The 2009 Kansas State Fair

Edward had so much fun at the fair this year. He was able to do a lot of hands on activities which just thrilled him to pieces.

There was a barn where you could do some hands on activities and Edward decided to shovel up some hay into a wheelbarrow.
There was a construction site set up for children to do hands on construction related activies. It was the neatest and most educational thing that I have seen at the fair in a long time for children of about all ages. Edward is checking out the drill and learning how to use it (little did the man know that Edward already knew how to use it...LOL!)

Screwing screws...this is cool, must go home and try it (and trust me, he did).

Learning to get the aim just right.

Driving a remote control front loader.

Driving a Simulator and learning how to work a back hoe.

Helping to build a play house for a children's center. He even got to sign a plague that will be hung by it there.

A lesson in Masonry

Edward got to learn about Masonry and laying bricks, at the construction site set up at the fair for children. He probably would have laid the whole row of the wall if the man would have allowed him to do so.

Handy Manny

Edward won a prize at the construction site that was set up for the children to learn about construction. He won the jackpot, he got to build his very own tool box...the downside is that I had to drag it through the fair and trying not to take anyone or anything out with it (and it was heavy) for almost 3 hours.

Tapping down the bottom
Tapping in a side (he got to use the drill too)

One very proud little boy, with his newly built (by him) tool box.

Bungee Jumping

This is one of Edwards most favorite things to do at the fair. I don't mind paying the $5 for him to do it, at least it is a lot safer than doing it from a bridge or something else. The only thing I fear is that he will be an adrenaline junky and do dare devilish stunts when he gets older. He really doesn't seem to have many fears and the ones he does show, he seems to get over with quickly.