buffalo days

Our fair is called Buffalo Days. Really. It is. What's your fair called?

So here are a few more details and photos from our trip to the fair.

We hadn't been to fair for at least 6 years, so we parked at the wrong end and had to walk all the way to the other side of the fairgrounds to get to the kiddie rides. We bought 22 tickets for the rides and each ride took four tickets so we (they) had to choose wisely.

The first ride they chose was the cars. We weren't sure if Caleb would be brave enough to go on a ride without his mom, but he was. And he had a great time. They both did. :)

Next ride, the helicopters. They were the first ones on so they got to sit in it for quite awhile while they were waiting for the other kids to get buckled in. They enjoyed the pre-ride almost as much as the actual ride! Hee hee. But of course, it is pretty cool to actually fly up, up, up in a helicopter.Then, with only 6 tickets left, we decided to take a little break from the rides and go see a show. We went to the Little Ray's Reptile Zoo show. The boys got a bit tired of the show (although it was very educational, just not suited to a two year old's attention span) so we went and looked at the alligators and snakes in the cages.

Afterwards, we walked over to the petting farm and saw a calf, some sheep, a goat that was trying to eat a girl's mini-donuts and some llamas. We then sanitized our hands (hee hee) and went back to the rides.

We bought two more tickets and told each boy that they could chose one more ride. Caleb chose the horsey merry-go-round (I was hoping he would). And I got to go with him (I was hoping I would). Up and down he went. Each time we went around we would smile and wave at Matthew and Daddy watching us.

My adventurous (yet cautious) Matthew chose this "ride". Or as he calls it, an obstacle course. Rick could have gone with him, but he said he wanted to go by himself. There were some tense moments when he didn't know which way to go and we had to coach him from the ground. And also when he got nervous on the swaying bridge. But he made it through it on his own. And he was so proud of himself!

We started walking back to our car, stopping of course for the cotton candy. And there you have it. A wonderful first experience of Buffalo Days :)