Davis County Fair

On Friday I took the kids to the Davis County Fair with my little brother and cousin. First we watched the alligator show where this couple did a bit about alligator awareness and safety stuff, while entertaining the audience with wrestling and catching an alligator in the process. My favorite part was when the guy poked the alligator's eyeballs. Apparently they normally poke up right, but can be pushed down into the skull as a protective maneuver. It worked out as they had planned because it was definitely fun and interesting.

They had free pony rides, all you had to do was waste half an hour of your life standing in line staring at Mountain America Credit Union advertisements. But it was worth it to see Corbin ride his little pony around in a circle for 2 minutes.


We then passed the carnival rides, and Corbin wanted to go in, so I gave him a dollar and told him he could pick one ride to go on. Of course he forgoes the rides and chooses to spend his dollar to play on the inflatable bouncer instead. Oh well, as long as he has fun, right?


We then watched Matt and Eric go for a helicopter ride before finishing our adventure at the petting zoo. There were some cool animals along with about a billion goats. And Corbin insisted on petting every one of them. He literally would not skip any, and he would have to sit there and wait if one was in the middle of the pen and he couldn't reach it until it came closer.


Although why he liked them so much, I do not know, as they kept trying to everything and everyone is sight. I think a lot of people went home with small holes in their clothes.



Check out the horns on that thing! I forgot what kinda of animal it was.


For some reason I really wanted him to pet this buffalo. I mean how many people can say they have petted a buffalo?

They also had a cow that they were letting little kids milk and I was so excited for Corbin to try it. We waited in line for our turn, got all the way up there and were walking up on the platform when I finally realized, duh! He is allergic to milk, he can't touch it, milk is literally squirting everywhere. So he got to watch the lady demonstrate how milk comes from cows and then we moved on. Poor kid, he did get to brush one instead though.


On our way out to the parking lot we passed one of those little cutouts that you stick your head in, and I tried to get a picture with both of the kids. Somehow in the 5 pictures we took, Makelle was sweet and smiling and looking right at the camera in every one of them. And Corbin was staring off in some random direction in every one of them. How is it that the baby can focus better than her older brother?