Our State Fair is a great State Fair

We bought Lea new sunglasses at the fair since Mommy lost her cute pink ones in Mertyl Beach. She was styling in the the glasses that she and Daddy picked out!



We went to the State Fair on Oct. 13 with Teresa and had a fantastic day. We also got to go back the next week (on Oct. 21) with Michael, Sherry, Kris, Jerry & Wilder. We do not have any photos of the second trip however but we did a lot of the same stuff and had a really great time!
Teresa played the carnival game of popping balloons with a dart and won a pink Teddy Bear that she let Lea hold for most of the fair.


There was a very crowded petting zoo. More like a feeding zoo. It was hard to pet the animals, but the sold corn and feed to let the animals nibble... however the animals had nibbled so much few were hungry when the 100 little hands thrust feed in their face. We did not try to feed the animals, hower we got to see some animals close up. Three was a small giraffe, zebras, lots of goats (some fornicating for a real learning experience) but Lea's favorites were the baby ducks and chicks and the Kangaroo. The Kangaroo had a joey in its pouch that we could see the legs of and see it move. It was surreal to watch.

Here is Lea and the kangaroo.


This is Lea's smile when we say "Smile"


The best attraction was Little hands on the Farm. It is set up so well and they limit the number of kids inside at one time so you're not rushed or overrun. It was really nice.

The kids get an apron and a basket and go through different jobs on the farm collecting items.


First she "harvests" the feed corn where you get a bag of corn to feed to the fake animals along the way.


She waters the orchard and picks a "peach" to put in her basket. Lea's first line in this video is "There's no water" - as in "Why would you give me a watering can with no water, you crazy woman!"


She feeds the "chickens" and collects a wooden egg in your basket.


She milked the plastic, but realistic cows with a milking machine and gets a carton of milk for her basket.


She plants the "seed" (a token with a vegetable picture on it)


And picks the vegetable that we planted. In our case... a carrot


She feeds the pigs, just for the joy of feeding the pigs.


She drives the tractor to feed the sheep and collect some wool.




Then you take all the items in the basket to "market" where you sort them and "sell" them for $1


Then you go into the "store" and with your $1 buy treats. We usually got fruit dinosaur chews that Lea loved. And she worked hard for them, which made them an even better treat. In Lea's hand is her dino fruit chew packet.


Before we left Teresa got a Funnel Cake and would dip her finger in the powdered sugar and let Lea lick it off. Lea said "I love sugar" what child doesn't! It was very cute.


We had a really great sugar fueled day!