Madeleine was so excited she could hardly sleep last night. She woke up ready to go!
Now for the highlight of Madeleine's day....
Look at that face! The kid was THRILLED beyond belief to get to ride this elephant at the state fair today! I don't look as thrilled. I spent the entire time figuring out what I was going to do if/when that poor excuse for a safety bar fell straight off the elephant and took us with it. Luckily we made it out alive, and Madeleine talked about it for the rest of the day!
Today was one of the free admission days - from a coupon in the paper on Monday, so we decided to brave the heat and go for the day. Mom and our friend Dominic went with us. We had all kinds of great food - most of it on sticks! John Paul enjoyed the corn the most. We also had corn dogs, a big frozen white chocolate mocha (the coffee content was questionable!), an elephant ear, butterscotch popcorn, deep fried pickles with ranch, and a delicious lemon shake-up. YUM. Thank God I'm well into the second trimester and finally feeling better! We skipped the deep fried butter, deep fried Pepsi, and the Krispy Kreme Donut Burger.
There was a little kids area with lots of stuff to climb on, trucks to play with, slides to ride and they even had putt putt. My kids enjoyed getting out of their strollers and running around for a while.
Since we just finished reading Charlotte's Web, Madeleine was really looking forward to seeing all the animals we read about in the book. We were not disappointed. We saw pigs, sheep, chickens, goats, ducks, geese, rabbits, and numerous others. Madeleine was just a tad disappointed we didn't see a rat like Templeton. Me? Not so much. 
Buddy really liked petting the animals too. He kept pointing at the sheep and saying, "Mooooo!" I told him that sheep don't say Moo, - then one of them said "Moo!" The kids went RIGHT to sleep tonight! I might be headed to bed myself soon ;)
9 comments:
I miss the Indiana State Fair so much! Reading your blog makes me wish I could go this year. We moved from Indianapolis 4 years ago to Georgia and I really miss the fair this time of year.
God bless,
Katherine Brown
So much fun! We went on Sunday, and we had a great time. :) So how did Madeleine handle the death of Charlotte?
State Fair, with Jeanne Crain is one of my favorite movies! I am so ready to go to the Texas State Fair. This looks like such a fun day, I just know my little ones are going to have a blast too!
That looks like fun! Mmm fried pickles.
You look so skeptical on that elephant!
Sounds like a lot of fun and priceless to see M's face so lit up! I am impressed at the assortment of food fried and on a stick and sad I never made it up when my sister lived there. Looked like a great time!
Deep fried pickles????? Oh my gravy that is so crazy!!!!
I can't believe that you rode on the elephant! You brave lady!
How in the heck do you deep fry Pepsi????
We have a fair coming in September. I'm so hungry.
And your face on the elephant is hilarious. I can only imagine what you were thinking in your head;)
Awww, Madeleine's excitement must be so much fun! What a cutie! And I could REALLY go for some fair food right about now :)
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