The County Fair

There's nothing like a good county fair to get you back to your roots... or ruuts as you might pronounce it after a day of fairin'. Yee ha!

Sophia and Zoe love, love, love farm animals. We've watched Baby Einstein Baby Mac Donald at least a million times. Yes, we do know all the songs by heart and find ourselves singing them in public when we're out WITHOUT the children. It's super really.

Grandma and Pop got them the Little People farm set for their birthday and the girls carry Moo, Neigh, Pig, Baa and Goat in their purses everywhere we go. Farmer has recently been accepted into the purse and is currently sleeping with Zoe in her crib.

We read the Day on the Farm book every single day and kiss each animal every single night before bed.

I tell you this so you can properly appreciate the pictures taken this week the Barton Fair where the girls saw farm animals for the first time.

Soph put on a good show!

They loved the cows. Have mercy! Am I raising 4-H'ers?? :) They are lamb whisperers. And Sophia danced for Ruby the calf.

Sophia was scared to death when she saw how big a horse head really is. She heard it neigh in the stall and got all excited until it stuck its ginormous head out the window. I still haven't regained full hearing in my left ear. They did pet every animal - no fear in these two - and used plenty of hand sanitizer.

And, despite their dad's lecture on how fair rides are hauled in on the back of a carnie's Ford and held together by a cotter pin, they rode the rides! Both girls loved the Scrambler and the giant slide we took them down on burlap sacks. Wow! I can't believe I'm writing this.

We did miss the tractor pulls, but we saw the bull pull (bulls yoked together pulling a sleigh filled with over 1,000 pounds of cement blocks...crazy) and got sausage sandwiches from a meat booth so all in all it was a great day! You don't get this in Vegas!