Adam and Zach's new favorite place to go is the Kansas State Fair. We went with a neighbor and two of her boys, so that made the trip even more fun. We saw day old lambs and watched them being fed by a bottle. We oohed and aahed over the "champion" rabbits, saw a typewriter from the late 1800s and little robots made from spare car parts. We walked through the turkey and chicken cages, but Adam "didn't like it in there" so we quickly found a side exit (I believe there is another Dyer who would agree with Adam). We put our hands in different buckets of grain like corn, wheat and sunflower seeds. We took pictures with our heads stuck through sunflowers, and saw the popular butter sculpture.
The first highlight of the day was the slushy machine where you could choose from about 15 different flavors. All the boys filled their cups with at least five different flavors. This is Luke and Caleb, our friends, filling up their cups.
The first highlight of the day was the slushy machine where you could choose from about 15 different flavors. All the boys filled their cups with at least five different flavors. This is Luke and Caleb, our friends, filling up their cups.
The boys also had a blast playing in the John Deere tractors. This is Caleb and Zach.
The four boys "saving the earth from the grass." Adam and Luke are in the front, Zach and Caleb are in back.
And Zach.
We watched the scary skeleton at the "Ye Old Mill" ride. For those of you who have been to the Kansas State Fair, that ride has been a staple at the Fair since 1915. We also laughed and shook hands with "Oscar," the State Fair robot. We rode the train and the skyride (which, according to Zach was "totally awesome"), and watched the equistrian acrobatics perform tricks while standing, kneeling and even doing a headstand, on the back of a horse. The boys climbed in and around a fire engine and got to try on the fireman's gear.
As a reference, here's how much food, admission and rides cost in 2009:
As a reference, here's how much food, admission and rides cost in 2009:
Admission : $14 (Kids age five and under were free, so we didn't have to pay for Zach)
2 slushy drinks: $8
3 train rides: $7.50
3 sky rides: $9
Lunch: $26 (2 cheeseburgers, fries, nachos, a lemonade and a water)
3 ice creams: $9
Here are the four boys.
Here are the four boys.
The two moms spent the day saying things like "walk, don't run," "if you ask me again about the ice cream, you won't get any," "don't touch," "watch where you are walking" and "I said no."
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Fun!! The Missouri State Fair is in mid-August-- too hot and just as the kids go back to school.
I don't remember the "Old Mill" ride with the scary skeleton. Did we do that? I just remember looking at the exhibits and once seeing the group "Alabama" at the Grandstand. I think that was with MBY, as strange as that sounds.
Did you go to the Yoder Mennonite church booth and get some of that yummy pie?
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