All's Fair

Aunt Genie and Uncle Jared were in town this weekend. We dragged them to the Arkansas State Fair. I have been itching to take peanut there since it opened last week. I wanted her to see all the animals we read about in books.

She was a little timid around the cow. COWS ARE BIG. I imgine much bigger than she probably thought they were. She was curious but wanted to be sure that she was all cuddled up on me. I don't think she pet the cow, but she didn't have any objection to me petting him while holding her.

We also got to pet a goat and a duckling. She tried to pinch the head off the duckling. (that didn't go over to well with the duckling) We also saw chickens and a horse. The chickens were way more exciting than the horse.

AND THEN, we got to ride the merry go round. The merry go round was the only ride she was big enough to ride. She LOVED it. She was totally excited even before we started moving. When it started moving, it totally blew her mind. She was smiling and looking all around seeing how things operated and waving to her daddy. I felt kinda sick watching the world spin around so much, but she was about as happy as they come.

We also did the race for the Cure this weekend. Peanut kept telling everyone that "daddy races's cars." She knew we were going to race, but kept talking about cars because i don't think she understood it was a foot race. She raced with me in May and June, but maybe she didn't have the words for it them. For the last 2 blocks, she walked or ran it in on her own. She loved it. She would run, fall, and run some more. She kept saying "Peanut race. Peanut run fast." That race is a lot of fun with a kid because they hand out beads and things along the way. Plus there are bands and people dressed up in costumes. We saw fire engines and police cars as well.

To top the weekend off, we went to the Jewish food festival today. Peanut wasn't terribley into the food. There was a lot of running down by the "water" to be done. The festival was fun, and I think the food was better this year than it has been in years past. But, it made me miss my friend Meryl a lot. I get to see her in a month, so maybe missing isn't what I am feeling as much as anticipation for her visit.

Peanut's big trick this week was to pretend like she was a monster. She growls at us "ROWR" while opening her mouth really wide and acting like she is going to claw us. She is still really big into the color orange, but now has added red to the mix. She is also really big into being changed. She wants to be changed almost constantly. I think she is looking to see how it is done so she can do it to her babies. We have to take the diaper cream ("butter") away from her because she will rub it all over her babies. She is a mess that one.