The MN State Fair

Oh - we love this trip every year. Lots of fried food, tractors, animals, strange people to look at, etc - our kids' paradise. We went to the State Fair at the end of August - the kids LOVED it! Alex actually ate 2 whole corn dogs by himself and now thinks that they are the best things ever. And both the kids had ice cream as well and Lauren actually learned the word "please" while we were eating the ice cream because I couldn't shovel it into her mouth fast enough. So she'd swallow her bite and then yell (and I mean YELL), "PLEASE" when she wanted more - hilarious. Both kids sat on some tractors and there was a NASCAR bumper car track that Alex sat and watched for 30 minutes. Hopefully he'll be tall enough next year to ride one with his dad because he was amazed by it. And of course we saw baby lambs, baby chicks, horses, and cows. Lauren was excited to pet a horse but of course, Alex kept a safe distance between him and the animals. And we didn't see the pigs this year - it was too far of a walk for mom and dad with all the crowds and our bus of a double stroller (next year - ditch the double stroller, bring on the wagon). So we told Alex that all the pigs were all sleeping and we couldn't visit them. He was fine with that. 2 weeks later, he was talking to my mom (Gaga) about the fair and he commented, "We couldn't see the pigs this year - they were all sleeping." He doesn't forget ANYTHING!!!! But they had a great time!