Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Topsfield Fair (Part 2)

During the fair we had a homeschool class set up for  the children to search for treasure.






 They found gemstones and sharks teeth!
 They each had a turn squeezing apples with this contraption and extracting the juice.


 We saw some old farm tools.

This man serenaded us with his banjo! He sang "America the Beautiful" and had a big smile when we all applauded him.
 Jayden wanted me to take a picture of the skulls we saw.

We stopped at a booth and wrote Christmas letters to soldiers who won't be home with their families this holiday season.

There was a sensory bun set up for the kids. They got to dig potatoes out of sand/dirt. Can you guess who did NOT do this activity?
 We stopped at a whittler's booth and saw some of his awesome creations.



 Caitlin got to pet a taxidermied cat. Yuck.
 We saw dead sea creatures and the kids felt them.
 We checked out some weapons (Jayden is really interested in guns).
 
There was also a booth for Curious Creatures set up. We went to a party once where the people from Curious Creatures brought animals. It was cool!

 We stopped at the police station.
 We paused for snacks.
 We saw a lot of different animals.

The kids all got to pet a rabbit



And finally we saw a man douse himself with gasoline, climb up to a tiny step, ignite himself on fire, and leap into a pool. 


Needless to say we will be going back again next year!

Monday, October 21, 2013

Field Trip! The Topsfield Fair (1 of 2)

We recently went to the Topsfield Fair. I took nearly 100 pictures so I am breaking this field trip into two posts.

Here are the kids eating lunch and waiting for an elephant show to begin.
The day we went we met Buella, a 44 year old elephant. She played Simon Says with her caretaker.
Of course we stopped and took pics in every one of these we found.
 



 There was a man making a really cool sand sculpture.

 The kids got to make their very own wax candles.




 We watched sheep get shaved.

 We saw lots of pumpkins decorated in cute characters. 




 We saw this GIANT pumpkin, which weighed in at 1,746.5 lbs.
  These two sculptures below were made of food!