state fair

Today it feels like it is 120 degrees outside, oh yeah and we decided to go to the State Fair, the hottest thing we could think of! We loaded up the van this morning and headed down to the fair with Grandpa and Grandma C. We started our tour at the swine barn, Lucy could have stayed in there all day once the farmer told her she could pet the baby pigs. From there it was a stop at the sheep barn, Lucy did not recognize the sheep at first, since their wool had already been shaved off! We also saw the horses, goats and cows! After the animal barns we spent some time in the State Farm building...it was air conditioned, oh, and they had a bunch of things for kids to do, a win win. We thought our last stop was the pony ride until Lucy spotted the elephant. Yes, that's right readers...at the state fair where all the FARM animals are represented they also had one huge circus animal, the elephant, and they were giving rides on him for $6. Well I thought for sure since Lucy just recently was brave enough to get on a pony that there was not a chance she'd want on a 16,000 pound 13 foot high elephant...I was wrong, the girl was smiling ear to ear and climbed right up the stairs! It was awesome, kind of...kind of scary for mom, but she was in Grandma's lap, so it seemed safe? We cooled off on the ride home and made it in time for naps, ahhhhh.