Engel Family Happenings: County Fair

We took the kids to our county fair on Saturday. What was supposed to be a sunny, 80-degree day turned into a cooler, drizzly day. Despite the weather, we were there for four hours! Although it was somewhat wet, it still beat the 90-degree temperature from last year. Dan's company sponsored a company picnic for lunch so we began with that.

Through his company, we also got discounted unlimited ride passes. Jacob is a thrill-seeker so we were excited to take him on rides. There weren't many that he was tall enough to go on, but we found a few that worked. He of course loved the giant slide, but also liked going on the mini-truck train over and over again!! I was so proud of him for going on this by himself and not even crying at all. He is very social, but is pretty shy in new situations, but he did great by himself! We also tried out the carousel, but he wasn't too tolerant of the five-minute wait for it to start and then held on for dear life when it started up, but I think he liked it. I also took him on a ride that you sit in individual units that can spin by themselves while the ride also goes in a circle. I thought he would love this, but he cried to get off the whole time. We also each took turns taking him through the fun house. It was quite the obstacle to carry him through this when it is built for little kids. The worker should never have let us in there with him! I think that Jacob had a good time on the rides and I know that next year will be better when he is taller for some of the other little-kid rides. I think Bailey will have to wait a couple of years before she goes on any though!

We also took him through all of the animal buildings. It was neat to see him recognize the farm animals. We mostly kept him in the stroller because we needed to keep him under control and the buildings had lots of animal waste that you had to navigate around. He did get to walk around the small animal building which had rabbits, chickens, ducks, and turkeys. He had such a good time cruising up and down the aisles looking at the animals which were eye level to him.

I have included a slide show below of all of the pictures along with some videos of the day. Bailey slept the majority of the time in the stroller so you won't see any pictures of her, but we'll get some next year!!

Picture slide show