Iowa State Fair

On Wednesday August 14th we went to the Iowa State Fair.  We had decided at the beginning of the week that we would play it by ear on which day to go.  We wanted to go after Paul got off work but since we never know what time he's going to get home its hard to plan things  We just decided that if he gets off at a decent time then we would go that day.  The weather was absolutely wonderful, in the low 70's and it wasn't very crowded plus it was half price admission.  We tried fried cheese curds, the kids shared a foot long corn dog, I got a sweet corn corn dog and Paul got a jalapeno corn dog and at the end of the night a funnel cake, it was a yummy meal of fried food!

After getting dinner we went to the building with all the new baby farm animals.  And then on to Little Hands on the Farm, it is a little activity area that the kids can to farm chores and activities and then earn money to buy a treat from the country store.  

Next we checked out the butter cow and butter Abraham Lincoln and then we wandered through a few buildings.  We were able to do pretty much everything we wanted to do before we needed to head home since Leila was starting school the next day