Fair Day for the Bradleys

We went to the fair on Tuesday. The children have been counting down the days. Shane even took off so we could all go as a family. Honestly, I don't think I would have taken all 5 to the fair without him. That would be TOO hard!!




We had a fun time. The fair had free admission and parking between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., so that was a plus. I think it was probably the best time to go.





My oldest, Sweet Pea, entered some art work and some arts and crafts for the fair. She won first place for a pillow that she entered. I entered a knit hat, as well as baby pictures of two of my children. The photograph of my youngest won an Honorable mention. It was nice for us to win some prizes. We're happy.




We really enjoyed the animals. I think our favorite animal at the fair was a camel. The camel that was at the fair was really cute. Shane and I have been watching Lawrence of Arabia for the past few days. We both thought it was so cool that they rode on camels. We talked about how cool it would be to ride one. We had no idea that we would see a real camel at the fair. Now, after seeing the cute camel, Shane said that he wants to get one. He said that I'll have goats, and he'll have camels. Can you even keep camels in Tennessee? Does it get too cold for them? Us and our crazy dreams. My children liked the Little Buckaroo Barn. It had a milking simulator. My children really got into that. Sweet Pea said that she was practicing for the milking contest at the International Goat Days Festival. There was also a combine harvester for the children to sit in and watch a video about harvesting. We ended up spending a lot of time there.



Of course we let the children ride a few rides. I was too chicken to ride on anything, but Shane rode a couple of big kid rides with Sweet Pea.




Overall, we had a fun day. The fair is not going to be in Memphis next year, so I am not sure if we will travel the extra miles to go next year. We'll see.