This was the one thing I wanted to keep doing once we had Mateo and we've been lucky enough to have Nana, Papa, Amy and Luke go with us last year for Mateo's first year. This year Luke, Amy and Cash weren't able to join but Nana and Papa came up again. On a side note I told Cash that he should hitch a ride with Nana and Papa but Cash couldn't convince his mama to let him go. :(
Anyway - it seemed like it got crowded really early this year but Taye was such a trooper. We (me, daddy and Papa) took Mateo on some kiddie rides which was an adventure. Mateo cried on the first ride but then loved the rides after the initial shock.
We also saw some poor people stuck super high up in the air for about an hour. The first day of the fair a something happened with a ride and a safety latch flipped and stranded riders way, way up in the air. They closed the ride and fixed the issue (or so they thought) and re-opened the ride. We were there the second day and again, the safety latch flipped and people were stuck again for about an hour...ugh. They closed the ride the rest of the day and kept it closed the third day. I will stick with the kiddie rides.
Joe took Mateo back to the fair over Labor Day weekend as all the guys usually go together. More food and fun was had with just Daddy, Mateo and the guys and Mateo even got to go down the big slide...
Here is some of the fun we had and the food we ate!!!
First ride!!
Stuck up there for an hour - those poor people
Ride guy fixing the issue!!
HUGE pig!
Sculpture made from the trash in the Mississippi
Sweet Martha's cookies are really good!
So are french fries
And now for the food:
Pizza rolls or something
Gyro on a stick
Honey sunflower seed ice cream
Cheese on a stick!
Pork ankles or something like that
Scotch Egg - Hardboiled egg wrapped in breakfast sausge and deep fried
A-FREAKING-MAZING!!!
Oh my heavens - I am already craving next year!
3 comments:
I haven't been to the fair since Corey was in kindergarten. He's 19 now. Maybe we'll take the girls next year. La-hame, I know.
Marshall L-O-V-E-S Scotch Eggs!
Shan - Growing up in WI I think we went to the fair once...it wasn't until I moved to MN that I started going every year so you are NOT la-hame :)
Jenny - They are amazing...I want to try to make them!
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