September 25, 2009
The County Fair
In my 16 years of living in Conway, I have somehow never been to the little Faulkner County Fair until today. I took Anna this morning (and met up with our friends Rae Lyn and Elizabeth) to see the dog obedience demonstration and walk through the barns with all the animals. She loved it! She’s good at recognizing farm animals in her little storybooks and making their sounds, so I wanted to give her some real-life experience. We saw the cows, goats, sheep, chickens, and rabbits. (The pigs were blocked off, perhaps because they seemed a bit temperamental.*) The goats were so friendly! They were our favorite and made me want one for the backyard. (Don’t worry; I know better.)
*Update: David just informed me that the pigs were probably blocked off because of the swine flu. I asked if he was serious. Yes, he said, it’s happening in county fairs all over the country. They don’t want the pigs catching it from people.
Update again: Our friend Jennifer got to see and even pet the pigs this evening, so I guess it was just a temporary closing.
There were lots of school kids there to see the dogs:
The goats—so sweet and cute!
She thought it was pretty funny that they stuck their heads out to say hello!
The lovely Elizabeth pettin’ the goats:
The winning produce… fall squash always looks so pretty!
I didn’t know they had a photography division in the arts and crafts.
Comments(6)
Love the pictures!! Anna was having fun too!!
Oh my word – I still pictured Elizabeth as a toddler. Dang. I remember when she was born.
I haven’t been to the fair since I was probably six or seven – I think I went with a friend ONCE but haven’t been back since because my parents didn’t like it haha.
My girls love going to the fair. We went to the state fair a lot when we lived in LR. Now that we live in Fayetteville we have discovered the Washington County Fair. It’s just like a mini-state fair. (except for the prices….those are about the same, unfortunately) So we go to the county fair and the state one. Last year they loved the animals, but this year they held their noses and said “ewwwww” all the way through!
I think you had a much better time than if you had gone to the Museum of Discovery. Good choice!
Oh, those dog exhibitions look awesome! Wish we could have seen those. We got to watch a tractor pull. :)
Oh goodness… those pictures are SO cute:) I love the one where the goats are snooping in her stroller:)
Thanks! Have you gotten to take your kids this year?
We went today:)… the kids had a blast! Piper just hung out in the stroller but the boys road a couple of rides with daddy.