State Fair

For the last two years our family has gone to the State Fair. Some people might be thinking "so what?". I normally avoid large crowds and heat like the plague if I can avoid it. Plus with a baby/toddler it's always a crap shoot. This year we decided to take the day off so we could arrive early and hopefully get home by nap time. We got a little later start than we had planned but we were there by 9:30.


My parents were also at the fair so we met up with them and headed to the barns.


Cooper loved seeing the cows, sheep, pigs and horses. He even got to pet a few:







As we were leaving the barn Cooper broke loose from the hand he was holding (I can't remember who's) and started running after a cow that was being lead down the street. Kind of scary. Now I know why parent's use those backpack/leashes on toddlers in crowds.

I don't know if you know this, but Rob loves seeing the big pig. For those of you who don't go to the fair it's an absolutely huge pig that lays in his pen. Just like last year, I took a picture of Cooper and daddy in front of this poor animal.



The Miracle of Life building is one of my favorite exhibits at the fair. Cooper got to pet a baby pig that was probably only days old. We watched chickens hatch from their eggs and got to see a baby calf.



Towards the end of the day we could tell nap time was quickly approaching. We put him in the stroller with hopes he would fall asleep and he finally did. Then on the way home so did Rob.