Flagstaff Fair

Wow. We were at the Flagstaff Fair in the flower building when Arden and Alexis spotted this Hummingbird Moth. They knew exactly what it was. What a crazy little creature it is. It acts just like a hummingbird, drinking nectar from flowers. I looked it up on Google. It has a long needle-like mouthpart called a proboscis. When it's not drinking, its proboscis is curled up like a garden hose. When it finds some nectar, it uncurls its proboscis and drinks from the flower.

It wasn't afraid of the girls at all. Look how it landed on Arden's fingers for a moment and how close Alexis was able to get to it. So much fun for them!

In the bunny building, Spencer fell in love with this big fluff ball with floppy ears. He petted and petted this one bunny. I think the bunny fell in love with him, too!

What would a fair be without cotton candy? Yum.

And snow cones?

And face painting?

The kids were most excited about each buying a geode. They all came with their money and made a beeline for the rock building. There was a full box of round geodes to choose from. Once they chose their special geode, the geode man would then take the rock outside to his cutter and slice it in half to reveal the treasure inside. He told the kids to choose a geode that didn't weigh a lot - the heavy ones weren't as hollow and pretty. That was hard. They all got lucky with beautiful crystals on the inside, except Alexis. Hers was almost solid. But the nice geode man told her to go back for a second one. And she did. And was disappointed again. So he sent her back a third time, and success! It was beautiful!

Finally! Smiles and a happy girl!

Look at this gobbler!

When we got home from the fair, Artist Arden immediately got her paints out and decorated Di! Talented girl!

I had the BEST time with them! And there's still more to come!