Horses and Tigers and Fairs, Oh My!

 We went to the Erie County Fair last week, and it had something for everyone!  We got to see the Clydesdales (and other large horses), which Walt and Georgia especially enjoyed.  And then we saw the tiger show (for Matthew, of course), and Mattie and James even got to feed a tiger at the end, by holding a bit of meat on the end of a stick.  (See?  Even tigers eat food on a stick at the fair!)

Then we saw a show of Chinese acrobats, which James loved.  (Matthew got bored and so I went with him to get a corndog.)

We ate lunch near the Wizard of Wood, who carved statues out of wood with a chainsaw.  (James was pretty interested in that one as well.)  Then we went on the Ferris Wheel (we can see all the way to Canada), and on to the kiddie rides, which Matthew and James thoroughly enjoyed.  (Poor Grandpa had a tight squeeze for his knees in the kiddie roller coaster!)

Matthew and James won little Nemo toys at one of the game booths (a bucket toss), and they were very pleased.  James "swam" his fish through the rest of the fair, and they've been playing with them ever since.

We saw a comedian ("the Skinny German Juggler"), who was very funny.  Matthew said he wanted to be a juggler when he grows up, but he'll start out by juggling things that are not on fire.  (Good call, kid.)  Then our last stop was the "extreme trampoline" show, another favorite of James's.  (I guess we better hurry and sign him up for gymnastics!)