County Fair

The Sacramento County Fair is kind of an orphan stepchild to the California State Fair. Everyone knows the big State Fair, but the little County Fair -- held earlier in the year at the same site -- is much less of an extravaganza. We like it because it is inexpensive, low key, and a lot more personal.

Matthew, Joshua, Elizabeth, and I visited the fair today, the last day this year.

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• The weather is warming up; time for hoseplay with Joshua:
  

• Also time for the pool!:
  

• Elizabeth made a giant worksheet on orcas:
  

• Starting on the Ferris wheel:
  

• Joshua and Daddy are here, too:
  

• High over Sacramento:
  

• Pedal tractors!:
  

• He's built for speed:
  

• The home stretch:
  

• Now it's time to help Joshua:
  

• Baby brother is no slouch:
  

• Next, it's time for some ropin':
  

• Got one!:
  

• Git along, little dogie:
  

• Got another!:
  

• With Daddy on the bumper cars:
  

• Matthew is at the very top of this funhouse slide:
  

• Now he's at the bottom!:
  

• Back home, they still want to drive the car:
  

• They make the wipers and washers work, without a key:
  

Matthew played some midway games, and won a sword, a plush doggie, and a stuffed... orca! Coincidence????