SC State Fair

After two tries Callie and I finally made it to the fair! We attempted to go Friday night, but after 45 minutes in traffic and absolutely no parking we decided it best not to go. I was so determined to make it this year after not being about to last year, we went this morning. We got there right after the gates opened (9:30am) to beat the traffic- it was also a USC game day- and get great parking. We were able to stroll right on in with no trouble and there was hardly a crowd! Rain was in the forecast so I walked Callie around all the rides so she could see it all, she was more interested in the people than the rides though. It started to drizzle so we headed into the Cattle barn area and spent the next 1 1/2 in there!! She love it! We got to see a Heifer judging contest and learned what made a good Heifer, something every 1 year old needs to know right?

After seeing who got first place we headed to see where all the cows slept and ate. She loved this one particular brown cow...
and she pointed and yelled at him continuously!

She then saw another cow and got a hoot out of him!

We then headed over to where the petting zoo was. No strollers were allowed in so we just viewed the animals from afar. Llama Llama was there, although, not in his red pajamas.

There was also an Elephant that you could ride,

thought we would skip on that one, but he's a cutie!

Next was the small livestock, meaning bunnies and birds. She pointed out each animal to me just in case I missed it. While we were inside it started to rain so we got stuck there for a little while. That being said we got stuck where all the chickens and rooster were. They must have known it was game day because each one was cocka-doodle-doodling!

Once it stopped raining we "needed" some fiske fries. I was the only one in line for them so I asked that they cook my extra crispy, and they were DELICIOUS! Callie joined in on the fair fiske fry tradition and I think she now loves them as much as I do.
We decided we needed to walk off our fries and headed into one of the buildings- this one was the Sand Castle one. It amazes me each year how they can build this thing!

Then we headed for an Elephant Ear- we were only able to eat half but saved to rest to bring home. Next up was the art and agriculture building. Callie needed to stretch her legs for a minute so she walked her stroller around. She then realized she had some left over Cheerios and thought that was better than walking... :)

It was time to leave but I have been wanting to try fried oreos for a while now and I didn't want to pass this opportunity up. Three words: They. Are. Delicious.

As we were walking to the car it started drizzling again, perfect timing! Callie barely made it out of the parking lot before she passed out.

I had a great time taking my little Mac to the fair for the first time!

Too bad daddy couldn't join us, but there is always tomorrow!