Went to the fair

Last week Julia and I went to the fair last week to watch my youngest sister show her pigs. I took the whole afternoon off so we got to the fair with plenty of time to look around before the show started. Julia really had fun, except she did NOT want to stay still for the show. I got to see the classes she was in, but the rest of the time, we had to be moving/doing something else. Julia also wanted to just walk around herself. This is not something mommy would allow without CLOSE supervision, considering all the traffic (human and auto). We did find a nice big patch of grass between the pig barn and the campers that I let her run around in.

I was pleasantly surprised that Julia was not scared of the animals!!! I figured they would terrify her. We even walked through the pig barn once and she did not even flinch when one or two of the pigs walked right by her (she was in her stroller, so right at eye level with the pig). This is definitely not the same kid she was several months ago, when ANYTHING new or different would terrify her. Including the pigs and cows at my parents house. We could not get any closer to the gate (where the cows and pigs were) than 20 feet or she would start screaming bloody murder.

We also walked through Babyland (baby animals). We saw baby chicks, ducks, puppies, calf, colt, bunnies, and Julia's favorite "KITTIES"!!! We went through what each animal says, so can can associate a real cow with "moooo", etc... She knows what each animals says, but does not know what the actually animal looks like (except for kitty and doggie). None of the animals fazed her one bit. I even pushed it and took her to see a fully grown cow. We stayed 5 feet away and she was fine and very interested.

I work in a different county and it's fair is in two weeks. Since I will be spending a good chunk of fair week at the fair, I think I will be bringing Julia with me several times since she seems to enjoy it so much.