Utah State Fair

On Wednesday David and I drove to Salt Lake to go to the State Fair with his Aunt Bekah. Once we got to the fair we headed straight to see all the animals. David's favorite animals were by far the goats. I think that's because they were just starting to show the goats, so they were all outside of their pins where David could get up close and pet them all. Plus, the goats all seemed to be a little closer to his size than the giant dairy cows.

Next we headed over to the 'Little Farm Hands' exhibit of the fair. David wasn't quite old enough to really get what was going on...but it made for some cute pictures anyway. The main idea of the 'Little Farm Hands' was to teach the kids the process of how food gets to the grocery stores. First you had to put corn in your basket and go feed the cow. Next you would milk the cow and put a little milk carton in your basket. Then you would go pick and apple, plant and pick some vegetables and put each of those in your basket...and so on. At the end you went and 'sold' your food at the Farmer's Market and with the money you had earned you went to the little grocery store and were able to pick out a yummy treat. As you can tell from the rash on David's cheek he enjoyed his treat! (it was a granola bar) For those of you who don't know, David get this rash anytime he eats something new. We've talked to his doctors about it and they aren't sure what is causing the rash. It happens with EVERY new food he tries, but once he has eaten that food for a week or two the rash seems to lessen. The Dr.'s aren't too worried about it because it doesn't seem to bother David (it doesn't itch or get hot or become raised), it is only on his cheek, and 5 min. after he is done eating it is usually completely gone. Anyway....regardless of the rash we had a great time at the fair!