Fun At the Fair

Before the fair this year, I went online and did a little pre-fair planning. I found a few fun shows to watch - first up, Knights of the Realm. It was pretty neat. There were guys dressed up as knights on horses with swords, complete with a king and a princess and a castle. There was jousting and swordfights and other knightly competition. Unfortunately, the knight we were supposed to be cheering for was killed. We watched the first of two shows, but I don't know if he survived the second show.

I thought Ben might enjoy watching the knights, but turns out this was way more fun.

Yes that's right, we're sitting in the bleachers and he's lining up all his cars and trucks.

After the knights show, we watched the little piggie races. If he didn't enjoy the knights, he should definitely enjoy the pigs. Right?

Wrong. The cars and trucks had to be lined up on the stroller tray.

But don't worry, there were a few things he did enjoy.

Driving the tractor was pretty entertaining. The pigs were also fun to see, as long as they were on the other side of the fence. This nice girl let us get in her pig's pen so Ben could pet him, but he was too busy trying to keep his toes out of the pig's reach.

There was a butterfly exhibit that was pretty fun. They gave you a q-tip when you went in, and there were a bunch of bowls of sugar water everywhere. We dipped our q-tips in the water, then use them to feed the butterflies. Ben was really getting into it.
He was pretty aggressive going after them, until one of them would get a little too close and touch his fingers.

He was a little concerned about this one on his shorts. Don't worry, it finally flew away.

Overall, it was great fun. We blew a ton of money without doing much, but that just comes with the fair territory. On the way out, we got the BEST mini donuts. Ben ate three of them, then fell asleep in the car before we even got out of the parking lot.