County Fair 2012

We braved the heat and had a fun evening at our county fair. It was still above 90 degrees, so that was a little rough when you're 39 weeks pregnant. But it was still so much fun! We started off seeing all the animals in the barn. Benjamin found a baby cow!

Lots of big cows too. Collin wasn't interested in petting any of the animals and wanted to be held the whole time (he gets scared around animals). But at least he let us take him in the barns.

Goats!

Here are my little duckies quacking with the ducks who were playing in a kiddie pool.

Collin wasn't afraid of the birds. He was actually really interested and tickled by them.

Pony rides!

One of the horse owners was nice enough to pull her horse out for the kids to see and pet. Our little cowgirl LOVED that!

The horse loved Benjamin though and turned to give him a surprise kiss. He was quite shocked but was super tickled afterwards that the horse picked him.

Collin's favorite part....getting to play in a school bus. Dave pretty much had to drag him out of here when it was time to move on. He LOVED it!!

Dave and I got to sit for a nice long break and listen to some bag pipes while the kids played in a cornbox. I had never seen this done before, but it was a huge hit with the kids. Some of their friends even showed up and played too.

Collin was so in love with this hot air balloon. He watched it until he could find it no longer and then kept asking, "Where's my balloon?" and telling me, "But I really liked that balloon!"

The kids had lots of fun playing on all the tractors and posed for some cool pictures.

The wheel that the boys posed in above belong to this monster. Someone left the ladder in the back out and Dave and I were shocked that parents were letting their kids climb and play on the top. It made us so nervous as they were SO high in the air and it would have been a straight drop down if they fell. We both breathed a huge sigh of relief when someone who sells a different brand of tractors came by and saw what they were doing. He made them all get down and put the ladder away. It was really so dangerous!

We ended our evening by going through the little kid barn where they have some baby animals. I loved these little guys. I don't think I've ever seen such little baby goats before and immediately fell in love! : )

Collin found baby cows!

The momma cow was close by and let out a big moo when the boys were looking at her. Collin's new favorite thing is to tell us a fact by asking "Do you know that ....". It started when Benjamin taught him that cats can see in the dark. So he now tells us at least a few times a day "Do know that cats can see under the dark?" It's really cute. So after the coo mooed for them, he came running to tell each of us "Do you know that the cow said MOO! to me?" Here he is telling Benjamin (check out how sweet of a big brother Benjamin is by listening so intently to something he'd already heard).

All together now......MOO!

(Collin came by while I was working on this and saw this picture and said super enthusiastically, "Momma! Did you know that the cow said MOOOO! to me?")