State Fair

So the state fair was a little overwhelming for Addie this year. We started the morning off by meeting Nana and Eileen in a rather huge parking lot, walking across a dust field, and taking a coach bus over to the state fair grounds. Which would have been fine, but it was standing room only and I had to put Addie's stroller in the cargo department. Luckily, a lady was nice enough to put her child in her lap so that Addie and I could sit down, which was a really good thing as Addie still bawled her head off because she was scared. Kind of ironic, as she gets so excited every time a bus goes by, especially a "school bus Mommy!"

So we finally arrived at the fair and started off at the Miracle of Birth Center and saw a few baby animals, which is always entertaining. The rest of the time we spent scoping out the food stands and Mike sent us on a mission for a particular cheese curd stand. Addie tried a fresh squeezed lemonade and thought it was probably the best drink she has ever had!

Addie caught sight of the carousel and thought that it looked like great fun, so Nana bought her a ticket and off they went on Addie's first carousel ride. She started out fairly confident, just sitting on the horse was fine, but when the carousel started up, her face became more and more distraught with each circle around until finally she was again in full force tears. Sad trip on the carousel, we might skip that next year. Actually, we might skip the State Fair altogether and stick with the small town fairs!