Illinois State Fair

I've never been to the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, IL .  Jared had been to the Indiana State Fair, growing up just outside Indianapolis.  Since Jared has a client that brings him down once a week this time of year, I thought we could take the trip and check it out.

First we went to the petting (feeding) zoo.  Josh quickly caught the hang of things

 Then they had this place you could milk a "cow"

coming back from watching part of the horse competition

we found pigs to pet

and sheep

and a baby cow

I'm glad we went.  It was a three hour car drive by myself with Josh in the car.  Even though we timed it so he would be taking a nap and I had plenty of books, toys and books on tape, it was a bit tough.  Josh did well at the fair and slept late the next morning.  I don't think we'll go again.  The part we got the most out of, we could have just taken him to the zoo