Multnomah County Fair 2015: Pig races and a blue ribbon winner

Wow things have been super crazy around my house, even more than usual as we are trying to plan where we will be living after July. So crazy and stressful. Hopefully I can catch up and show some pictures from our latest adventures in the next few days. We don't know how much longer we will be in Oregon so we are soaking it up while we can. Sometimes you just need to take mental break from all the stress and go have some fun.

For the holiday weekend we always stick close to the city which for us is very weird because we are always trying to escape the city on the weekends. But holiday weekends in the beautiful nature around Portland gets crazy crowded and for me takes away the whole purpose of getting out of town in the first place. So for the last several years on Memorial Day weekend we have visited the Multnomah County Fair. It is always a good time.

This year I almost died laughing at the pig races. They had names such as "Sloppy Joe" and "Luke Skyporker". My kids loved it too, even my teenager!

The fair is held at Oaks Amusement Park but admission to the fair is free and so are most of the activities. My kids are happy to just watch the rides rather go on them, so it works out pretty nicely.

This year I also entered the whale I knitted into the Fiber Arts section of the fair and guess what?

"Humphrey the Humpback" won a first place blue ribbon, ten bucks and some yarn.

Pretty fun!

Pick me a blueberry....

We spent last Saturday morning picking blueberries and adoring baby pigs(can it really get any better than that?) on an organic farm out on Sauvie Island. Followed by an aimless joy ride farther into the woods and the discovery of the thrift store of my dreams, it was a good day indeed.

At the Fair....

Oh mama, I kind of know how you feel, I can't imagine all those babies at once?? Look at her cute face!

There just really isn't anything sweeter than a baby pig. (this one is 2 weeks old)

Any day where I get nibbled by a baby goat, is a good day.

 Alpacas are one of Nalahs' favorite animals, you should see her at the Flock and Fiber Festival!

Where is Solomon?

There he is!

The best part of the fair was that Solomon, my little engineer, the little guy in my house who has been taking apart flashlights and pens and vacuum cleaner for years just to see how they work got to control a robot.

He also got to make the robot shoot out frisbees.

I think he was pretty happy about that. His pin says" I drove a robot."

Not to bad for a mostly rainy day!

At the fair and the farmers market

This little pony has freckles, so sweet!

awe!

Mom,this ones for you..

We didn't play any of the carnival games which was torture for Sophie. They sure do a good job of luring little kids with bright plastic toys.

This game was super creepy,check out the lady at the organ in the back. Each prop has a little target which is shot at with a shotgun. If the target is hit the prop becomes animated.(Shiver)...ahh did I mention it was creepy?

Sophie buried in corn.

I found corn in very uncomfortable places on Solomon later in the day.

Flowers at the farmers market

Hanging out at the Waldorf School playground.

Getting his daily dose of running away from mama.

Lazy day by the river.