Addison County Fair

Luckily we did not have any run-ins with airports or emergency rooms last weekend. Aiden recovered nicely from his croup (as you can see he's enjoying the garden bounty above) and we headed to Lake Champlain to do as little as possible all weekend.

We did visit the Addison County Fair though, since it's right down the road and happened to be that weekend. Aiden loved "petting" the farm animals (a.k.a. grabbing fistfulls of fur, wool, hide....we're still working on "gentle") and watching the crowds of people and the bright colors of the carnival rides and games. He had his first ride on a merry-go-round, and he wasn't quite sure if he enjoyed that or not. He definitely did NOT like the lumberjack's contest - every time one of the lumberjacks would fire up a chainsaw (just one particular chainsaw though, others that were way louder did not bother him), Aiden's face contorted into a big frown and he started to wail! Andy was worried about Aiden's propects for cutting the family firewood in the future!

Come here little sheep! Let me squeeze your nose!

Aiden is not fond of chainsaws apparently.

The Addison County Fair is Vermont's largest agricultural fair, so there were lots of 4-H demonstrations, livestock judging, and horse events. We watched the six-horse draft teams for awhile, and it was impressive to see these massive horses all high-stepping in unision. Everytime the audience would clap, Aiden would go nuts because he'd never seen so many adults clapping at once! He thought only babies and mommy and daddy clapped! What fun!

Aiden discovered that his Uncle Danny was actually a horse. Poor Uncle Danny horse did not win any ribbons at the fair.

Here is the horse next to Uncle Danny horse.

Umm...I'm glad mommy's enjoying this.

We finished up the weekend with a dip in the Lake, which was chilly but still enjoyable for a few minutes.

Aiden in his floaty contraption. So far it has avoided being popped by the zebra mussels.