State Fair

First off, a comparison:

Leo at the state fair last year (Isn't he just so cute and tiny?)

vs.

Leo at the state fair this year.

(Not so tiny, still pretty cute. Even though he's wearing his

"I'm so bored and annoyed with you" face.)

As you can probably tell, we went to the Utah State Fair on Saturday. We had so much fun. Leo was definitely more interested in the animals than he was last year. (Considering that he was 2 months old last time we went, that's not all that surprising.) What was surprising, to me at least, was the size of some of the animals we saw there. I mean, holy cow, I didn't even know pigs could be this big. (Look at the legs in the background for a size reference.) Most of the pigs were so fat they couldn't even keep their legs together when they were laying on their sides. It was kind of funny to see their top legs sticking up in the air, but also kind of disgusting. I felt like they should be put out of their piggish misery and turned into something yummy instead. (Sausage anyone?)

Speaking of large animals, look at that cow. It's belly almost touches the ground. Isn't that amazing? (It's actually two cows. The one in the background is laying down and just happens to be the same color as the one that's standing. It really does look like one cow though, huh?)

This actually is one cow and it was HUGE! It weighed over 3,ooo pounds and didn't really do much other than lay there. I was surprised that Leo was willing to go up next to it considering that it was so much bigger than he is. He didn't seem to have any problem with it though. (With this picture we were trying to see who has a bigger bum, me or the 3,000 pound cow. It was a close call, but I think I've got him beat.)

Here's a view from the front so you can see the giant horns.

Next we went to the goats and Leo absolutely loved them! He kept reaching into their stalls to try and pet them.

Every once in a while he would actually touch one. He was in heaven.

We finished off the day with the crocodile show. The man in the picture is holding the crocodile's mouth shut with just his chin. I guess back in the day the Seminole Indians used to hunt crocodiles down in Florida. (Where these guys are from.) They (the Seminoles) were often hunting alone and didn't have anyone to help them tie the crocodile's mouth shut, so they developed this method of keeping the jaws closed while freeing up their hands to tie the rope. It was pretty impressive, except to Leo. He was hot and tired and ready to go home. Since we were totally stuck in our seats until the show was over I had to convince him that all of the applause was for him. Fortunately he's still vain enough that it worked. :)

And, of course, he conked out on the way home. Hooray for fun at the fair!