9-18-2010 Oley Valley Community Fair

One of our favorite fall traditions is going to the Oley Valley Fair. The kids absolutely love "Farmer For A Day" and did the activities in that tent at least 5 times each. The 1st activity is guessing the source of foods from categories like wheat, oats, corn, maple syrup, apples. The 2nd activity is picking eggs from under a fake chicken, apples from fake trees, and digging potatoes out of sand. The next activity is spinning a wheel and then choosing the right farm animal from a few different choices. The also having animals to pet: rabbit, sheep, ducklings. My personal favorite is an incubator for duck eggs and newly hatched ducklings. Each station gives out a little trinket like rubber bracelets, pencils, erasers, coloring books for completing the activity.

We started the day, as we always do, watching the tractor pulls. It's souped up lawn mowers that try to pull a weight along a track. Charlie and Luke enjoy it for a while. Lily loses interest in it pretty quick.

The kids also love to go on the carnival rides. Charlie supervises that while I go look in the crafts building at quilts, photos, and baked goods. We all go together to look at the farm animals. This year in one of the pig stalls they had a can of pork and beans....that's not right!

This year we took along drinks and snacks. We've never eaten there. We're not willing to stand in line to buy tickets then stand in line to buy food.The weather was great. Sweatshirts and the morning, then jeans and tee shirts in the afternoon. Perfect small town America!