Thursday, September 3, 2009

Keeps Getting Better

We went to the Minnesota State Fair on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon.Last year we made it 5 hours. This year 7!!We had a wonderful time and it wasn't that crowded at all. Starting to see what all the hoopla is about. We sampled roasted corn, Sweet Martha's cookies,milkshakes from the dairy barn, Bull Bites,
french fries,taffy-I'm sure I'm forgetting some things. Saw some more yummy things but we were way too full. Will have to try next year. The kids were able to fully expereince the kiddie midway this year. Quinn was finally tall enough to ride everything and we even strolled down the main midway. The kids loved all the cool rides and loud music and thrill rides and even tried some of the games. I must say they were some of the friendliest "carnies" I have ever encountered.We walked out with 3 stuffed animals. We visited the pet expo; the kids saw a cat hysterectomy;Q thought it was cool, C thought it was gross. I listened to one of my favorite local talk radio stations live. We experienced the butterfly house(this year Q likes butterflies so no hysterical screaming took place)did the dinosaur house(rip off!!)and went to the Twins area so coop could throw baseballs.We also saw some of the animals and took in a hip hop dancing troupe that were great. They even invited the kids to come up and dance-yes, Coop and Quinn went up and boogied.
We didn't get home until 9ish but we so enjoyed being there in the evening(our first). The kids were so excited and were talking about all they had seen and done the entire ride home.I can't wait until next year.



































1 comment:

Eyeglasses & Endzones said...

It was a lot of fun but our kids were in rare form on Tuesday! We would spend $50.00 and they were so ungrateful and just wanted MORE and MORE!!! So next year, we will implement a budget for them! We lasted 9 which was probably a little too long because it was melt down status at that point...;) Love Q's hair...wanted to do that myself but Erik said no...it would have been a fun blog photo!!!