Nothing too exciting, but I thought I would let the world know that I have now been to the state fair for the first time in my life. Growing up we were never the fair type of family and pathetically, I've only been to the fair in Logan once too. Well I guess technically twice, my grandma took me, Jesse, and our cousin Zac to the fair one year and then the year after I graduated high school I entered some pictures I took (yes, the kind where you actually had to develop your own film - gasp, no digital!). To my surprise, I actually won a purple ribbon for one of them. Anyway, back the State Fair.
Wanting my child to grow up "cultured" and all, plus the fact that I got a great discount coupon for being a state employee, I thought Pearl and I would venture to the fair last Friday to check out the animals. Kind of sad, but Pearl had never seen a real life cow, pig, horse, sheep, chicken, or goat before. That's what you get when you live in the city I guess. I had no idea how big the state fair was! It was like one giant white-trash carni-ride party. The bummer part was we couldn't find any Navajo tacos for lunch. I knew they had to be somewhere but by the time we had wandered around Pearl was starving so we went with the good 'ole hot dog and burger. Pearl absolutely loved the animals. I thought she might be scared of the cows, I mean these things were huge, but she loved every minute of it. I felt bad for some of them because they had udders so big they couldn't even walk. I swear their udders were only a couple inches off the ground. Anyone who has breastfed a baby can now understand the joke that you feel like a cow some days feeding a baby all day long! At first Pearl figured all these animals were giant doggies but then she seemed to get that they were different because they certainly didn't make doggie noises (or smell like a dog). Her favorite animals were the baby cows and the bunnies. She was so excited to see them and kept wanting to touch all of them. She ran up and down the stalls pointing and waving at all the animals. People just stood there and watched Pearl because she was so excited by all these new things. They had the biggest pig I've ever seen, a huge pack goat with long horns, and a really freaky looking chicken. The thing was just a white feather fluff ball, legs, beak, and all. It was weird.
Cute bunny rabbits! There were some pretty tiny babies and then giant, freaky looking rabbits. This had to be the stinkiest exhibit by far.
Here's that freaky looking chicken! OK so maybe not freaky but not like any chicken I've ever seen.
Pearl kept trying to get this sheep to come over so she could pet it or poke it's eyes, I'm not sure which. All the sheep must have just had baths and been shaved for a show because they were wearing these blanket things to keep the straw and poop off of them.Things were going great until my camera suddenly broke right in the middle of the goats. It was hard enough trying to push a stroller, keep Pearl from getting too close to the animals, and take pictures of her all while trying to get a really cute shot of her with the animals when wham! Nothing, yep nothing. The stupid camera just died - it wouldn't turn on or off. URGHHHHH!!!! Not only was I ticked that I didn't get any good pictures of Pearl or us together, but now Jeff was going to kill me because I broke the camera. Everything seems to break when I'm using it, driving it, or just in the same room as it. You would think we might take this opportunity to buy a super nice (and expensive) camera like we've wanted, but seeing as how I just forked out over 2 grand for tuition this semester, we decided to order a cheaper digital camera instead. Maybe for Christmas or my birthday, sigh. It should be here sometime this week and thank goodness! I had no idea how many pictures I take. All day Jeff kept saying "oh this is a cute picture, get the camera" or "Pearl is cute take a picture" all while giggling at me. Real funny, ha ha.
Other than the fair, nothing much to report. I'm been trying to be a good girl and not blog or play on Facebook so I can stay caught up on homework and hopefully finish up my internship in the next week or two. Jeff is in some major "wii" pain - his left shoulder has got some serious issues from too much Wii sports (it doesn't help that he has bad shoulders as it is and that he's already had surgery on one of them). And Pearl, well she's into playing peek-a-boo with anyone she can, actually made it through all of church today, and can point to her belly button, nose, eyes, and piggy toes. We're still working on the ears... funny because most days we think they're painted on anyway the way she listens or should I say doesn't listen.
