Fair

We've enjoyed the state and county fairs in the past but they can be a big tiring ordeal, especially the state fair. Amy just wasn't up to it. So I took the kids to the cute little Amador county fair over in Plymouth, which for us is probably as close as the El Dorado county fairgrounds. It was all a fair needs for the kids to enjoy themselves:
Some carnival rides to get them smiling,















a few pigs, sheep, cows, and goats to, um, befriend?















tractor pull, couple of live bands, and some good old fashioned fried
food to choke down.















It was small enough that I walked the whole circuit with a two year old, no problem. Everyone was real nice, especially the carnies, who let us ride free on two separate occasions. I even talked a vendor into giving us a hunk of discounted cotton candy because I only had a single dollar left.

Max came home and reported to Mom, "Slide. Pig." He loves the big tall burlap sack slide, and had a memorable encounter with a wet nosed pig.















Pearl enjoyed the bumper cars alone.



And Sam did the slide by himself, and they got hotdogs and shared a sno-cone. We got home a little more than two hours after we said goodbye to Mom, having done all the fair we needed.