...our saturday at the country fair...

...okay so here are some more photos from our trip out to fox country Virginia... The girls were thrilled to get their faces painted and I wasn't really supervising but watching from a distance. It was the most horrible face painting ever. Nate and I were laughing about it tonight. It was so caked on their faces and was gross paint and bless those 4-H teenagers for doing it but... I have learned my lesson. When I tried to wipe it off with baby wipes, it stained their skin the entire weekend!

Here is Gracie sitting so still!

Ritie becoming a kitty cat.

The final product... cute faces under that paint!

Nate would not allow Sam to get painted and he wanted to so badly! He climbed on the chair and sat. But you can see, they got distracted by the bunnies. We were very excited to visit the "Baby Barn" until we learned it was actually a place for nursing human moms... then we were not so excited.

Grace's first pony ride around the pasture. Rita got very scared and didn't want to do it afterall.

This was a bee demonstration. They were also selling local honey and if you know me... I am crazy about local honey. I almost bought 5 gallons of it for $55. Instead I opted for a smaller quantity. We could show the kids the queen bee because they "marked" it with a green dot. Later on in the parking area, I got stung by a bee on my arm which proceeded to hurt and swell for FIVE days. I still enjoy local honey though!
Nate loved this exhibit. It was a local train hobby club that set up their trains. While we were there, The Washington Post took the kids photos for the newspaper! The best train exhibit I have ever seen and the kids were able to operate the controls.