It’s been a big fair weekend for us.  We spent Thursday and Friday at the fair. Friday evening we also went to the rodeo (me and Davey’s first ever), and today was the big parade.

There was a great show for kids.  They got to dress up and pretend to be in the circus.  Davey performed in it twice, and David got chosen both times to be a “volunteer” participant.

Davey is ready for Cats!

The first time David was a helper. He was asked to show his muscles here.

The second time, Davey was a clown.

Who also wanted to do some disco dancing.

David was the “world’s strongest” man in the second show.

This morning we went to the fair.

The parade was basically a quest for catching candy.

Success!

Davey rode lots of rides at the fair.  Over and over and over again.  Thank goodness for the “pay once – all day ride pass”!  We ate fair food. We looked at the animals and exhibits.  I began planning my knitting entries for next year.  There was some beautiful work entered.

A couple of days ago, we went back up to Cle Elum to fish.

My introductory sentence combined with the above picture makes it seem as though we walked to Cle Elum.  That tickles me.

There is a Kiwanis lake that runs beside the river up there.  That lake is designated for children and the handicapped, so it had really nice access.  Unfortunately the fish weren’t biting.  Davey tried fishing for a little while, and David tried out the river which runs parallel to the lake.  David did catch a small trout in the river, but that was about it.

However, Davey was much more interested in these guys:

I don’t know what kind of ducks these are.  I call them Labrador Retriever mix ducks because of their coloring.  They were hilarious though.  Davey was absolutely plotting to bring them home with us.

He very much enjoyed talking to them.

He ran back and forth from the ducks to me because I was translating what they were saying to him.

The ducks were funny too because they followed us everywhere.  It was when they followed us back to the truck that Davey really decided that they wanted to live with us.

We had to say good bye with promises that we would return (I think the ducks were saying “bring food next time guys!”).

We’ve had a nice weekend.  Yesterday, Davey and I spent some time at the park with friends.  I went to the library and checked out more books than I can probably read before they are due (I always do that).  Today we’ve been hanging out at home.  I’ve been working on a new knitting/embroidery technique called Roositud.  I’m making some fingerless mitts and  have almost finished the first one.  I love combining embroidery with knitting and I’m always looking for new techniques.  This is proving to be great fun.

I enjoy lining up my yarn and taking pictures.  I maybe like yarn a little too much.

Nah.

Davey has been doing lots of playing which includes lots of playtime with Buster.

But sometimes they have a little quiet time themselves.

We went exploring a little today.  Drove up to Cle Elum along the river.  David floated that part of it yesterday, and he wanted to show it to us.  He also wanted to check out some potential fishing holes.

None of them panned out too well – for today anyway.  He was a little limited as to where he could go since Davey and I were with him.

But we had a nice picnic lunch along the river.  And as usual, there’s little Mr. Hider.

David fished a little, but he wasn’t really set up for water that big.

I was fascinated by this pretty little creek that was flowing out of the woods into the Yakima.

And I know the angle on this picture is whacky (I get carried away sometimes), but I was looking at those trees thinking this is going to be beautiful in the fall!