OC Fair

The moms in our ward have dubbed Wednesdays as the "Boredom Buster" day. It was apparently started at the beginning of the summer for older children who are on summer break and each week one mom hosts a field trip. Some of the activities are beyond Parker's appreciation, but last Wednesday we joined the group at a park with a splash pad and yesterday we went to the OC Fair. I'm not sure how it worked with the older kids, but for the younger ones, we all just showed up after naptime. Unfortunately we didn't see any other kids from the ward... or maybe we just didn't recognize them- we're still getting to know people, but it was still lots of fun! Kids under 5 are free and I got in free with some clothes donations. All we had to pay for was parking. Score!

We started at the petting zoo. You could buy food to feed the animals for $5, which we opted not to do... obviously. I'm not spending five bucks on a handful of stinky little hay pellets. Plus, Parker wouldn't know what to do with them anyway. Well, when a little old grandma offered some to Parker, I was sure he'd eat them himself or just throw them on the ground. I was so surprised to see that after he watched some other little kids feeding the animals, Parker knew what to do with those pellets. Granted, he was too scared to actually open up his little hand and we left without the food being eaten, but it was cute nonetheless.

We then made our way to the other animals- camels, birds, goats and Clydesdales. Then we stumbled upon the arts and crafts tent and next the food competition tent. It was so awesome! We saw everything from quilts and paintings to cookies and cakes. We were there about two hours and Parker was so good! No crying and he didn't even get antsy from being in his stroller for such a long time.