Goats, cows and pigs, Oh My!!!

We recently took the kids to the Lake County Fair in Grayslake, IL.  When we told Max what we would see there, he was set on seeing the cows first!  He even had to make sure he told the parking attendant that we were going to see the cows and hear them "mooooo!"  I swear this kid will talk to anyone!  It worries me a bit.  I think we need to start talking about "stranger danger!"

So our trip to the fair started off by enjoying a jumbo corn dog and lemon shake up.  Then we walked through the 4-H exhibits and exited towards the animals.  On our way we stopped to see the Budweiser  Clydesdales.  We were surprised to see one of them was named "Ace."

Next, we moved on to the goats, followed by the chickens, rabbits, turkeys, cows and lastly the pigs.

"Hi goat!"

After all of the animal excitement, we went in the small petting zoo where Max was able to pet a llama, calf, pigs, chickens and goats.  Max then spotted the carousel ride and said he wanted to ride it.  I knew very well that he was not going to ride it, however, I couldn't tell him no so I proceeded to buy two tickets so he could ride.  We walked around until he picked his horse.  I went to put him on it and the panic set in!  He would not even sit on it.  There was no way he would ride it!  I don't even think the "new bike bribe" would have worked on this one!  So we walked out.  I gave the two tickets to a little girl who was going to ride and we moved on.  By now Finley needed to eat, so we headed back inside.  There Max played in the Ag Adventure where he picked an apple off a tree, a potato out of the dirt (sand), a flower out of a greenhouse, a pumpkin, milked (water) a cow, picked a carrot and finally had to sort all of the items back into the appropriate bin.  It was pretty cute and kept him occupied for a short time.  They also had a sandbox full of corn kernels to play in.  He really liked that.  

Lastly, we had some popcorn for a snack and then headed home.  All in all a great day and everyone was happy (minus carousel freak out) and had fun!  I think we should definitely make this a yearly trip!