Ohio State Fair

 Today we had a great time at the Ohio State Fair.  The weather was perfect, the kids were in a great mood, and we went with Eliana's friend Adele, so basically it was the best.  And unlike last year, there was no throwing up or peeping pants, so I would consider that a success!  We started out the day in the Boy Scout area making Lego race cars and playing with balls.  Adele made multiple cars from scratch, while Eliana picked up a completed car that someone else had made and left, and claimed it for her own.  She removed a few Legos and then added a "little girl" that we built together (that mostly acted as a large wind catcher to slow her car down).  She kept going back to race the car over and over again.

 We ate lots of fair food, rode the carousel, listened to several bands, saw 20,000lbs of butter carved into cows and Urban Myer, and even milked a cow.  The top thing we did at the fair, though, was probably the petting zoo.  William especially loved this.  He was squealing with excitement every time he touched an animal.  He delighted in feeding the goats, coming back to me over and over again for more carrots.

See that smile?

Petting the baby goat.

The only bummer of the day was that I came home exhausted from pushing a double stroller all over the fair in the sun, while Eliana came home rested and ready to play after riding around all day getting pumped full of sugar.  Oh well, still worth it!