Another October family tradition is trekking out to the Fairgrounds for the Great State Fair. The girls are always very excited to go. The reasons include seeing the ferris wheel (but no one ever wants to ride it), merry-go-round, and playing games on the midway. Finally, every event that we go to has to include the purchase of cotton candy. I sure wish they could make that stuff not be so sticky.
Our first stop was the rides. Here, Abigail did an awesome job of getting Emma to join her on the ride, and then made sure not to spin the tea cup too fast, and finally when Emma started to get scared, she didn't spin it at all and tried to make Emma feel ok. We were so proud of her being such a caring big sister.
After trying out another ride that Emma didn't want to get on, we headed down the rows of games looking for a fishing game. We ended up playing a simple duckie game and then 2 booths down from it we found a fishing game (just our luck). The fishing game did produce the princess crown you will see below... better than any stuffed animal that she could've won.
This year we thought the girls might take their imagination and dress-up talents on stage at the backyard circus, but it turned out that they both were quite shy and decided just to watch. This led to lunch, of which Abigail and I both enjoyed yummy Fletcher's corny dogs.
Below is the annual picture of the girls with Big Tex. A nice change this year is the removal of additional vendor booths around him... and replaced with a bunch of model trains going around.
We made our way over to the Food and Fiber building it pickup some samples of tea (Abigail thought it looked like apple juice and quickly gave it to us saying she didn't like it), a free ice cream cone for everyone and a visit with the Elsie the Borden Cow and a new baby calf. This led us to the annual car show and another exciting part for the girls... getting to play around in lots of different cars (mostly mini-vans). I don't think we will be getting a new car anytime soon, but the AC was a nice break from the heat.
By now its mid-afternoon and we stop by the children's barnyard. Of course, all the animals are stuffed from being overfed all morning long and really didn't want to eat the feed that we bought at the door. We did find one baby goat to stop by and eat our hard earned money.
Then a visit to the children's farm where the girls learn what its like to be a farmer... and a quick stop at a play sand area with a Texas sized sand display of the fair and Dallas skyline... we made our final stop for some tasty funnel cake. It was loved by all.
All in all it was a good day. The weather could've been a little cooler, but from what we heard it was even hotter on Monday (along with 22 area school districts all off and some new boy band doing a free concert that caused it to be packed beyond belief). Just like our trip to Sea World, who ever came up with the crazy idea of putting down black top for lots of people to walk around on in mid-90 degree heat is beyond me.
Our first stop was the rides. Here, Abigail did an awesome job of getting Emma to join her on the ride, and then made sure not to spin the tea cup too fast, and finally when Emma started to get scared, she didn't spin it at all and tried to make Emma feel ok. We were so proud of her being such a caring big sister.
After trying out another ride that Emma didn't want to get on, we headed down the rows of games looking for a fishing game. We ended up playing a simple duckie game and then 2 booths down from it we found a fishing game (just our luck). The fishing game did produce the princess crown you will see below... better than any stuffed animal that she could've won.
This year we thought the girls might take their imagination and dress-up talents on stage at the backyard circus, but it turned out that they both were quite shy and decided just to watch. This led to lunch, of which Abigail and I both enjoyed yummy Fletcher's corny dogs.
Below is the annual picture of the girls with Big Tex. A nice change this year is the removal of additional vendor booths around him... and replaced with a bunch of model trains going around.
We made our way over to the Food and Fiber building it pickup some samples of tea (Abigail thought it looked like apple juice and quickly gave it to us saying she didn't like it), a free ice cream cone for everyone and a visit with the Elsie the Borden Cow and a new baby calf. This led us to the annual car show and another exciting part for the girls... getting to play around in lots of different cars (mostly mini-vans). I don't think we will be getting a new car anytime soon, but the AC was a nice break from the heat.
By now its mid-afternoon and we stop by the children's barnyard. Of course, all the animals are stuffed from being overfed all morning long and really didn't want to eat the feed that we bought at the door. We did find one baby goat to stop by and eat our hard earned money.
Then a visit to the children's farm where the girls learn what its like to be a farmer... and a quick stop at a play sand area with a Texas sized sand display of the fair and Dallas skyline... we made our final stop for some tasty funnel cake. It was loved by all.
All in all it was a good day. The weather could've been a little cooler, but from what we heard it was even hotter on Monday (along with 22 area school districts all off and some new boy band doing a free concert that caused it to be packed beyond belief). Just like our trip to Sea World, who ever came up with the crazy idea of putting down black top for lots of people to walk around on in mid-90 degree heat is beyond me.
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