Ben enjoyed his first trip to the State Fair with Mom and Dad. He toured the Children’s Building, Petting Zoo, Birthing Center and the midway. Ben had predicted that there would be elephants and dogs that you could buy. We are not sure who told him about the fair, but it was funny what his preconceptions were. Anyway, we started at the Children’s Building and they had lots of hands-on science experiments, an obstacle course and other stuff to do that he really loved. Then we went to the petting zoo and birthing center. We fed some goats and “petted” a sheep. The pig was too far away to pet, but we looked at him for a long time to see how muddy he was. We also saw kangaroos, emus and other “wild” animals. In the Birthing Center they had chicks hatching, newborn goats, sheep and pigs. It was a huge hit for Ben. He wanted to know all of their birthdays (each cage had a sign) and said he wanted to see each one and we couldn’t go around anyone to skip any of the cages. He liked seeing the pregnant mommies too that were waiting for their babies to come.
After that we headed for some rides. We did the Ferris wheel first and it was a big hit. Then we had some dinner and headed to find more rides. Ben saw the giant roller coaster and was ready to jump on it. We had to go buy more tickets for it and on our way saw a smaller roller coaster that he could ride by himself. He said he would like to try that instead and loved it. He waved each time he came around and smiled and laughed the whole way. He did a couple of other fun rides after that and then it was time to head home for bedtime. He stopped to get a balloon from the clown on the way out in the Children’s Building and was excited to show it off at home to Ellie.
