Day at the Fair

We went out to the Maryland State Fair today with some friends. It rained off and on the entire time we were there, but it wasn't too bad because it made it much less hot and much less crowded. We had lots of yummy treats and saw lots of interesting things. Because of the rain, I didn't get to take nearly as many pictures as I wanted to, and we didn't get one all together, but Virginia has their state fair next month so we might have to make up for it then.

When we first got there we went to look at the animals. They had a little area set up for the kids with one of each kind of barnyard type animal. Most of them you could pet, but Jax was pretty timid.

I was trying to get him to smile at David for the picture, but he just wanted to keep telling me about the cow. 

Jax was practically trying to climb into the pig pen. So funny. 

He really liked looking at the little ducks. Probably because they are tiny like him!

I finally got him to be adventurous and pet the baby goat. He actually really liked feeling it's hair and kept looking back at me with a huge smile on his face. 

We had to play 1 fair game for Jax to get the full experience at his first fair. He LOVED this. He did not want it to end. And he was pretty good at it. Dad helped him catch two fish at once! That is our friend Melissa and her daughter Izzy in the background. Izzy liked the game too. 

Here he is with his prize. He was actually pretty proud of that weird little raccoon. 

We stepped inside a building that had a bunch of award winning fruits and veggies to escape the rain. It wasn't very exciting, but they did have this area where the older kids could color a horse head that they would turn into a stick horse they could ride. It was actually really cute. And they had this horse. When you rocked back and forth on it, the horse moved. Jax thought it was pretty fun, but since he was rocking so much, all the pictures are blurry! Such a funny boy. 

Overall, it was a great day! I haven't had a weekend off in a long time and it was fun hanging out with my little family. I am trying to get out as much as possible right now since baby girl arrives in the middle of winter, which means we will probably be stuck inside quite a bit.