Our morning at the County Fair

Thur. was our last preschool field trip for the year. (Happy Dance, Happy Dance!)

Over the past few months the class has been working on a garden project to show at the fair, making a vegetable garden in a wheel barrow. Then there had to be documentation of each step, showing the kids doing the planting, then learning about how the garden goes from seeds to veggies. The mom that does the music most classes taught them a song about plants and such. They did art and science projects about seed germination and plants. It's been busy, but the kids seamed to enjoy it.

So our first stop at the fair was to visit our wheel barrow:

Another part of the project was documenting the journey on a story board. The moms worked hard and did a great job on it. The top picture by the sun is Cody.

Cody thought it was cool to see it there, realizing he helped put it together.

Then we headed off to the livestock barn to see the animals. There were chickens, turkeys, sheep, rabbits and goats in the first section. The boys loved the rabbits, they had a bunch of different colored ones. Then while visiting the pygmy goats one of the girls brought out a young one for them to pet. He/she was a sweet little goat and loved the attention. From there we stepped outside to visit the cows, and to get a break from the stink. They were showing the cows so we watched for a moment. Then we saw the horses in the arena and moved on to watch. It would have been great, but it was very windy, so the more the horses moved, the more the dirt stirred, and it was in our eyes. So it was off to find a snack and get some relief so me the wind.

MMmmm, fair fries.

We were getting really close to the wall of grumpy/sleepy kids, so we attempted to find them some rides to go on, but no kiddie rides were to be found, or open. But luckily the carousel was running by the entrance, saving the day! The boys love the horses and had a great time.

It was a good time. I love the fair. I will probably make the crazy effort to go to the state fair this year, that or we'll just start traveling around to all the different county fairs, their more fun anyway.