We've made it through four days of the fair. Tonight we went to the fair for no other reason than to eat good food and walk around and enjoy the sights and sounds.
Yesterday was more of a working day at the fair. I spent nearly the whole day staffing the "All You Can Drink" milk stand at the fair. Fortunately, I had lots of help from family and friends. I serve on the local dairy board and one of the board responsibilities is to staff the "Milk Wagon" for one day at the fair with volunteer help. The menu at the milk wagon is pretty small. There is chocolate, white and strawberry milk, string cheese, ice-cream bars, and water. One dollar buys the customer a glass of milk with unlimited refills, so our booth is pretty popular.
With the temperature at a humid 85 degrees, our stand was very busy in the late afternoon and evening and I was very tired when I got home after 11 p.m. I should have taken more pictures of the kids selling/serving milk. They have a really good time taking money and dispensing milk and for the most part are very helpful in the stand. James is just tall enough to reach the milk dispensers and he helped himself to quite a bit of chocolate milk. The heat tired him out though and Mark and the kids went home pretty early last night.
During the earlier part of yesterday, we had a few local celebrities there helping us out as "Celebrity Milk Servers" One of the DJ's from the morning show of a popular local country radio station was there. And, the evening news anchor from our local NBC affiliate served milk as well. I have a cute picture of the news anchor and Ella, but I am too lazy to download it tonight. It was fun to work with the local celebs. It was really kind of hilarious to watch the reactions of people as the recognized who was serving them their milk.
On to the fair ribbons... Mark earned 12 ribbons on his veggies: four 1st place ribbons, four second place ribbons, and four third place ribbons. Ella and James each earned a few ribbons with their vegetables in the junior gardening division. James also earned a few blue ribbons on his oats and hay stolen from Grandpa's field. He actually got a purple ribbon (champion) on his slice of hay. So, both Ella and James earned a big purple ribbon this year. The purple ribbons have still been elusive for Mark. He will have to try again next year.
Tomorrow is the dress the animal competition at the fair. It is a fun contest that Ella has competed in since she was two. If all goes according to plan, Ella will dress as a princess and her calf will be dressed as her Knight in Shining Armour. James will complete the ensemble by dressing as a Jester and caring the knight's sword and shield. Hopefully it won't be too hot tomorrow night and I hope I get some good pictures!
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