State Fair!

We made our annual trip to the Great New York State Fair!

We got up close and personal with lots of animals...and worked on our animal noises too.

Nicholas took in all the sights & smells of the barns.
At the petting zoo, he checked every food dispenser looking for feed.
(can you believe Mommy and Daddy didn't have a single quarter to give him!)
If there was a dusting in the dispenser, he'd rub his hand in there and then let the animals lick his hand. He even resorted to picking up pellets from the ground when another boy dropped his handful. Nicholas really must have thought the animals were hungry!

It was tempting to break the rules, but we resisted.
He was really excited that the baby goats got a little feed dust from his hand.
We caught some of the sea lion show. Nicholas kept saying "Oh no!"
In the sheep barn, the 4-H kids were getting their picture taken with the animals. We thought it was hysterical, since the guy on the right was doing cartwheels and shaking noise makers to keep the attention of the sheep. Hmmm, a lot like the tricks we all use with kiddos!
Nicholas loved people watching. He was very patient in his stroller and did a super job holding hands when walking around. He went on and on about the "tac ters, corn (grilled corn on the cob), boons (balloons), tains (trains) and ice keem (ice cream)."
We couldn't miss seeing the butter sculpture. Nicholas said, "moon, ooooo, moon!"

He ran over to this ramp and could have entertained himself forever with his antics there.
We were up way past bedtime, but boy was it worth it - oh, and so was that delicious deep fried Oreo we shared!