The Cox Family: THE FAIR!

The Fair.... yum yum... good.

We had a great time at the fair yesterday and I think I can say that more confidently than ever! Probably because we went during the week.... A wednesday morning and left before all the school kids got there. PERFECT! Especially for me, who hates crowds. No, I would never be able to live in a big city!

In fact (yes, off subject...) Tuesday, on the way to my little brother's cross country meet, I was stuck in "traffic" in MOXEE!!! Oh man, I was going bonkers! A trip that should have only taken me 4 minutes, ended up taking close to 20!! More reason why they need to make the highway 4 lanes all the way to Moxee and not just Terrace Heights! I have learned to not go anywhere between 2:15 and 4:00, when all the schools are getting out. I had to wait through 6 stoplights at Beaudry Rd!!! 6!! INSANE! Anyway.... I had to vent.

Getting back the fair! We went to all the animals, of course, and went through all the buildings. It was SO nice to go during the week because the sundome was not busy whatsoever and I could actually comfortably push the stroller down each aisle without stressing out about people in they way or getting trapped or running anyone over..... WHEW!! The same went for the Bunny Barn! The aisles last year were so skinny and I about had a panic attack trying to push the stroller through... this year, there was maybe 3 other people in the whole barn! WHOO-HOO!! I had a moment there when I felt like Kate Gosslin when she gets the whole park rented out for her family..... I felt rich, like this is what I had done for my family! haha.

We checked out the rides after going through the Sundome. We found out that KaeLee is unable to ride any of them! She has to be 36" to ride with an Adult! How Ridiculous! There was one that said 0" with Adult, but they were little cars and there was NO WAY my butt was going to fit in there with her! The lady running the ride even told one other kid (probably about 14) that she didn't think he would fit 9no, he was not overweight...). I was like, 'why even put that sign up 0" with an Adult, when they know that NO adult will fit in there???'. So poor KaeLee didn't get to go on any rides. I felt really bad for her, but I don't think she knew any different.

The girls both loved the animals, of course. KaeLee was more fun this year just because she can make the animal noises and so she REALLY enjoyed the cows! And she rode her first pony! She was a bit timid at first, but by the end she was talking up a storm and smiling big! I think she wanted to go again, but we quickly diverted her attention to something else!

We were walking through one of the buildings and Shawn and I stopped to look at something.... I heard someone behind me say, "oh, we have to get a picture of this!!" So I turned around to see what he was looking at so I could get a picture too! I caught him taking a picture of KaeLee! Uh, creepy?? If this wasn't an old, cute couple, I would have been a little more freaked out, but I decided that they just actually think she's cute. (and who could argue???!!?) Shawn and I just steered them away and laughed at it. It brought back a quick memory of Hannah being "petted" at the zoo by another little boy. So it was only fair that KaeLee has her turn of being the fair attraction.... hahaha.

We went into the petting zoo also. Shawn took KaeLee around since I did it at the zoo. She loved it of course! She is surprisingly super gentle and nice with all the animals. She doesn't really pet them, she just puts her hand on it, then moves onto the next one.... then makes her rounds again. This petting zoo was a weird one. It had a kangeroo and a deer. Yup. Bambi was there. And she liked to eat people's shirts. See photo below.

Today Shawn is down in Tri-Cities at a trade show for work. He won't be home till late, so yup, I'm headed to Mom's later. Then I get to work tomorrow (uh, did I say "get to". my bad. haha) then I got Saturday off. Whoo-Hoo! We are going to try and get some stuff done around the house and get this house up for sale! I could be getting some stuff done now (and should be...) but I figured I would write a blog instead....

Well, I should get to these pictures so I can eat some lunch.... ENJOY! :)

Oh, how Hannah LOVED this!! KaeLee loved pushing her! What a great big sister!