Iowa State Fair - Nothing Compares!

Today's the last day of the Iowa State Fair. Q absolutely loved it both times we went. We went the first Sunday with the Davis family. The weather could not have been more perfect. The theme this year is "Nothing Compares." At first, it reminded me of Sinaed O'Connor's song, Nothing Compares 2 U, but then I thought about it a little more, and I'm convinced it's referring to the people watching. Nothing really does compare to that.  I did, however, have that song in my head most of the day.

Q was ready to roll on the John Deere tractor

We broke the rules and did Little Hands on the Farm. It's really only for ages 2-10, which neither kid met, but they were nice and didn't kick us out.

Q said apple when he picked the apples

both kiddo's were zonked out after a couple hours

"Tiny" the big boar weighed in at 1,196 pounds. Thats a lot
of bacon

The big Bull - Bubba weighed in at 2,768 pounds. 

There were 61 of these little cows around the fairgrounds. We
managed to get Q on about 20 of them total. 

The only time Q cried, was when we took him away from the
water. He wanted to sit and just hang out there awhile. 

bye bye Fair part 1. 

Part 2 was done in 2 parts. We went on Saturday with Bobbie and Dylan in the morning. Vera (Bobbie's mom) joined us for the afternoon edition.

Once again, we started bright and early. We had a set time to arrive, of course we were both late, but still managed to park a row and a car way from each other. Amazingly enough, we managed to park in the same row and about 20 cars between us when we back in the afternoon. How's that for timing?

Once again, we did Little Hands on the Farm. Dylan and Q both loved it, and I'm sure it will be a repeat for next year.

Dylan loved the Big Yellow slide. It's by far my favorite
"ride" (If you can call it that) too. 

We took a little break for a morning snack. Q ate the entire
banana. He's been a little monkey these last few days. 

Spin Art is now a tradition. Q made a very nice, very blue
masterpiece. 

We found a table with some chalk in the garden park. We
might have to get Q some of his very own sidewalk chalk.

After the morning session, the kids went home to nap. Q actually fell asleep while at the fair, and didn't nap much once we got home. That didn't seem to stop him from having a good time in the afternoon though.

As we waited in line at the pork producers, Dylan leaned in
to give Q a kiss. It was ADORABLE!!!

The fair was officially complete as we saw 3 people arrested on our way out. The midway never ceases to amaze me.

We thoroughly enjoyed each time we went to the fair and can't wait until next year.