Ag Days 2011

For the past three years, we've been to Ag Days in the late winter at the 4H Fair, and this year, it was our first outing as a family of four! We loaded up the kiddos (got ourselves dressed and out of the house in two hours - we're working on improving that time!) and headed on down to the "ferris wheel" as Henry called it. It is 100% kid friendly, with stations to visit, animals to see, and tractors to sit in. I'll let you guess which part was Henry's favorite.

First, some animals:

He was really into touching all the animals this year - goats, rabbits, dogs, cows, you name it.

The stations are all farm oriented of course, with apples to pick, cotton to pick, and cows to milk. For some reason, Henry thought he had to stick his tongue out when he took this picture. I have about five other copies, all with his tongue out. We figured out later that maybe the kid in front us stuck his tongue out, but we didn't notice but Henry did. Silly boy and silly Dad!
He really liked milking the cow this year. Last year, not so much, but this year, definitely.

He did a really good job roping the cow too, swinging around the lasso. So serious. Must have been all of his cowboy practice at Halloween.

Did you guess which activity was Henry's favorite? Yep, he couldn't wait to get to the tractors, trucks, and diggers.

I love his face here!

what did Maggie do this whole time? Slept in her car seat of course! What a good girl!

It's hard to tell, but hiding behind the screen in this crate are two little piglets. They were only 2-3 weeks old, same age as Maggie! She's so little all buried down in there

And one more tractor for good measure, the big one outside. He's so little all by himself up there

A fun first family outing, much needed by everyone. Henry really enjoyed his time at the 4H fair, and I really enjoyed being able to experience a family adventure with two children (even if one slept the whole time).

And yes, the next day, we got out of the house in a record 45 minutes, all spiffy and ready for church! :)