State Fair Fun

The Friday of Labor Day weekend we ventured to the state fair. We’re the type that like to go for the food. Even though we are those type somehow we never really get that much food. I leave feeling sort of disappointed and say next year will be different. I thought this year would be different since the Zimmer’s joined us (no daycare means a “forced” vacation day for them too, haha). More people means more opportunities to try new things. Somehow that wasn’t the case. We ended up trying the Australian potatoes with cheese and ranch sauce (my favorite of the day), Martha’s cookies (first time getting them…good fresh but nothing special…wouldn’t get every year), fried banana split (this was Sevea’s choice…good but nothing special either…the banana was battered and fried then served with ice cream and toppings), and lastly deep fried vegetables (these were recommended to Carissa and they were good but extremely hot and we were too impatient..next time wait till they cool down). We split all of this between the 4/5 of us. Disappointing. But one thing about having kids is the new things you experience. We had never done any rides or games at the fair before. This was definitely a highlight of the day and something that definitely added to the state fair experience.

The giant slide…what a hit for both the adults and the kids.

Sevea definitely had fun on the rides. Only bad thing was trying to find rides that she was tall enough for to go on her own, otherwise you needed to pay for the adult to go as well. She really wanted to go on the rides for the bigger kids and seems to have no fear of the rides. It will be very fun to see her get to experience these rides in the future.

Cohen and Grayson were along for all the fun as well. It was funny to put Grayson up to the height charts and realize he will likely be able to go on the rides Sevea was on next year….or next month. Even though Cohen is only 4.5 months younger it will probably take him till he is 3 just like Sevea, haha!

We took the bus to the fair and the kids did great. Sevea thought it was fun, Cohen could have cared less and fell asleep in my arms on the way there. Both of them were happy to cuddle up on the ride home.

We learned you can not only see some interesting things at the fair but also when you go to drive home. Can you tell what happened? Our car was trapped between the car in front of us and the one behind. So we ended our state fair experience by waiting for a tow truck to move the car behind us. We eventually made our way home and talked all about what we wanted to do next year :)