Today is the end of Day One—No Sugar Challenge. I did better than I thought I would. I resisted the lemon cheesecake bars in the fridge and was actually very proud of myself until I remembered we were taking the girls to the county fair. I did have a quarter of an elephant ear with sugar and cinnamon on it. Doesn't sound too bad, right? Wrong! Have you ever seen an elephant ear at a county fair? But, tomorrow is another day, and I will not be going to the fair.

This is not the actual elephant ear I helped eat, but it is pretty darn close. Looks good, huh?

I think you could fry just about anything and brush it with butter and drag it through cinnamon and sugar and it would be delicious. Not delicious enough for me to ruin my challenge again. I will not be defeated.

The Douglas County Fair was very entertaining. We got the typical fair freebies — pencils, water bottles, orange peelers etc... then we ate elephant ears with honey and butter and a whole basket of fried curly fries. Yum! Before heading over to the Umpqua Dairy ice cream truck we took a stroll through the exhibit halls and looked at the farm animals. We were lucky enough to happen upon a costume contest for sheep and goats. It was the best part of the fair.

                                                Day old piglets. They are so clean and shiny.

 

They say it's an orchid, but it's pretty weird.

This made my day — the Cheshire Cat, March Hare and the Mad Hatter. When the judges asked the Cat what he was he said, "The Mad Hatter cat" like they were stupid. They Mad Hatter was asked by the judges if it was hard to get his sheep into the costume. His response: "I don't know, I wasn't there when they did it." Seriously people, why would HE put his sheep in a costume?