San Diego County Fair 2016

It's that time of year again!

This year the San Diego County Fair theme was

Alice and Wonderland

with a steampunk twist

It was curiouser and curiouser...

and lots of fun too!

Bammy and Grandawg joined us for a day of oohing, ahhing,

gagging (more on that in a bit) and laughing

Who doesn't love to be greeted by a giant pink steampunk flamingo?

I'm a sucker for cute kids 

see...I told you! :-)

the boys loved the fireman training camp!

Benji was a pro

we met Alice!

there was a bug bar (insert gagging)

Aaron and Bammy tried deep fried june bugs 

aka the "protein of the future"...

we'll stick to good old fashioned milk, thank you very much

just when you thought the painting

American Gothic 

couldn't get any creepier

last year we passed the silhouette booth and I thought

"after the baby is born I would love to get silhouettes of the kiddos"

so we did 

the turkey stampede is still a favorite

I don't know why it's so funny

but it is

there was a great kid tent that we spent a long time in

resting, looking at kid artwork, 

Ezri and Benji played in a toddler kitchen area

and Isaac and Aaron learned chess from a Grand Master

(he stuck with the whole game - 45+ min!)

but I don't have any pictures from that so,

moving on...

after the horses we admired the mineral collections

(Benji especially loved the iridescent calcite because it looked like kryptonite

and Isaac could pick out fluorite crystals)

and stared in amazement at the intricate wood crafts  

it was a great fair day!