The Fair

Today I met my sister-in-law (& kids) at the Dubuque county fair for a few hours. The girls have been itching to go ever since dinner on Monday night when Morgan said, "I see a ferris wheel." Yes, we can see and hear (mainly the races and nightly music) the fair from our back deck.

It was a typical fair... farm animals, 4-H exhibits, food stands, rides, games and fair folk. I love going to the fair to watch all the interesting people that attend it. The girls were entertained by a magician for about 30 minutes. I had to pull them away so we could go see/touch the animals. Jett was facinated by the cows and kept making his "et" sound which means he sees an animal. We watched a show by Dave The Horn Guy which I really enjoyed. We walked around all the rides so the girls could decide what they wanted to go on later. At some point Jett lost his pacifier and was not going to settle down without it, so we went home.

After David came home from work, we went back to the fair. Morgan and Carmen went on several kid rides together and had a blast. Morgan was tall enough for the swinging ship ride, so David went on that with her. They sat in the end row and he had to hold Morgan down when they went up in the air because she was lifting off the seat. Once we ran out of tickets, we went and watched the tractor pulls. This was our first time observing such an 'interesting' event. It was very loud! On our way out, we caught the end of the tiger show. It was amazing to see these large cats so close up.

Another day making memories with the kids.