2009 Indiana State Fair

Monday we went to the state fair. It was another hot day. Very hot. But we all had a good time, the kids were good, they had fun, we ate good food, and the kids got to ride rides. What more could you ask?

We got there around 10 am. We had some friends give us tickets so we didn't have to pay to get in. What a blessing! We didn't end up leaving until 5:15. K was asleep within 3 minutes of us leaving. It was a long day.

The 2 things that the kids wanted to do and talked about ALL DAY was put-put and rides. Which we didn't do until the end of the day. So we heard about it A LOT.

We looked at cows, sheep, horses, and pigs. We walked through a space exhibit. We visited an old "tyme" soda shop. We walked through a DNA exhibit. We saw a sand castle and a cheese sculpture. We ate cheesy beefstick, pizza (kids choice), milk shakes, funnel cake (it was burnt this year), and corn on the cob (only me!). And finally we played put put (K girl has no clue and C kept making up what par the hole was) and rode rides. We spend $30 on rides and they only got to ride 4. That's crazy! I can't wait til Disney when all the rides are "free."

So here is our day in pictures.

This is the entrance to the space exhibit.

This was an awesome sand "castle." Amazing.

And this is my kiddies being chickens in the "egg" chair.

This sculpture was made almost entirely out of cheese!Daddy was just amazed at this pig. It's the world's largest boar and we have never seen it standing! We each picked out something from the South Bend Chocolate company. The kids got covered Oreos, I got twice covered peanuts and Daddy got peanut butter covered malt balls.

This is K's attempt at taking pictures. Still working on that photography class for her.C actually took this picture. I think he did pretty good. There were some other really good ones while we were taking a break, but I won't post them for fear of boring you.Anyone want a combine? It's only $395,000! And that's not including the attachment on the front. It was HUGE!Here are my kids pretending to be the corn that's getting cut down. Crazy kids.
Finally playing put-put. K wasn't so good at it.

C was only a little better. At least he knew which side of the club was supposed to hit the ball.These were some crazy goats. You could pay 25 cents (we did;suckers!) to get food to feed them. See the dispenser in the bottom left? The crazy goats would see you put the money in and try to lick the food right out of the dispenser! We kept having to push them out of the way just to get the food out.K loved all the animals. She is such an animal person. We need a dog.The kids loved this "ride." It' really high and they go fast. I rode it last year; it is kinda fun.

And the bee ride. They actually went by themselves. And at the end of a long, hot day we rode the tractor one lap around the fair. What a good day!