Fair Day/Robert's First Field Trip

This past Friday was Fair Day and the small (5-stop light town of DeRidder of which I reside) ceased to operate, even schools closed to celebrate! Autumn is officially in the air, although it is still 86 degrees on average and sunny, the humidity is gone - and that is surely a relief! Robert's school along with all others in the surrounding parishes had previews earlier in the week to show all the kiddies the great things fairs showcase about the community, besides carnival rides and funnel cake. It was also a great way for us "Yankees" to get to know our adopted community and its natural resources.





We saw a lot of livestock to include: goats, cows, pigs, horses, and even a zebra and a camel! We also saw a real up a close sheep shearing. Robert commented that "That sheep is getting a hair cut, mommy." which made me laughed aloud. We saw chickens and roosters, which by the way are very loud at all times, not just dawn, and various types of ducks.

Sheep shearing

We went to exhibit booths that housed all types of home grown vegetables and plants that had won ribbons and saw some of the biggest variety of squash I'd ever seen. We saw beautiful quilts that must have taken forever to make and unique crafts prepared from everyone from local school children to disabled community members; it was a very community driven fair.





I even found this one for you Kourtney!


Local middle school children even put on a puppet show for the kiddies to celebrate the return of our local army brigade and educate them on other social skills such as friendship, respect of others' differences, and playing nicely. It was a great first field trip and I am glad that Robert's teachers Mrs. Hailey and Mrs. Richardson asked me along; although seeing as though Robert is such a handful, it was probably a requirement (insert wink).

 It was a great day, well hour and a half...and I promptly placed him back on the school bus and drove the 5 minutes it took me to get home (no need of messing up his schedule by checking him out early) :P