The Big Fresno Fair 2017

Stars aligned and Jon and I had an afternoon that we could both be away from the office and Reed had an early release from school so we headed to the fair with the boys. We hit up the kiddy rides, a not so kiddy ride, the horse races (the boys were obsessed), visited Megan who was showing Peter Porker for her high school FFA program, a log rolling demonstration, the agriculture displays, and of course some carnival games. The boys had a blast and so did Jon and I. We have big plans of spending an afternoon at the horse races with the boys next year and can't wait to do it all again!

Family Fun at the Fair

On Thursday Reed had his semi-annual Allergist appointment and Jon was able to make time to come along which was great because I don't love having both boys with me for these appointments and he has so much more experience with allergies and asthma I never feel like I get all of his questions answered when I go solo (probably because I'm busy with two kids). Anyway it was a good appointment, the doctor spent a bunch of time with us, we are tweaking Reed's medicine routine a little, and have plans in the next year to have his lungs tested and also to have a blood test done to see if he's possibly outgrown any of his food allergies.

After the lengthy doctors visit we grabbed an early lunch at Chipotle and headed to The Big Fresno Fair (fair food and Reed don't really mingle well). We managed to go to the animal barn, the Egypt exhibit where we met up with the Parkinsons, take photo booth pictures, and spend time at the Kiddie Carnival. This was Kieran's first time at the Fair and it was crazy to think that the last time we were there I was only weeks away from having him. The kids were both pretty tired and passed out almost the minute we buckled them into their car seats (fyi . . .that is water not soda in the picture down below). There was definitely a lot more they would have loved doing so I think we will be going back for many years to come!!!

 

 

 

The Big Fresno Fair

Growing up the Fair was always in town for my Birthday so I have fond memories of going with my family to celebrate a few times. We decided to renew the tradition this year since Reed is now old enough to enjoy some of the exhibits and even a ride. Hopefully we can indulge in fair food with him in a few years, but we weren't ready to attempt that yet. Instead we went to In-N-Out after and this Mommy even got to enjoy the incognito shake that I have been craving!

The Little Guy was pretty overwhelmed the whole time we were at the Fair - not scared, just unusually quiet and with a constant expression of amazement. We hit up the pig races where Reed got a prime view from Jon's shoulders. Then we went to the livestock and horticulture barns, the mutton bustin races, the Merry-go-Round, ball toss, local fruit/veggie display, and then caught a few songs by an a cappella group that was performing. Even though he was a bit stunned he walked most of the time only being carried once it got really crowded and we wanted to leave. Of course the moment we walked out the gates our normal Chatter Box started in asking to go back for more games and telling us about all of the animals he saw.

Reed was a little slow to understand how the Merry-Go-Round works and despite mine and Jon's best efforts we never quite got a good picture of him looking at me. Did I mention I wasn't allowed to ride because I was pregnant? Ridiculous!

Reed's general expression during our
whole time at the Fair!