State Fair Experience

Have you ever been to the State Fair? I have. And it’s fun. And hot.
Mom and Dad took me to the State Fair to celebrate Mom turning old. Mom loves the State Fair and says she used to go for her birthday when she was younger. She is 3o, which seems way old to me.
We got up really early and drove to the fair. We parked way in the back and started walking. Actually, I strolled. Sweet ride. Anyhow, the first thing we did was go into the Miracle of Birth barn. There were lots of baby animals barely bigger than me. I got to pet some of them and see a pig feeding a gabillion babies at one time. Super cool.
When we left the barn Dad saw a Taco sign and immediately went over there. Mom looked like she was going to puke. She said it was too early for tacos, but they had a Breakfast Burrito and Dad looked happy and Mom stopped looking like she was going to puke. Then we went looking for some breakfast for me and Mom. While we were looking, Dad found Cheese Curds. Mom got that look again. Dad said he wanted to get them before the lines got long. I think he just wanted to see how early in the morning he could puke, or make Mom puke. So Dad has his cheese curds and Mom and I set off again in search of breakfast. I wanted waffles. They are kinda hard to find. Mom found something called a Fudge Puppy. Seriously? You think I would eat something called a Puppy? Nope. Mom said it was a waffle with chocolate. But, no, I don’t think so. Dad helped Mom eat it and surprisingly he has not puked. (BTW, we have been at the fair for less than an hour).
Finally we found a nice place to eat pancakes. Mom orders some for us to share. Yum. But I freaked out because they wanted to push my sleeves up and so I decided not to eat. I thought I would just yell, show them whose boss. So Mom ate it all. Who do you think will eat the most today? (Here’s a hint – it’s not me)
We started walking again. We stopped in an exhibit. Like that’s what I came for. I yelled some more. Mom and Dad don’t seem too happy with me right now. Oops. Mom took me over by the rides while Dad looked at the stuff some more. She took pictures of me and I became happier as I figured I was now the center of attention.
I rode some cool rides. I was a little cautious, but didn’t want to leave those rides at all. I rode on dragon boats, some really fast cars and airplanes. We should get some of those for the back yard. Fun. Then Mom and Dad ripped me from the rides. So cruel. But soon we arrived at TRACTORS! Millions of them. Maybe not millions, but lots. I climbed and drove and steered and shifted and did it over and over. Heaven. Sometimes I let Mom or Dad drive with me because I love them and want them to experience the utter joy that is tractor driving.
Somehow Mom and Dad conned me into leaving the tractors, not sure how. We wandered over to a Farm Experience. Dad told Mom and I to go in and he would wait by the stroller. Mom and I went in and they gave me an apron and a bucket. This was going to be so cool. I got to feed fake animals, drive a pedal tractor, bury some wooden seeds and sell my goods to get Cheerios. Good times, but it took like 45 minutes and Dad thought someone stole us. Of course, Mom’s phone was in the stroller and we were stuck in the big long line going through everything. But then we popped out and Dad was so happy to see us J
We walked some more. We looked at boats. Dad wants one really bad, Mom wants one too, I think. Mom got a Chicken on Stick. Weird. And French Fries. Awesome. Dad just drank pop. I think he ate himself silly earlier. Then we got some smoothies and went and sat on the grass in the shade. I took lots of photos, and so did Mom and Dad.
Then it was time to start going back to the car. There were lots of bands in the parking lot practicing and I got to see them play all of their instruments. Pretty cool. I stayed awake the whole way home and had a fantastic nap. Mom’s real birthday is tomorrow and she starts her new job. What a fun day…..

An Action-Packed Weekend

Mom and Dad have been very busy lately, so they set aside some time this weekend for Family Fun Time. We had such a good time. But before I get to that, let me tell you about all of the fun I had on Friday. I got to hang out with Grandma Peggy and Grandpa Mike ALL day. I got to GO! GO! GO! all day. We went to the lake and played for a while. I was so busy and had so much fun. We played baseball and ran around and had a really good time.
Back to Family Fun Time. On Saturday, Mom gave me my new baseball t-shirt and we all got in the car to go to a baseball game! We went to that big dome in the city. I wish you could run all over there, how much fun would that be? Anyhow, we had popcorn and watched baseball and it was fun. We could see really well from our seats, but we ended up moving all the way to the top. Mom and Dad didn't want the people around us to get mad because I kept bumping them. Well, do they really think I want to sit still for baseball? It's not like Dora was out there. This is sports, people! Anyhow, up there I had a couple of rows to run up and down. The only time Mom got mad is when I tried to play on the stairs. Caroline even brought Tommy and Caitlin over to visit. They gave me one of their hats! It was Free DQ Hat Day, but they were all out of hats when we got there. It was nice of them to give me one of theirs. I want to wear it all of the time, but Mom says I have to grow into it a bit more. I guess the Twins lost, but we had fun anyhow.
The next day was HUGE. We drove over by Dad's work and guess who was there! Thomas the Tank Engine!!!! It was so cool. I've never met a celebrity! I wanted to go talk to him right away, but we had to wait until it was our turn at 10:45. Apparently we had to buy tickets to meet him. It didn't matter though because they had a big area to hang out in while we wait. They had slides and bubbles and jumpy things and music. They also had a really cool Lego exhibit where I could sit in a Thomas made of Legos. They also had the Island of Sodor made out of Legos. So cool. Finally it was time to meet the big man. I mean train. We stood in line and saw him pulling into the station. I was so excited. Soon we were getting on a car that Thomas was pulling. We got to go to the top. We had a really good view from up there. It was a really cool ride, we saw corn fields and cars and an airport. I had snacks and Mom took pictures. It wasn't very long, but long enough for me! When we got off the train we went up to Thomas and took pictures. It was very fun. Then we went back over the the play area and I played with bubbles and played guitar in the band.
I was sad when we left, I cried for a long time. How often to do you get to meet someone as famous as Thomas? It was a very fun weekend. I love Mom and Dad so much.