county fair.

 

I grew up going to the Davis County fair. Some of my siblings would enter 

"things" (sewing projects/baking goods/the non-animal things) in the 4-H section.

I think the size of the Alameda county fair is closer to the size of the Utah State fair.

They are big on entertainment here (or money).

After talking to my mom on the phone we checked out the gardening section for her. 

There were some sad beets getting a ribbon. 

Oh and some tiny tomatoes. 

Probably a little early for some prize vegetables. :)

 But they do have a lot of animals to see.

The kids enjoy the sheep (that is until one baaaa-d at Jane and scared her to tears).

 Zac got to go inside the petting zoo, but didn't let go of my hand the entire time. 

He liked the lama the best and went back to pet it twice.

I didn't blame him for holding on, it's crazy having pigs running at your feet, and deer to pet.

We also watched the piglets do a little race and saw some chickens that Zac liked.

The model trains are always a hit too!

We skipped all the rides and food, but enjoyed a picnic before hand and

liked the free things to play with better. :)

On Saturday (June 23) we went to a parade for the fair.

It was a perfect day for one.

And great warm up for the 4th.

Both kids enjoyed the hour parade. 

Jane loved to eat her flag that we brought to wave hi to everyone.

June 26

 Other Randoms: Lee got these BBQ prongs for Father's day, but they have yet to leave 

Zachary's room. He likes to use them to get his cars out of the box. I'm happy 

to have them stay because he lets Jane play with the cars on the floor while he 

concentrates on getting them out the box.

Zac peddling his bike. He uses them a lot more these days,

but still not enough that I'm getting him new shoes. :)

Jane. Can she be any cuter?

She has us all wrapped around her finger.

She loves to play with balls. 

And loves to roll the ball back and forth. 

She also says "ba" for ball.

We will be in the kitchen and I will ask her were the ball is,

and she will go crawling into the living room to get them.

It's pretty cute.