At the State Fair

Another highlight from our trip was that we also happened to be in Merida at the same time our State Fair Xmatkuil was going on.  I was a little hesitant about taking the kids since it was a 45 min drive and I knew they'd be a lot of walking, but with the help of a stroller and the helping hands of Oma, this little adventure turned into a wonderful memory.

There was lots of pointing-- "douh, douh."

We even found a few baby cows.

And BB got to enjoy a pony ride!

(Emma was, of course, too afraid to get on one.)

Enjoying some fair-food... french fries!  No complaints here.

This is more like the things Emma likes to do-- we found a little station where the kids could color.

And a little caterpillar ride.  Definitely a highlight.  And once again, no surprise here, my fearful Emma covered her ears the entire ride.

Oma treated the kids to a marble game.  Emma had a fun time throwing these marbles and win a prize.  Byron was more interested in sticking them in his mouth (!!!).   

But the absolute highlight were the snake and bird exhibition that we were not allowed to photograph.  Emma really enjoyed going through the snake one and seeing the snakes stick out their tongue.  She was fascinated by it (I think mostly also because she has also enjoyed the movie/book The Jungle Book).

The bird exhibition was pretty awesome too.  They had birds such as eagles, owls, vultures, etc. that had been injured and were now on exhibition.  We got to see them real close and even flop their wings a little.