The Fair

Yesterday after Brandon's football jamboree in Boise, I took the kids to the fair (yes, all 4 by myself!). Brandon had won 2 free tickets from the library's summer reading program, so I just had to buy a junior ticket for Ryan since Sydney and Jake were free. We first went and got lunch--Pronto Pups and fresh lemonade!!

Their favorite thing was probably the petting zoo. There was a HUGE Texas Longhorn, which you can't really see in the picture--it is behind them in the center pic--they're imitating it. There were also pigs (Sydney's favorite because they reminded her of Wilbur), goats (Ryan's favorite, because they tried to eat his shirt), hatching chicks, and cows, one of which was huge!
After the petting zoo, I let them each choose a couple of rides to go on. Sydney's first choice--no big surprise--was the carousel. Her other choice was the itty-bitty kiddie roller coaster. She thought she was so brave to go on it by herself!! Brandon chose the roller coaster, which he thought was pretty lame after Disneyland...then he and Ryan both drove the bumper cars. Sydney was very disappointed she couldn't drive one herself. Ryan's other choice was the swings, which he loved, but also made him really dizzy. Poor Jake spent almost the whole day in the stroller and was out by the time the other kids started their rides.

After the rides, we were pretty hot, so we went into the expo building to see the entries. The kids really loved imitating the scarecrow they found and the huge pumpkins. Ryan's scarecrow imitation is my favorite!

Once we were faired-out, I told them we could either get a treat at the fair the share or go to Dairy Queen and get blizzards. It was a no-brainer! Brandon and I chose Thin Mint, and Ryan and Sydney had Oreo. And Jake had a little of every one's! It was a great way to end a really fun day. We all missed Tim, though, who left yesterday morning for his bighorn sheep hunt. :(