Fun at the Pierce County Fair

Since we would not be in Washington for the Puyallup fair, we made sure we went to the Pierce County Fair.

 Here is Benny on one of his favorite rides, the rollercoaster!

 He really enjoyed riding in this car.

 We even did the bumper cars!

 Poor Timmy!  He was sad that he was not tall enough to go on any of the rides.  The nice lady who ran this ride let him do this one.  It was a big bear that spun around while it turned around.  I made sure we were not spinning too fast and Timmy had a blast.

Puyallup Fair 2010

Here are some more pictures from the fair. Here is Benny and Xander with their banana hats! We always stop by the barn where the kids can pet the animals.

This is part of the fair where you can see how life was like in the Pioneer days.

Here is Benny grinding corn.

Here we are doing some laundry.

Puyallup Fair 2010 The Rides

We had a blast at the Puyallup Fair this year. Benny's new friend Xander had never been to the fair, so Benny had a great time showing him around. Benny was not only old enough to ride the rides, he was also tall enough. It helped that his buddy Xander was excited about riding the rides too.

Benny loved this boat ride. It was the only ride that he cried when he had to get off.

Here is Benny and Xander riding the fire truck ride. It is like the Rush Street Flyer ride at Six Flags (Grandpa should remember that ride).

Here is the helicopter ride. I wasn't so sure about this one because it went up and down as well as around and around. I think Benny felt safe with his friend.

This was the first ride Benny wanted to go on. He had a great time.

Benny liked visiting the fire station at the Fair. Xander wasn't interested in putting on the coat, but Benny did.

More Fair Pictures

Here are more pictures from the Fair.

These are turkey chicks. Benny liked talking to them.

Benny liked the petting farm. Here he is giving a pigmy goat a hug. He had fun chasing the goats around.

Here we are making Benny's frisbee. The frisbee is spinning around and we just squirted paint on it. Benny picked out the color of the frisbee. He actually said red.

Here he is with his bug antenna. He picked out the color for the band as well as the pipe cleaners. He had fun crawling like a bug through this fake log.

Here Grandpa, Benny is helping mill some corn. We have the corn that he milled. We plan to put it in a feeder in the back yard.

Puyallup Spring Fair

Back on April 16th we took Benny to the Puyallup Spring Fair. He had a great time. He really enjoyed looking at all of the animals. They had set up a special area in one of the buildings for young kids. Benny had a lot of fun there. He played with Legos, painted a frisbee, saw some reptiles and even made some bug antenna and crawled through a "log".

This picture is for Aunt Jill. Benny liked touching this turtle.

Benny went running over to where they were doing free face painting. I don't think he really knew what was going on, but he sat still long enough for them to put some paw prints on his hand. Sadly the paw prints washed off by the days end.

This was some sort of contraption that kids could bang on and make music. Benny was so into this until he saw the Legos.

They had something called Dock Dogs. It turns out that they set up a big pool and dogs would show off their jumping skills to go fetch a ball or stick that was thrown into the pool. Benny just loved it! He really likes dogs!

Here is the pool.

Do the Puyallup!

We had a great time at the fair this year. We spent 6 hours there. Benny had fun walking around. We found out that he has to be 2 years old to go on the rides as well as meet the height and weight restrictions. Oh well, there is always next year! Here are some pictures of the fair.

Benny liked looking at these baby chicks. He also liked looking at the horses in the horse barn.
Here he is trying to pet a goat. He was more interested in chasing them.
Benny and daddy at the pumpkin patch. They actually had seeds for these big pumpkins for sale but we didn't buy any.
There is one place I always like to stop and that is the woodcarvers display. This guy makes carvings using a chainsaw. They had this little ride on yak that was just the right size for Benny. We didn't buy it (this time).

Update

Sorry I haven't updated this in awhile. A lot has been going on. Brad had a few overtime shifts and I have been busy with work.

Most of you know that the "unofficial" word is that Seattle will let Brad go January of 2010. The last we heard is that Allentown has yet to respond to that offer. We may go earlier but we just don't know. We are planning for the January date for now.

Yesterday we went to the Puyallup Fair. Benny had a great time looking at all the farm animals. He wasn't too interested in petting them though. I hope to have pictures up this weekend.

Also, next week we fly to Chicago for a few days and then on to my parent's house. I am so looking forward to this trip. My parents haven't seen Benny since he was 2 months old. Well, that's all for now. I hear the little guy waking up from his nap and I have to get dinner started.