2 weeks ago...

2 weeks ago we took Abigail to the Sydney Royal Easter Show. We made a bee-line for the animal nursery which was only open once at 9:30am. Abigail loved petting the baby animals and walking around with other kids in the nursery. The nursey was really the highlight of the day and I contemplated hiding a baby goat under my jacket and making a run for it. We saw the cows, pigs, sheep and bulls. I felt guilty walking through the animal halls and said to James I was considering becoming a vegetarian... I couldn't look a pig in the eye for the rest of the morning.

The showbag hall was so huge, we bought Abigail 2 bags. The Dora the Explorer bag and the Sesame Street bag. As a child my favourite showbag was the "Gag Bag" for $12 jam packed with random junk. Fly in the ice cube, a fake bloody thumb to put into someones drink, woopee cushion, plastic flat vomit that you could try and cast off as your own to get out of school, that kind of stuff. I walked past and laughed when I saw it, remembering how cool I used to think all the showbags were.

We lasted 4.5 hours and that was more than enough. Highlights of the show were the animal nursery, racing pigs, the $3 Giant Slide, and watching Abigail enjoying the whole experience. Lowlights were the cost of the whole day, rough teenage kids at the rides, Robosaurus, parents feeding their TODDLERS chips and coke for lunch and most of the all, the junk factor.

I think we might go every 2nd year, if at all. Might just stick to the children's concerts that tour Australia. Next up is the Wiggles this week then Yo Gabba Gabba in June, then Disney on Ice in July. Yayayayay.

xxx