This year we went to the fair which is what we've done since Levi was little. But for some reason this summer, at least for me, has been SO much better than last. Probably because Max is older, potty trained, and we don't have to worry with naps. It's been great and we were really looking forward to the fair.
Luckily this year because Nike has summer hours Jason works a little bit later during the week but gets Fridays off at noon or so, it's been awesome and that's when we usually have a fun adventure of some sort. This time, it was the fair. It was way less crowded because we were able to go early in the day rather than the evening which gets really chaotic.
When we were going to the fair I asked the boys what they wanted to see first and for some odd reason they both said "Bunnies!" They don't usually talk much about bunnies at home, though they do have a couple stuffed ones but if anything I thought they'd want to see the reptiles.
Jason and Levi breezed through the bunny/small area and went off in search of an elephant ear but Max wanted to look at every single bunny, which he did. Each one got 20-30 seconds, which in little kid time is a lot. It was very sweet. Some would get "Cute!" or "Cool!" if they were particularly awesome.
One of the areas we went to in the kids area had a station where you could make 'dirt babies' where you put grass seeds and soil in a nylon, tie it off and put eyes on it, then take it home to to water it and watch it's 'hair' grow. We've had them over a month and they've gotten hair cuts already.
Man I love this kids face. His face, not the dirt babies.
The kid area we played in the most. They had a corn box (is that what you would call it?) and of course Levi wanted to make a corn angel.
Max just wanted to dig.
Then the water pump area. They put up rain gutters in a circle so you could pump the water and it would fill it and kind of go in a circle. Then they had rubber ducks that could go it. They both got very into the whole thing.
Over all a great time. We hung out a lot in the reptile tent (and had to see every single thing in it) and the science tent when I think we could have stayed all day. We even got to go into the arts and crafts building which is one of my favorite things to do but in years past the boys hadn't been up for it. To top everything off we had our usual fair food, corn dogs, curly fries, and other delicious junk and stopped by the "Dairy Women of Oregon" shack to get some of their awesome ice cream. Man we love fair food, I'm pretty sure that's at least 65% of why we go.
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