes from. The child picks up a basket, gets a fake egg from under a fabric chicken, "picks" an apple off the tree, milks a cow, then digs up a potato, and then sorts his basket (this *milk* stays in the bucket under the *cow*) into other baskets to go to the store. This is all Lon wanted to do for the longest time.

The animal part of the petting zoo. They moved the animals into their resting pens, as it was under a tin roof. I like this shot, reminds me of my sister's shirt getting eaten at the Alabama State Fair. Lon only got sniffed, his Curious George shirt is still intact.


The miniature horse is not so sure about this whole petting thing.



Petting the seven day old calves, Butch and Sundance.


Lon is telling Gracie the donkey, about his friend named Gracie and what a great party he missed. He really should have come.

Back to picking and sorting. He really did have alot of fun with that. Lon had a great time at the Evergreen State Fair.

It was a really fun weekend for all of us!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OH MY!!! What a fun day! You are so good at taking photos that really show the excitement. Keep up the good work.
Love,
Mom

suzy said...

It was a super fun day! Thanks. I think I am getting better than the blind pig.