After eating dinner, we went to see the animals. Brooke loved looking at the cows, and was "mooing" throughout the cow venue. We saw the goats next, and Brooke kept calling them puppies. I guess some of the tan colored ones did look like Carson. She loved running up to each goat and giving him a nice pat on the head.
We walked over to the rest of the animals and saw the birds and bunnies. On the far end of the wall, there were several geese along the back wall. My favorite part of going to the fair is trying to pet all the animals that really don't want to be touched. I am sure I am traumatizing these poor animals, but I find it really amusing. Unfortunately, I was unable to pet any geese this year, but was able to pet several of the bunnies.
After venturing through all of the animals, we decided to go to the midway and see if Brooke could ride any rides and play a few games. We knew she could ride the carousel, but wondered if she would like to be more adventurous and ride something else. As we were walking through the midway, Jeremy decided to play a game. It was the one that you take a huge mallet and hit the thingy to see how far you can make it to the top. Jeremy thought he would have no problem with this. Well, apparently the fire he had the day before wore his arms out. He made it go about 3/4 of the way up. Not wanting to lose, Jeremy handed the woman another $5 and went at it again. No winner. At this point, his pride was getting in the way, and wanted to win his little girl a big soft puppy she was eyeing. He handed another $5 over...still, no winner. He walked away with his tail tucked between his legs. We went onto another game where you throw the darts at the balloons and try to pop them. For $5 you have to pop 6 balloons out of 7 dart throws. Jeremy succeeded!! We asked Brooke what prize she wanted...and guess which one? A pink puppy!! That child loves pink. Pink anything. Pink, pink, pink!
After winning her puppy, we went on to ride rides. We put her on the carousel with her Daddy and everytime they came around the corner Jeremy would try to get Brooke to look over at me and point me out in the crowd.
There was another little car ride that I thought she could ride, but I was worried that she would jump off when the ride started saying "All done Mommy". But, we gave it a shot, and I stood inside the ride so that I could quickly get my hands on her if need be. She sat in the corvette, and was pretending she was driving. It was really cute to watch my little girl go on her first ride all by herself!!
After this ride, we packed up and went home. The little girl was tired, and so was Mommy and Daddy.
On Sunday, Grandma, Aunt Paige, and John wanted to go to the fair with Ms. Brooke. We left around 10:30 Sunday morning and thought it wouldn't be too crowded at that time. Boy were we wrong! It was packed. Again, we ate first and we finished it off with an ice cream for Brooke. She loves her "ice seem".
We saw the animals again, and she loved them again. I think this child could be a vet when she grows up. She loves her animals! They had several bunnies out for petting, and Brooke wanted to get her hands on the bunny - but as soon as she did, she would pull away. I think she was a little scared by them, but I think the bunny was still more scared!
We then decided to ride some more rides. I figured we would do the carousel again, but I also wanted her to do the kiddie bumper boats she was eyeing the previous fair trip. I was afraid that she would find more interest in the "simming pool" rather than the boat ride, but we gave it a shot anyway. Here's a pic of her riding the kiddie bumper boats.
It was a hot day, and we were all getting tired. We rode one more ride (the cars again), and we left. On our way out, Brooke started to fall asleep, and actually did so on the way home. She took a nice long nap on Sunday afternoon, and since Mommy was whooped as well I laid down too.
Two fantastic days at the fair.
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