On Saturday, Jeff, Danny, the girls, my Dad and I all went to the LA County Fair. It was a big occassion as it was the first time both girls went to a day event without their strollers. Daniel had recently sold them in a garage sale so we were going with the "big girls walk" theme. We arrived pretty early and each scored pretty good parking. Our goal was to hit the exhibits, visit the animals and then games and rides.
We had read that there was a traveling circus, Princess Faire and Jurassic Park exhibit going on so we headed in that direction first. We came upon the circus first where we saw that they were having elephant rides, train rides and a pony ride. The girls balked at the elephants (they were large and no one was riding) so we walked down to the pony rides. BOTH girls (wow Kalea!) wanted to ride so they stood in line and paid for their ticket. They loved it! Don't they look cute?
After that adventure, Brooklyn was now couragous enough to ride the elephant. Kalea decided to opt out - I'm actually thinking her exact words were NOOOOOO. Danny and Brooklyn rode the elephant together (after a brief time out when the elephant decided to do #1). Brooky had so much fun that Kalea began to cry she wanted to go. To distract her, Jeff and Dad took her on the mini train ride where I know she enjoyed herself.
On our way to the Princess Faire, they had an ice sculpture exhibit for $1 each. Danny, the girls and myself all went it. You wrapped a fleece blanket around you and walked through the cool ice sculptures. It was cold!!! Cold and cool!
After that we walked over to the Princess Faire. They had a cute little play house full with a stove, cupboards and food. The girls played there for awhile and then Brooky decided to try on the princess dresses. Honestly, they were gross! Dirty and I kept imagining all the sick kiddos breathing on them. She dressed up fast and then disinfected with some antibacterial. The girls made little foam crowns that they ended up wearing for part of the afternoon.
After that we walked over to the Jurassic Park exhibit where both girls needed to be reminded that they were indeed fake dinosaurs and not going to eat them.
We then walked over to the animals where Kalea enjoyed herself way more that last year. Last year she was miserable and kept holding her nose saying "stinky!". This time she did not complain about the smell once and even tried to pet the animals through the gates. At one point during the bunnies, Brooky shouted "Next time we should surprise Aunty Shasha with a new bunny". Ahh Brooky! So cute.
