LA County Fair 2012

We absolutely love going to the LA County Fair and have enjoyed it since I was young and used to enter items into the fair.  The first Saturday in September was the opening day and so we jumped at the chance to go, plus they were having a special for $1 admission.  When we got there we knew that we had to head straight for the children's farm-to-store area first because we were anticipating that it would get crowded and didn't want to miss it, or stand in line for forever to go through.  Just like last year, Makenna had such a great time planting,

milking,

picking,

and shopping (Her favorite part!!) at the kids farm-to-store area.

This year she was a pro!  She knew just what to do without us having to give her many directions.

Next, we saw that they had pony rides.  Last year we would have never dreamed of putting her on a pony, but this year she was excited to go.  She hoped right onto the horse without reservation and had fun being trotted around and around.

We then headed over to see the animals.  We looked at all of the chickens and bunnies and then went over to the petting zoo area.  Now last year Makenna would not touch or allow any of the animals to touch her without a shriek of fear.  This year she started off being very timid and scared of the animals, but who can really blame her when the animals are as tall or almost as tall as she is.  But by the end of the time daddy did a good job of helping to show her that they were nice and that they wanted to be pet.  And she got braver and attempted to pet them.  You can see on her face though that she still wasn't sure about them but we were proud of her for trying.

They didn't stay in the petting zoo for long and and so Kyler and I just hung out and waited for daddy and Makenna to get through with the petting zoo.

We stopped and got food at Pink's hot dog stand.  And then we made our way over to another kids area for knights and princesses.  Makenna dressed up in a green Tinkerbell dress that was WAY too big for her and she kept tripping over it:-)  She colored on the chalkboard and colored a castle picture with crayons.

After deciding that the princess costume just wasn't working out, she decided to wear princess heals and sing with the microphone instead.

And what princess is complete without a crown?

After seeing the majority of what we had come to see, and because it was so unbearably hot, we decided to call it a day and head back home.  We had a lot of fun at the fair and look forward to going back again next year when Kyler will be able to participate in more of the activities.