Landon went down for a nap before noon. He never does this. It was exactly what I wanted to happen, though. Everything was in perfect succession! He napped, then when I went up to get him he was just waking up. We arrived at the fair just after the talent show started, and then Charles won! Yay! Charles is a member of our church. He sang a gospel song a capella and got the biggest reaction. We were pretty proud of him. :)

The fair here didn't leave much to be desired. My father-in-law says it's the oldest fair in the nation. I'm not sure if that's true so I'll have to do my research. They definitely need to add a lot more, though. I think they have enough room for it. The only thing I was really excited about was getting Landon to see some sort of animals. Oh, and the food. Can't forget the fat, greasy food!

There were no horses, so that was a disappointment. But we did get to see sheep, pigs, goats, and cows. One of the pigs I saw was scratched up pretty badly. Just as I was getting ready to snap a picture of his side (where the scratches were) he laid on it. I managed to get a picture of one pig's scratches, but they were not nearly as bad as the other pig's. In one of the pictures the pig looks so sad and lonely. :(

Landon didn't seem too thrilled with the pigs, but he loved the sheep and goats. I kept saying, "They sound funny, don't they?" He wanted to pet one of the sheep, but he wanted to touch it in the mouth as it was eating. Haha! Then we had the cows. The boring cows. A few people told me I could put Landon down to let him approach the cows. So many awful thoughts ran through my mind. First, he's not familiar with this sort of environment at all. He was fine watching them from my arms. Second, I could just imagine Landon getting drenched with cow urine. The way they were all lined up and all, it could have very well happened. And third, well, I just don't want him killed by a cow. :D

The heat left me exhausted. By the time we got home my head was pounding. It really left all of us exhausted. Landon was in bed before 9PM tonight. That hasn't happened in a few weeks either. You see, this town has us so active we don't know how to contain it! Speaking of being active, I need to make Darren's lunch for tomorrow before I've got no energy left at all. Hopefully I'll get pictures up soon. :)

I can remember a time when Landon was a only a few months old. Darren and I went some place (I no longer remember) and I started to walk away from the car when Darren said, "Uhh, Barbara?" Yeah, Landon was still in the car. If that makes me a stupid parent then stamp it on me. But I can tell you right now, I am not going to judge a parent for leaving their child in the car IF THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK! Parents get exhausted. It happens. It sucks, but it happens. My post below is for a COMPETITION! Although, I do pose a serious side. However, I was flexing my creativity. All of the sudden the idea of creating a robot to "help parents" is stupid. No, the main point, my friends, is to save the lives of children. Hell, we should already have some kind of device for that anyhow. Don't tell me it's not possible. You can tell me it's stupid. I don't care, that's your opinion. But damn it, accidents will happen. I just thought it would be a fairly realistic "robot." Maybe I should have suggested the iRobot Crap Rainbows and Fairies?
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SO! We're taking Landon to the fair today! I'm so excited! I hope they still have the horses around because he's so into the little pony we got for him (from Wal-mart) right before his first birthday. He's even learned to get on all by himself, and he's pretty darn proud of that. I'll have to update once we get back. :)