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09/26/2005 Archived Entry: "down to the county fair"

Friday morning we headed out into the fog and joined a semi-local homeschool group at the Fair. If you go as a group it is heavily discounted which is a bonus. But, you're stuck with seemingly endless amounts of kids which is not so good. But it was worth it overall.

We spent the first part of the morning going through the barns while Chris went to his company's display to check things over from a loss prevention aspect. He hates going through the barns so it worked out well. Ralphs always has a "little shoppers" activity so we went over there so Tabitha could shop. The goal in past years has been to get something from each food group. This year they were just to shop and there was a sign touting how they would learn about good nutrition. How, I don't know since the shelves were stocked with garbage. Once they are done shopping, the kids are given a sheet to color and then you take it with you to Ralphs for a free item. Want to know what that item is? A candy bar. What, exactly, are they teaching about nutrition? What not to eat?

Anyway, we met up with Chris and went to the kids' building so Miss Tabitha could find out her bouncy ball collection won second place! She, of course, was positively thrilled and mentioned it off and on throughout the day.

The rest of the day went something like this: look at some kind of exhibit, eat fried food, shop, eat fried food, look at exhibit, eat fried food, rinse and repeat. Seriously. We ate a deep fried Snickers, deep fried Oreos, deep fried avocado, deep fried tomatoes and a deep fried eggroll. The only non-fried items we had were a ten pound bun, nachos and ice cream enclosed in a waffle (they should have fried it). It is amazing to me how much we did and yet, how much we didn't do this year. We never made it to the garden area, spa area or the home arts exhibits. Tabitha did ride her three rides for doing book reports and we let her play three games as well, not to mention she panned for gold and made a doll. We bought two trunk caddies for the cars, a steering wheel cover for Chris's car, a parasol for Tabitha, and we stopped at the Discovery Toys booth. We picked up a new Marbleworks for Tabitha for Christmas and also a giraffe that you set on the floor, push down on his back which makes his legs move and then he moves forward. The idea is baby then follows it. Daisy hates it. I mean, she really hates it. She laughed the first time, laughed the second time and cried hysterically the third. We tried again the next day, she cried. I set it next to her on the floor this morning without making it go, she cried. So Tabitha likes it and has a new toy.

Despite the giraffe and the gazillion childrenes, it was a fabulous day. I heart the fair and cannot wait until next year.