A Day @ The Wharton County Youth Fair

Friday was 'Fair Day' for EBISD students. Our tradition the past few years has been taking the kids for an early breakfast and then off to the fairgrounds. This year we had a guest, my nephew Justin! He is such a joy to have around and seems to have a special bond to his Aunt April. My "Punkin" was attached at the hip to me for the past couple days...which I ate up.

Our first stop was the carousel, which he wasn't too sure of at first. Andrew loves horses and using his wild imagination pretended he was riding a real horse. Next were the race cars. This was Justin's favorite ride which he rode 5-6 times, several in a row. Aliska & Andrew rode the bumper cars and then took Justin thru the Fun House. This was a close 2nd for Justin. He made Aliska take him thru it 4 times in a row. He kept telling her, "gain, chicky, gain!" Trey was off riding all the big rides with his friends. Last year those rides didn't agree with Aliska so much, so this year she was more selective of which ones she rode.

As it neared noon, the park was getting more crowded and the temperature was rising. It was time to head to the petting zoo and then look at all the exhibits. Justin loved the animals in the petting zoo...as long as he was my 2nd skin!! I think his favorite exhibits were the bunnies and the "big cows". What a wonderful day with my kiddos and nephew! Great start to a GREAT weekend!