Friday night we decided to go out to the Boone County Fair. It had been going on all week but due to the heat we had been avoiding it - which most of the the area was as well. Friday was only in the 90s, so why not!
This year we invested in the "Carnival Pass" for the girls - unlimited rides....it was a good investment.
We started off on the carousel - sometime simple to get warmed up. Then these dogs, which Abby was mad because the button did not make the dogs go up, it was broken.
I thought this boat just went back and forth - but no - it goes sideways and in circles. I wasn't sure if Megan was going to like it or not but she did and rode it a couple more times.
Riding the Lovebugs - these did go up and down.
Riding on the swings. NOTE - height requirements listed for rides are more of a recommendation apparently. You are supposed to be 42 inches to ride this - Megan is more like 38 inches. However everything that Abby got in line for, Megan was right behind her. So we thought - we'll see if they let her in....and they did....on everything! She rode the Tilt-a-Whirl (Tim about lost his dinner on that one), The Tornado (I think I had cold sweats after that), the Bumper Cars - Tim and I got to ride with one girl. We did just about everything other than some cage deal that went in circles.
They also had some exotic animals there - this is actually a Liger (Lion father, Tiger mother) something about breeding the two eliminates a growth inhibitor?? That's what the lady told us at least. These 2 year olds were HUGE - 650 lbs. and they should be close to 1000 within the year. They are the biggest cats we have seen.
Here's a smaller version - we waited in line to go into the cage and then Abby said she didn't want to.
But she did feel the need to go on a pony ride. This is Abby on "Sassy". Since her Big Cedar pony ride she is fearless. Megan still wanted nothing to do with ponies.
This is a Caterpillar mini roller coaster. First time - Megan didn't want to go, Tim had to go with Abby. Second time Abby and Megan rode together and I sat in front of them. 3rd, 4th, and 5th time - Abby rode by herself.
Later that evening they had pig races - last year they had little numbers and there were probably 10 times the amount of people. It wasn't that exciting, but the kids enjoyed it.
What you are missing here in the photo are the goats. They did a goat race after the pig race and I was set to take a picture when they opened the gates. One minor detail....the goats forgot to run. So just imagine about 5 goats running by - about 3 seconds after I took my photo. The red flag holder is Abby - she was the cheerleader for the red pig and red goat - whichever ones they were.
Saturday was our friend's son's birthday. Landen is now 4 and as you can see has a little flare for being a super hero - which of course he does well. After I took the picture and called him Captain America - he took off his helmet and said "Ann, it's just me." It was cute.
And Superman cupcakes for the birthday boy.We spent the afternoon swimming and relaxing. Thankfully the rain stopped and cleared up just in time for the birthday. Timing was perfect.
Sunday was spent prepping for Okoboji. The boat is now clean(er) and we have started packing so that we'll be ready to go.
Tim and I did learn this weekend that we are too old for carnival rides in hot weather. We think next time we'll bring a babysitter to go on rides with the kids while we watch :).
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