New York State Fair

Last Thursday we went to the New York State Fair.  Lucky for us it is held right here in Syracuse, NY.  It was a lot of fun.  I had been to the Utah State Fair about 15 years ago with good family friends.  They took me to help distract me after I received the news that my dad's cancer had become terminal.  It was my Freshman year at BYU and it was only the 2nd or 3rd week of school.  

Anyway, Joseph looked in to the Fair and we were pleasantly surprised that tickets were so reasonable and that a discount was given for tickets purchased in advance.  Kids under 12 were free too!  Joseph had the day off from work so we got to the Fair early to avoid some of the crowds and we had a great time.

There was a really nice petting zoo: 

You could pay $3 to go into the parakeet house and have them land on you...
we didn't do this, but plenty of people did.  

This alpaca was SO soft.  I had no idea it's fur would be so soft.

This was a hungry giraffe and loved eating carrots that people fed to him.

There were some Army tanks that kids could explore and climb through.  You can imagine that Kimball was in HEAVEN!

One of my favorite things was seeing all of the farm animals.  There were cows, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, etc.  Your typical farm animals.  There were baby cows that were born the day before we visited and one calf that was born while we were at the fair, although, we didn't witness the birth.  They were rather cute.

Kimball is with a calf that was born in June.

Watching a sheep get a hair cut.

These piglets were only 3 weeks old.  They were cute.  It was fun watching
various piglet litters fighting over milk positions.

Here Kimball and Rebecah were riding on some cows.

We attended the Stunt Dog show.  It was neat to see some of the tricks these dogs could do.

Here is Kimball riding a dump truck ride.  I didn't get a pick of Rebecah on the carousel.

We had a great time at the fair.  The kids enjoyed their first taste of cotton candy.  I attended a cooking demonstration and won a door prize.  We saw a large butter sculpture and the "ball of death" where the motorcycles ride around.  I think while the kids are young and still enchanted with the Fair we will try to go regularly.