State Fair

We went to the state fair this past weekend with our friends, the Gurgels, and had a fantastic time! It was unlike anything I have ever seen - there were over 100,000 people there the day we went. We saw the usual pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, and horses, which Cole was ecstatic to see, but we also saw some crazy things -- a 1229 pound boar (male pig), a 3000 pound bull, a full size cow sculpted out of butter along with a butter sculpture of Shawn Johnson (a US gymnast that is at the Olympics right now), fried snickers and twinkies (doesn't that just sound like a heart attack!?!), foot long corndogs on a stick and whole turkey legs, a dog being spayed (yes, the actual operation was being performed), and a whole range of interesting people (I love to "people watch"). We also watched baby chicks hatching, were able to pet piglets, saw a calf that was only a few hours old and baby ostriches. It was a fun filled day!

Cole wasn't afraid of petting any of the animals -- I think this sheep was about to eat his hand, but he didn't seem to mind. We had to really watch where he was sticking his hands. We found him digging through pig feed in one pen and trying to pet any animal within reach.

Garrett -- what a cutie! He was such a trooper -- he was hot and sweaty and really couldn't care less about the fair, but he was so happy and smiley the whole time. He is such a great baby!!

Here is Cole putting the moves on our neighbor, Anna. Cole has a little crush on her, even though she is almost twice his age. He sometimes sings "Anna's World" to the Elmo's World tune, which I think is darling. She doesn't have the same feelings since Cole is so young, but they at least enjoy playing together.

Learning to milk a cow - or plastic cow - but a fun experience!

Here are all of the kids all tuckered out -- Kennedy, Anna, Garrett, Cole after a long, hot day at the fair.