For the second year in a row, we’ve made it a point to go to the OC Fair, and so far, both years have been a huge success. Although the Fair is reasonably close, as it’s located in Costa Mesa, we’ve stayed at a hotel for both years to avoid the drive home (with the potentially hot, sweaty, cranky kids). The kids have a blast, and this year, little Horse was old enough to enjoy the pigs (and really, really enjoy seeing the watermelon…yes, this is true). As for little Tiger, he didn’t have as much fun as last year with the water play, but he did get some awesome prizes. If you ask little Tiger, the Fair was awesome, but playing in the hotel pool afterwards was the icing on the cake.

We’re getting better and better with our packing and preparation for this trip, so hopefully, with a little practice, next year will be even better (just as long as they still have watermelons).

Since Day 1 of the trip went so well, we swung by South Coast Plaza to enjoy some of the stores and so the kids could run around and use-up even more energy.