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<\/a><\/p>\nPart of the fairgrounds contains a waterpark… Walking the amusement park before grounds was fun \u00a0Here is a shot of my favorite ride. \u00a0Looking forward to when the boys are tall enough to ride it with me. \u00a0David can’t because of issues with his ears. This is a picture of a skybridge that creates a quick way to get across the fairground. \u00a0They have misters that cool you off from the heat… A little village was created that educates kids on fire safety. \u00a0The kids received a passport and attended a lecture in each cottage. \u00a0They received a stamp for each lecture they attended. \u00a0If they completed all six lectures, they got to turn the passport in for a bandana.<\/p>\n The first cottage contained a lesson on what was considered a ‘tool’ or a ‘toy’. \u00a0They also had a model fully clothed in fireman gear and the boys got to try on the fireman jacket… The next cottage contained a story that was read about the history of ‘Smoky the Bear’. \u00a0He was a little cub caught in a tree during a fire. \u00a0We was rescued and treated for burns, and became the iconic symbol for preventing forest fires.<\/p>\n The third cottage taught the boys about the positive effects of fire and its necessity. \u00a0We learned about \u00a0a type of pine cone that can only release its seeds through fire…<\/p>\n The fourth was a trail path that taught us about responsible camping and waste management…<\/p>\n The fifth cottage taught us about making an escape plan during a fire in the house, and also about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.<\/p>\n The last station was a puppet show that re-capped what everyone had learned… One of the halls contains my favorite exhibits. \u00a0It’s a representation of all the counties in California. \u00a0Each county creates its own exhibit to highlight what makes that county special and unique. \u00a0One of the counties had a little putt-putt golf course that the boys enjoyed playing on… This county promotes duck hunting… This lovely exhibit (not a county) contained animals from all over the world… They have a fun little activity called ‘Paint a Pony’. \u00a0The kids dipped their hands in paint and, well, painted a pony… <\/a> <\/a>Shudder… A nice perk to what we do for a living is that we get free passes to the CA State Fair. \u00a0We also have access to the grounds while it is closed. \u00a0This is one of the days when the boys and I got to enjoy the Fair… We entered the grounds a couple hours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-fun"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784069,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784041\/revisions\/784069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nHere’s a picture of the boys wearing their new bandanas!
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\nWe ran into our awesome next door neighbors, Doug and Keri. \u00a0They have a precious toddler and a baby. \u00a0Here is ‘M’ getting ready to paint…
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