One of the girls' most favorite times of the year is fair time. They love the whole thing - the food, rides, animals, and taking projects. This year, each of them took a painting and a flower. Aubrey also took a photograph of our cat "Rosie Posie". Danielle came down for the fair - she's gone with us the past three years. We went every day and even took the girls to the demo this year. It was pretty hot out - much different than last year, but we all had a good time. It was fun to be able to spend time together and look at all of the different things. The food was great too!
We took the girls to the demo this year. Brad (Calvin's brother) was in it, and we thought it might be fun for them to watch him. Calvin's aunt saved us great seats in the grandstands (we sat on the second row), so we could see really well. We brought the girls earphones to try and block the sound, because it is so loud. Chloe didn't want to wear her "white telephones", but changed her mind as soon as the first car came out. Both girls looked hilarious, especially Chloe, because their little faces looked so fat. We also had to block flying mud with a blanket. Brad ended up winning the whole thing, so it was really exciting to be there and watch that.
At the petting zoo this year they had calves, goats, a pony, chicks, ducks, and bunnies. The girls pet almost everything and loved going there to look at the animals. I think we were there at least three times. Each of them tried to hold a chick but weren't quite ready to do it by themselves.
A rare moment - Chloe walking with Daddy
One of the girls' favorite parts of the fair is riding on rides. Aubrey wanted to ride them the first day we went to the fair, but I told her we had to wait and ride them with Daddy. So, on Saturday, they finally got to ride on rides. I wasn't sure if Chloe would actually ride on them - I thought for sure she would chicken out - but she didn't. She loved them as much as Aubrey did.
This year I decided to take a sewing project to the fair. I had bought a pattern for a $1 and decided to try sewing a dress for Aubrey. While it was challenging (and took a while to figure out), I was able to sew everything but the zipper by myself. After getting Aubrey's dress done, I thought it would be cute to make Chloe a matching one. So, a couple weeks before the fair started, I began one for Chloe. I was a little panicked about getting it done on time, but managed to finish with a few days to spare. The dresses turned out great! The girls then had to model them in the fashion show at the fair twice. The first time they just had to be judged and did great. The second time was in front of lots of people and they did pretty good. Aubrey, of course, did awesome and walked like we had practiced. Chloe needed me to hold her hand as she walked down the runway, but overall did pretty good too.
On Sunday, we took the girls to the tiger show. It lasted about 25 minutes and we had to sit directly in the sun. The guy talked about each tiger at first, so they only ended up doing tricks for about 10 minutes. The girls enjoyed it though. Chloe even sat in the stroller watching for about 20 minutes, which is really good for her.
