Texas State Fair 2010

Yesterday was perfect for going to the state fair. Brad was able to take off early from work and the weather was in the mid 70's. This weekend is the last weekend so off we went!

The first thing we did was see Mother Goose.

Landry was kind of into the rhymes.




After Mother Goose we went to the rabbit house. There were all kinds of rabbits. Landry informed us that this rabbit was the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland.

These brown rabbits were the biggest rabbits we've ever seen.

They took up their cage from one side to the other. Look at the other rabbits in their cages compared to these rabbits.

Cute little fluffy rabbit. Landry couldn't resist feeling the fur. We managed to get out of the rabbit house without Landry asking for a rabbit even once.

It was super neat to see, feed and pet a giraffe.

We were able to get very close.

This reminded me of "Hook 'em horns".

Landry wanted to feed not the goats, this goat in particular. The goat didn't mind.

As mentioned in the post before this one, naptime follows lunch. Landry is telling Brad to be quiet, it's naptime.

She wasn't so sure about feeding or petting the one hump camel. I smile at her facial expression.

Moving on to the alpacas. They were kind of cute...minus all of the stuff in their hair.

I didn't catch the name of this type of goat. There may not be a specific name for them. They had 3 horns. This one had 4.

3 horns.

Brad and Landry made friends with this one...

he wasn't scared of us at all.

She wanted her picture taken here yet wouldn't let me take her picture with some of the animals. Go figure.

Farming at the fair. This was neat. It required using our imagnation; the food and animals weren't real. We watered peach trees then took a peach. We fed the chickens and took an egg. We planted seeds and took a vegetable. We fed the cows and took a carton of milk. We fed the sheep and took some wool. Lastly we went to the farmer's market to sell our goods. Landry earned a "dollar" for her hard work which she spent it on some Cheetos.

Howdy folks. Hope you enjoyed the farm. Farming made us hungry and it rightly so. It was supper time. We got our supper and headed for the pig races where we could sit down and eat with a little entertainment.

We finally made it to the cars. Well, some of the cars.

Someone must have just cut Landry off in traffic.

She sees someone she knows (not really)




.

Brad had had them before. Landry and I tasting Dippin Dots for the first time. They were yummy. We enjoyed them while waiting on the parade.

The "princesses" in the parade.

The stilt walkers had cool costumes.

One of the floats.

Another stilt walker.

I asked her if she was having fun.

A self taken family photo before the hydrotechinics started.

The pig races.