State Fair

Labor Day weekend we made our annual trip over to MN for the State Fair.  Calvin and I started going in 2003 with his sister, Angie, and the crowd has grown ever since!  It was a beautiful weekend, and Sunday was a perfect fair day.  A little cool in the morning, and not too sunny or hot in the afternoon.  Probably why it was so crowded!  We got there around 9:00 and didn't get home until 5:30!  Jocelyn slept in her stroller for a bit so we were able to make it the whole day.  I started out with a headache/stomach ache in the morning (which was probably good - didn't eat too much crap that way) but I felt better as the day went on.  Both girls love the rides, so we spent time there as well as looking at the animals.  I could have used a whole other day to see more stuff, but there's always next year.  We love the fair!   

First meal of the day - scones!  Followed by a gyro!

Jocey went on the giant slide with Grandma and then the merry go round.  She of course thought it was junky that you only got to go once!  What kind of slide can you only go down once?!

Kailee, Angie and Jocelyn on the ferris wheel.  Good thing for aunts, uncles and dads - I HATE fair rides!  In the little kid area they were working on a roller coaster that the track had fallen apart.  The guys are up there pounding it back together.  There were people waiting in line for the ride who watched this, and then got on the ride!  There's no way I'd let my kid (or myself) get on after witnessing that!

She loves donuts!

They have a cute little farm hands area where you go and pretend to feed the chickens, plant crops, etc.  She was a bit young for it - I think in a few years it'll be neat.  She did like wearing the hat and carrying the bucket though.

Calvin and Angie with their corn hats

Kailee, Angie and Adam

Giving the cow a hug.  She talked about this for two days after!

What is a bear doing at the fair?!

She really liked the chickens and geese this year.  Could have stayed in that barn for the whole day!

Calvin, Jocey and Kailee with the huge pig.  Angie actually saw it stand up!  By the time I got over there (mabye 30 seconds) it had already laid back down.  Guess it used up all it's energy!

We came over to Mom and Dad's on Saturday afternoon and when Jocelyn woke up from her nap we went to a park by their house that's huge!  It's all wooden and has lots of tunnels and slides and places to climb. 

Both girls LOVE to spin around.  I got great video of both of them on the tire swing, but it's too long to post.  Now that Kailee's big, Calvin and Dad showed no mercy spinning her around and around!  She held on really good though, and didn't fall out for a good 3 minutes.  Ick - how can a person spin for that long?!  Jocey got on next, and just spun and spun in a tiny circle, but held on by herself and wanted to get back on when she finally fell off too.