Sam, Max and I decided to check out the County Fair yesterday since the weather was cooler than usual (but definitely NOT cool!!). I had seen online that they offer monster truck rides on Wednesday and Thursday and thought my biggest boy would flip for that! And he really was in awe over how big they are!! Much bigger up close in real life than in his books.
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| This huge one was at the entrance . . . can you see the excitement??!! |
We hopped on a wagon pulled by a tractor and rode all the way up the hill to the back of the fair where all the stuff for kids was set up. I think Sam would've been happy riding that all day too! We got off and started walking through the different barn areas and I giggled every time I saw a cow being walked around. Sam asked me what was so funny but I don't know . . . something about seeing huge mooing cows being led around in public on ropes tugged by youngsters in overalls and bandannas was just too comical. SO not a farm girl I guess. But speaking of not being familiar with farms, Sam pretty much lost interest by the fourth or fifth cow. So I gave him the camera and told him to take pictures of anything he thought was interesting (just to keep him interested):
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| random bench |
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| a girl showing off her dog's agility skills |
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| his favorite of all the millions of chickens we passed by |
And my favorite picture, the one he HAD to take of the giant pile of cow poop in the road.
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| He seriously said, "Wow!! Look at the size of that poop!" Kills me. |
But the John Deere exhibit was, by far, Sam's favorite part. Tons and tons of these green machines all lined up inviting kids to hop on and farm.
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| Way WAY too busy to smile. |
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| I don't know what this used to be but they could climb up, drive it, then slide down the slide in the back ...awesome! |
Meanwhile, the Maxter and I tried to find shade wherever possible while big brother ran around.
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| Too hot to smile. | | | |
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We found some kiddy activites set up to play in (giant checkers which were certainly meant more for stacking towers, and giant basketball). Not too interesting, but worth stretching out in the shade!
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| Not sure why this is sideways. |
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| Chasing after the gigantic ball. |
Sam got Spiderman tattooed on his hand by some crazy uber-christians who tried telling him the story of Noah but he kept interrupting with his own unrelated thoughts.
After lunch we walked all the way back to the car, passing the entrance for the monster truck rides (which I realized Sam couldn't have done anyway because I'm sure preggos and one-year-olds aren't allowed) and headed home for extra long naps in extra cooled rooms. It was tiring but definitely a fun time. Next time, Daddy must come too, no excuses!! I need to go back soon just to try a deep-fried oreo (which I totally regret not doing yesterday!!).
And here's another picture of Cuteness #2 who was banging the window and door and shouting crazy giggly baby talk at me when I had the nerve to run out to grab something from the car last night.
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| Pay no attention to the mommy in the corner multi-tasking!! |
