It's EKKA time!!!

After much debating we finally made the decision to take the boys into the Exhibition yesterday. On People's Day. Luckily the threats of dreaded Swine Flu and an impending thunderstorm prediction kept the crowds away.

S1 had a great time force feeding the baby animals. At one point a goat gave him a headbutt when he tried to shove stuff in its mouth, but it didn't seem to deter him!

At first there was a cautious distance kept.


The nerves had to give way to a determination to make these damn animals eat though!


Then it was on to the cows. Apparently straw and droppings etc off the floor in a plastic cup aren't that appealing.


Little boy fingers on the other hand...


And well S2 was just unimpressed that randoms kept getting in his shots!


The Govt pavillion gave S1 a chance to try his hand at some future careers..



but in the end he settled on Rockstar! (again with the Peter Garratt moves!)


It's not the Ekka without a Dagwood Dog. Granted these were crappy Pluto Pups, but we did have a real Dagwood Dog earlier in the day...


Then some colouring-in in the rain (and a shot of our pre-hailstorm setup)




Not long after this the storm hit. We managed to cover up, but were then ordered out of the stands due to impending hail. So we lugged everything down, found cover for 5mins while the 'storm' hit, then lugged it all back up the stands again. Thankfully it wasn't a cold night so sitting soaked on wet seats while we waited for the fireworks really wasn't all that bad afterall!

S1 wasn't such a fan of the fireworks, but S2 couldn't get enough of them. Should make for an interesting time come Riverfire!!!