State Fair Part two!

 

As promised here are the remaining photos from our State Fair visit...

 

 

 

Not sure when my girls got so big.  They loved riding the roller coaster.

 

They loved the bumble bee ride.

 

This photo of Addison is another one of my favs.  Those smiles made every penny we spent worth it.  (For those of you who have been, you know the fair is NOT cheap!!!)  I wouldn't trade these memories for anything!!

 

 

The girls also liked this dino ride.  They were giggling and waving everytime it came back around our way!  I wish I could bottle those giggles!!

 

Addison was pretty adamant about getting onto the blue pony.  Alexis just wanted a pony that had a flower on it.

 

Another "poke your head through board" (as the girls called them).  Alexis loves scooby-doo!

 

I'm not sure why, but this one made me have one of those "moments".  Seeing the three holes made me a little sad.  Remembering that we should be taking three kiddos to the fair, not two.  But it also made me thankful for my two beautiful, healthy little girls.  We saw too many handicapped children at the fair.  Despite my sadness for the baby we lost, I felt very fortunate for my healthy, four year old princesses!!

 

This year they added a special kiddie land ride area.  The girls were still about 2 inches too short to ride a lot of the rides but they didn't care all that much.

 

The girls were too short to go down the slide by themselves.  The above two pics are horrible photos of me, but you can see how much fun Addison is having in her smile.  Terry told me he could here her squeal as we were coming down.  Another one of those memories from the fair that I won't soon forget! 

 

Alexis didn't love the slide as much.  She didn't hate it, but she was just bummed that she couldn't go by herself.  She just kept saying "but I'm a big girl".  Sorry sweetie, you still need to grow a few more inches.

 

Alexis didn't love the boat so much.  She said it was a baby ride.

 

If you ask the girls what their favorite ride is, the will say the dizzy dragon (pictured above).  We were able to spin the dragon around ourselves.  I seriously wish I could of video taped the laughter from all three of us while riding. 

 

We opted to ride the tractor/tram back to our car.  The girls were starting to melt down and walking the distance we needed to travel just wasn't feasible.  Alexis layed down and almost instantly fell asleep.

 

The car ride home proved that they had so much fun that they wore themselves out. 

 

Definitely one of those days that I will never forget!!

State Fair Part One.....

 

This past Monday, August 19th, 2013, I decided to take the day off and take the girls to the Indiana State Fair.  It was one of those perfect days that we just didn't want to end.

 

We got to the fair shortly after 11:00a.m. and spent the majority of the day there.  I think we didn't get back home until close to 7:00p.m.  The girls had an absolute blast!  I can still hear their little squeals of excitement.  Those squeals and all the smiles were worth every penny we spent!!

 

We took 117 pictures while at the fair.  I've spent the last few days weeding out my favorites.  Due to the amount of photos I want to share, I'm going to have to break this up into two posts.

 

The girls thought these "poke your head into" boards were so much fun!!

 

I don't even want to think about graduation yet! 

 

They LOVED all the animals!!

 

They loved playing on all the tractors.

 

Both girls thought that this sheep was hysterical!  Addison kept saying that it was pretending to be a zebra.  She also was adamant that we send a photo of this sheep to Aunt Sandy (who loves zebra print anything!).

 

Addison loved these little piggies.  She almost cried when we told her we had to move on.  She thought their little grunts and noises were funny.

 

One of my favs from the day.....This photo is currently on the ISF facebook page.  The girls seriously LOVED their corndogs!!  (So did Momma!!)

 

LOVE!

Visiting the world's largest popcorn ball.  They broke the world record with this 6,510 pound ball.  The girls were less than impressed. 

 



 

Alexis wants us to grow gigantic watermelons in our backyard now.  This one was over 150 pounds.

 

And both kiddos thought this pumpkin display was funny.  Addison asked if we could do this to our pumpkins at halloween time.   Umm....Momma doesn't have that kind of talent baby girl!!!

These can food displays were incredible.  Even the girls were impressed.

 

Terry liked the Homer display.

 

I was told that this QR code actually worked if you scanned it. 

 

 

Stay tuned for part two tomorrow....The best photos are yet to come!!!