Bremer County Fair

I'm always excited for the Bremer County Fair.  It's nice having the fairgrounds only two blocks from our house, even if it means some extra traffic and late-night noise.  It finally wasn't so terribly hot and humid today.  And it was free hamburger night!  The Bremer County Cattlemen give away 1,000 free hamburgers on Wednesday night of the fair.  The line-up started at 4:30pm!  The kids & I took in the animals first before Austin joined us for supper around 5:30pm.  Here are the snapshots:

As soon as we entered the fairgrounds Lincoln was enthralled by the refurbished tractor 4-H projects.

The rabbits were next.

They always have a pretty good petting zoo.  It seems like I ended up taking pictures of the same animals with each kid.  There were actually a lot of animals in there, including at least a dozen goats.  As you can see, Lincoln was quite excited.  He named off all the animals.  He got a little confused, though, when he kept calling the large black & white goat a "cow".  He got straightened out later in the dairy barn. ;o)

Then it was on to the "corn box"

We walked through the rest of the animal barns before getting in line for hamburgers.  Lincoln was more interested in be-bopping to the teen drumline than eating his supper.

Emily insisted that cotton candy would make a great dessert.  When the stand opened up there was a disgusting-looking carney with no teeth running it.  However, he was really nice because he gave Emily a little sample while waiting for the machines to start up.  She had never tasted cotton candy before, and as soon as it touched her tongue she pulled a funny face and declared it to be "too sweet!"  Umm...yeah.  At least it saved us $3! 

No visit to the fair is complete without a stop at the Dairy Promoters' booth for good, cheap ice cream!  Emily tackled a cone while Lincoln & I shared a dish.

Emily begged to go on a ride the whole time we were there.  I told her she could pick one.  She chose the ladybug ride and had a gritted-teeth grin on the whole time.  I think she's hooked, because she talked about emptying her piggy bank to go on it again all the way home.  Maybe next year she can save her money for the $10 unlimited wrist band night.

Lincoln got to go on one ride, too.  Since you would have to both pay to go down the huge slide together, and $4 is pretty steep for that, he went on the Silly Swing ride by himself.  As soon as it was done he tried to climb into a different swing.

Neither child was happy about going home.  Both had a good time and were filthy.  Emily insists we're going back again tomorrow.  Good thing I don't have any more cash left! ;o)