The Western Ky State Fair (attack chickens and my favorite conversation yet :)

Yes, a couple of weeks ago, I drove back home to attend the Western Kentucky State Fair with my sister, Kasey, and her two little ones!! My hubby said, "Why are you taking our 5 kids to this by yourself??" Ummmm, because 5 kids at the fair in 95 degree heat sounds like FUN!! :) LOL Ok, so sometimes, I do wonder about my sanity...but really it was a fun, fast trip home!! And, I experienced one of my favorite conversations yet that i'll share at the end....so here goes: See this above pic??? This cute little 4H boy comes up and asks my kids: "Do yall want to see my chicken?" My kids look interested and ONE SECOND AFTER THIS PIC IS TAKEN...can you guess what happened?? YES, the chicken jumped OFF his shoulder and straight into my stroller with my 2 babies!!! It was awful!!! George just jumped and tried to get away from it...BUT LL FREAKED!!! She hated the thing and wanted it off her!! She couldn't calm down and needed LOTS of Mommy lovin to get over the ATTACK of the 4H Chicken!! Poor thing...she might hate chickens the rest of her life!!!

Ok, so then she was in an ill mood and VERY fragile...and THEN she realized that I bought arm bands for the older 4 (even George) but not for her...which meant she stayed with Momma while the older 4 rode rides!!! It didn't seem cruel at the time since she was STILL not over the chicken attack and wanted NOTHING to do with the stroller and just wanted me to hold her!! I mean..and she is ONLY 20 months old!!! :)

But the Little Gal is smart and couldn't believe I let George go somewhere with out her!! So, as they got on a ride with out her....she started her ear piercing SCREAM!!!

I got the whole " throw myself on the nasty fair ground floor and take my shoe off" fit!! She wasn't happy with me.....

But she always gets over things quickly..and decided hangin on to my leg was BETTER AFTER ALL!! :)

Oh, that was until a kind, fair carnival guy felt sorry for her and let her ride for free one time!!! Ok, so I thought she was too young...but obviously i was wrong..and she had a blast...but then I had to take her off the thing....MAD AGAIN!!! :)

I even ran into one of my friends from home that adopted Internationally too!! So fun!! We had to grab a pic of our girls that are the exact same age and came home about the same time too!!



****Now for the CONVERSATION OF THE YEAR!!!! It was SO FUNNY to see how the young kids reacted to having LL on my hip walking around the fair!! It was the 10 to 13 year old African American children (both boys and girls ) that just couldn't help themselves and would have to come up to me and ask me about LL...My favorite conversation went something like this:

(standing in line for a ride) Young girl with many of her friends standing with her says: "is that your baby?"

me: "yes, she's mine"

girls and boys chime in: "She don't look nuttin like you...She don't look like you AT ALL!!! "

me: "oh, i think she does..I think she looks just like me"

kids: "nu uh...no way she looks like you...she don't look nuttin like you"

me: "oh, i think we look a lot alike" (me trying not to crack up)

boy: "well, she did get your eyes, but THAT'S IT!! " :)

me: "yay, but I think she got more than just my eyes"

boy: (he leans over to talk softly) : " Is her Daddy REAL DARK?"

me: (ok , i bust a gut laughin) : "All right..i'll stop messin with yall...I adopted her"

kids: "ADOPTED???? "

me: " yes, adopted her!" ( i go on to explain where she is from, etc. )

girl: "You mean, you went all the way to Africa FOR HER??? "

me; "uh, yes..I think she was worth it"

girl: "yes, she's cute and I like her bow...but while you were there...why didn't you get you a WHITE baby?"

me; "ummm. because it is Africa, there aren't any white babies"

girl: "oh, I didn't think of that"

me: "and I think brown is pretty..I like her color...I'm glad she is brown"

kids all together: "OH, YEA, BROWN IS PRETTY...Uh, huh...she's pretty...she's a nice brown!" :)

So, that was it..I educated a few more groups of children that were brave enough to come up and chat....Such a funny thing...and that's why i love kids...cause they'll just come up to ya and ask ya WHAT EVERY ONE ELSE THERE IS THINKIN!! :) And, i've had SO MUCH fun tellin that story for the past couple of weeks!! Priceless!! :)

**Attack chickens and great conversations...not sure HOW our fair here in Tennessee can quite compare...but it is comin up in August and I can't wait!! :) Happy Monday to you all, kj