Yesterday we made our traditional kindergarten trip to the State Fair, which coincides with reading Charlotte's Web aloud. We had a great time; the boys rode the bumper cars and a "dizzy dragons" ride in which the cars-- shaped like dragons-- spin around rather gently. We saw an exhibit about toys, rode the monorail, went through the rainforest "experience," saw one of the livestock barns and the chickens/rabbits/guinea pig building which has the advantage of being air conditioned, went into the insect pavillion, saw the baby pigs in the animal birthing area, and saw a balloon-animal demonstration. We ate lots of junk food of course, and I had the worst chocolate ice cream I've ever had-- quite a let down as one expects fair food the be extremely tasty! The best part (for me) is the kids posed for a caricature artist and I have the neatest picture of the kids! Our youngest two, the artist nailed-- they look very much like themselves. The expression on our 5 year old is perfect! In the drawing, our soon-to-be-nine year old looks slightly like the Bill Clinton of political newspaper cartoons, which he looks nothing like in real life!

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