The Fair

The Fair was last week and I hadn't thought much about going, but Thursday evening Kim and Kelsey decided that we should take the kids on Friday. So we did! We met up at Kim's house first and then headed over to the fairgrounds together. It was a perfect day, with a slight breeze and not too hot. 

We started by some of the cows; a baby calf had been born just prior to us arriving, and Annaliese loved watching it. She wanted to stay and see how long it would take for it to stand up but we convinced her that we could come back later in the day and check up on it. She asked about it throughout the day and thought it was amazing that it figured out how to stand by the time we came back mid-afternoon!

We checked out the pigs (a few baby piglets had been born several days ago,) the horses and the sheep and then moved on to watching some horse events.

Piglets under the warming lights

An attempt at a cute picture...Lydia and Owen weren't cooperating!

Annaliese and Auntie Dar

While we ate lunch, we watched the draft horses get connected to the wagons and walk into the arena; we didn't realize that there was a big outdoor arena where they were doing more things, so we patiently sat inside waiting for something more to happen. We finally discovered the outdoor arena and made it over to watch a group of cowgirls do a show; it was pretty fascinating to watch them riding around, holding on to a flag the entire time! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures (although they probably would have been all blurry anyways since they were running around so fast!)

Our next stop was the Wenatchee Kids Circus; they put on an impressive show, including some tightrope walking, some routines on these crazy high bars and ladder swings, and some tumbling acts. Haleigh, Mallory, and Malachi were mesmerized. The sat in the very front row for 45 minutes and did not move!

Finally, we had promised the kids one ride, so we headed over to the carnival section. We spent some time walking around checking out all the rides until they agreed on one that they were all tall enough to ride without an adult. They made a good choice and all had fun!

By mid-afternoon, Kyle met up with us and Kim and Kelsey headed home. We spent some more time wandering around, checking out the animals. We talked to a few of the girls who have horses and Annaliese wanted to watch them riding them. It was just for exercise, but it was pretty neat to see how comfortable they all were with their animals! We headed home in time for an early dinner and then a trip to Edaleen's for ice cream to finish out our day!