San Diego County Fair

On Monday, July 2nd we took Holden to the San Diego County Fair held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Trey and I hadn't been for years; I think we had just as much fun as Holden did! Holden had his first experience on rides. He loved them, but while riding he had the most serious look on his face. You wouldn't know he was enjoying them unless you saw him bounce off the ride and ask to go again. Trey and I enjoyed the fatty fair food and the shopping. Our # 1 fair find was an awesome jewelry cleaner. My wedding rings look brand new and I'm now addicted to cleaning them. I'm looking forward to going again next summer.
Be warned: we took a million pictures of Holden on rides - it was so much fun to watch him.

Animals

The night before, we told Holden we were going to the fair and that we would see animals and go on rides. I asked him what kind of animal he wanted to see and he yelled, "An Elephant!" I told him there were no elephants at the fair but he could see cows, pigs, and sheep. He was ok with that. We hit up the animal section first and Holden like seeing the cows, turkeys, and bunnies. When we entered the Kiddie Land section the first thing we saw were elephants! I couldn't believe it! They were giving rides. We stood and watched them for a minute, and then continued to walk on our way. Holden shocked us when he said he wanted to ride. Trey took him and they loved it.

Rides

We stood in front of a lot of different rides before letting Holden actually ride. I think we were afraid of letting him go on by himself. After we broke the ice and let him go on his first ride, we saw that he was ok. From then on we ran from ride to ride, letting him ride while we snapped pictures and yelled to him like a bunch of crazy people.

The Monkey Maze

Ok, we've all seen this type of fun house before. You know, make it through the maze at the bottom, look in all the crazy mirrors at the top and then ride down the slide. Safe enough, right? Trey took Holden and they loved looking at their funny images in the mirrors. Then it was time for the slide. They shot down that thing like a bullet and Trey landed flat on his bottom. They both came back looking shocked and Holden said , "That's dangerous!" (You may want to blow up the fourth picture to see Trey's death grip and Holden's shocked look.)

The Favorite

Although it was supposed to be hot air balloon basket, Holden called it a teacup. This was his favorite ride.