At The Fair

We went to the Texas State Fair last week. We picked the perfect day. A little bit cool and breezy, but no rain. The day before had been in the nineties with humidity you could practically see. We got into the fair for free because it was "Free Admission with a Cinemark movie ticket stub" day. Tyler went to the theater near our house the night before and found the extra ticket stub we needed lying in the parking lot. A little soggy, but still in tact.

They had a cute petting zoo area with a lot of baby animals, including a huge pig and her litter of 7 piglets which was the kids favorite. Amelia was very enthusiastic about feeding and petting any animal she could get her hands on, and even got CT to start petting animals, which is very unlike him. Here they are with some little greedy goats.



They had this giant cut-out of "Big Tex" that made for a good fair picture.


My mom was visiting us so she got to spend a day at the fair with us. It was great to have an extra set of hands there...actually the big kids didn't want anything to do with their parents pretty much and grandma did all the work.


They had a "panning for gold" exhibit we tried out.


I think they called this the "texas sized sand box" or something. It was a hug pile of sand with buckets and shovels for the kids to use. They had a good time there.


All in all, it was a good day. We managed to leave having seen a bunch of free shows and not riding a single ride. We even kept the fair food consumption down to corndogs and one funnel cake. Much better than last year, when Tyler wanted to try nearly every fried food novelty they were offering. I think that indulgence has cured him of fried food curiosity for a very long time.

If any one wants to come out and join us at the fair next year plan to be here during the first two weeks of October!