State Fair of Texas

Last Thursday Ryan took the day off from work so we could have a family fair day. It's been two years since we last took Eva and we were looking forward to all the fun fair things we could do this time.

They have a really cute little "farm" village set up where kids could pretend to be farmers. I thought this was such a creative idea and I wish Eva could have spent more time and done it a few times. It was the first thing we did that morning so even though she liked it, she was more interested in seeing real animals. 

Next stop: the petting zoo area. She got her little cup of animal feed and enjoyed seeing the animals.

Isn't this how every parent feels after a day at the fair with little kids? I can relate, camel.

Then we went to the dog show and I noticed that one of their sideline helpers looked awfully familiar.... SANTA??? I pointed him out to Eva and she laughed a lot. When we went down to pet the dogs after the show I mentioned to him that we thought maybe he could be Santa - and he said that he does that in December! 

Then it was time to start enjoying some fair food! We decided to just split a few different foods so that we could get a better sampling of all the fair had to offer. We had a classic Fletcher's corny dog, fried Thanksgiving, and a Krispy Kreme donut hamburger. Each bite was delicious! And since we were splitting all that deliciousness between 4 people I didn't feel too guilty....Jensen counts as a 4th person, right?

 

One of my old favorites was the bird, which has since closed and been replaced with the Wild West Pet Palooza. This show was cute! I liked it more than the earlier dog show and as much as the old bird show. It was a great way for us to end our fair day.