A Fair Day

School was closed for a Professional Day today (I know, it just started!) and Adam wasn't working, so we headed off to the Maryland State Fair this morning. The weather was still fairly cool when we got there, but it was definitely steamy by the time we left. We looked at most of the animals, although Drew refuses to go near the chickens, plus I forced them to go through the Home Arts building. I love looking at all of the fruits, vegetables, canned goods and baked goods. One of these days, maybe I'll enter something.

Drew was ok with most of the animals, but he really does not like the chickens. We almost got him to walk by them, until one of the roosters started crowing. Then, no way! In the picture below, he's about as close to a chicken as he's going to get, and this one isn't even real. He doesn't mind eating them, though--he would eat chicken and fries for three meals a day if we let him.

Adam and I tried to talk him into riding the big Ferris Wheel, but he absolutely refused. He rode the kiddie bulldozers, boats, dragons and train and then finally went on the big spinning dragons with Adam. He said maybe he'd get on the Ferris Wheel next time.

We had about as much fun as we were going to have by 2:30, so we headed north to do some grocery shopping. We stopped at Springfield Farm in Sparks, MD where we got some eggs, bacon, flank steak and ice cream (the ice cream is made by the Sylvan Beach Foundation in Baltimore). Drew was asleep when we got to the farm, so Adam stayed in the car with him. I think he had his fill of farm animals anyway.

We left the farm and took a roundabout route to my favorite grocery store--Wegmans! It was close to dinner time, so we did some shopping and had dinner too. Adam had pizza, Drew had chicken noodle soup and I had sushi. Quite a strange combo. Drew wanted to try some of my "lettuce" (actually seaweed salad) and pronounced it good. Could California roll be far behind?