3/4 Family Day at the Fair

Today we enjoyed the "Free Kids Day" held at the Skagit County Fairgrounds.

Initially the kids weren't interested in going. Spongebob was on TV.

I pulled the plug on that show (ha ha), roused the kids into action by assigning a few chores and promising them 'one eyed sandwiches' for breakfast.

After preparing the bread and the pan, it was discovered that we only had one egg.
Some days this would have meant big trouble was brewing, but somehow it turned into the Loaves & Fishes miracle and everyone managed to have a decent breakfast anyway.

Chores included cleaning the animal cages, vacuuming the playroom, sweeping the garage and straightening up their rooms. They weren't pleased about it, but after some initial squabbling, they teamed up and knocked those chores out pretty quickly.

Thanks kids. You're awesome!

Tanya was at her scrapbooking party for the day so the rest of us headed down to the Skagit County Fairgrounds for "Free Kids Day at the Skagit County Fairgrounds". Kind of a strange name for this event, but the kids were indeed free. So were the parents. So was parking.

The only thing missing was that no one was trying to give away any kids for free. That, and the Skagit County Fair isn't actually until August.

First off we stopped to watch the horses run through a course.

Then we proceeded to the first barn where I came across Don Smith from Cascadian Farm. Don is a spectacular artist, a former coworker and also a great hiking buddy. He is the guy responsible for getting the kids pictures on the Cascadian Farm frozen boxed vegetables about 9 years ago.

The kids got to plant some organic pumpkins at the Cascadian Farm stand and now they are on our window sill.

Next we watched some dogs practice on an agility course. They need a little more practice before the "Pay For Your Kids at the Skagit County Fairgrounds" starts in August.

Next we found a Boy Scout booth where Alexia made a wooden sail boat.

Mikayla ditched us to go find the animals. We ran into friends Venus and Aryanna. We found Mikayla in the Petting Zoo where they got to check out baby chicks, rabbits, turtles, frogs, pigs and kittens.
We also found a Llama that thought it was a poodle.

After that, Alexia made a bookmark, we watched some more dog agility training, bought some cotton candy and kettle corn before heading back home.

We give it a two thumbs up for good fun and a great change of pace.

On the way home we drove by the Skagit County Jail where our perp is still probably enjoying his unplanned Staycation. Here the kids demonstrate how that guy probably feels right now:

Our adventure at the fairgrounds was followed by having some friends over to swim, a relaxing dinner and some evening bike riding.

Some of us are heading back to the Woodland Park Zoo on Sunday. I'm not sure if anyone has issued a International Tourist Warning yet or not.

Surely nothing exciting will happen on THAT outing.

;)

~E