The Fair!

I'm not feeling like much of a Wisconsinite, but I just do not have a ton to say about Ben's first trip to the State Fair.  However, thanks to an ample number of pictures, it gets its own post anyway.  I guess I had never really thought about it much before, but thanks to some farm-loving coworkers, I started thinking about the whole basis of the fair.  While I am pretty sure the rides and games in the midway outnumber the animals, those darn creatures are the reason for the season!  That being said, there were barely any animals left by day 8 of the fair.  Ben did get to go to the fair with Nana earlier in the week though.  He made sure to pick up a 6-pack of creme puffs to go while he was there.  Such a thoughtful guy.  He didn't even eat one!

Back to the animals.  The one animal that there was no shortage of was the cow.   I suppose this makes sense since we are in Wisconsin and all.  There were a few more cow pictures, but then I realized the cow was pooping in the pics, so I opted to leave those out.

I'd say Ben was mildly impressed, at best.  However, he did seem to enjoy driving the "got milk?" truck.

We met up with some of my friends from work and ate and drank some fair food.  I think the most disgusting exotic option was the krispy kreme donut cheeseburger.  While you couldn't have paid me to take a bite of that thing, apparently it is a surprisingly tasty combo.   I decided to go for the...chicken sandwich.  

After wandering around for awhile, we came across the kids farm area, which helped the game/ride to animal ratio.  Oddly enough, this is also the time that Ben got hungry, so he missed most of these animals.  

Although the animals didn't really do it for Ben, he was quite intrigued by the sky glider.  Thankfully, he didn't ask if he could go for a ride. 

He was equally interested in one of the games with lots of lights.  (And the goofy guy running said game.)  Again, I am happy that he happily settled for (free) momma smooches instead of wanting to play a game or go on a ride!

All in all, it was a great night.  Then again, what night with my guys isn't great?