Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Final Summer Fling

On Monday, the girls and I met my sister, Lori, and her kids, Greg & Amanda, at the NYS Fair. I haven't been in at least 15 years, and this was Avery & Ella's first visit. It was a perfect (not-too-hot, not-too-cold) sunny day and we had a blast!

One type of exhibit that we really enjoyed was the sculptures. Often the artist was in process and we got to watch him work. Below, the cousins are standing in front of a huge sand sculpture.

One of my personal favorites was the butter sculpture. We also saw a sculptor using just a chainsaw to make amazing figures out of logs.

We also got to see (and feed) many animals.




Avery waited all day to feed a baby calf from a bottle :)
One of our favorite buildings was the 4-H building. There we saw the projects of kids from all over the state. There was a big variety, including sewing, photography, art, animals and even a DDR exhibit, just for fun. Greg enjoyed beating the 4-H kids who were there!
After a lot of walking, the kids relaxed with a "Footsie Tootsie" massage for just $.25!

Nothing could be more fun than a day with the "cousies"!

1 comment:

Meg said...

Thank you so much for taking a photo of the butter sculpture and posting it. It totally made Matt's day when I showed him it! :)