our trip to the fair

we decided on saturday to go to the state fair. this was after much deliberation over the "incidents" that happened on thursday by both ernest and fantasia. carrot top was still in the hospital and arrived tonight. we had a good time, ate some classic food, watched some really great fireworks and enjoyed a night out.

caleb was able to go to the free petting zoo which he loved and then spent a good 20 minutes at the sinks designed for a quick washing of hands. he loves water, he loves bubbles, and when you put the two together it is better than the entire christmas season combined, including presents and home made toffee. at least according to him.

ernest and fantasia rode the bumper cars and the ferris wheel together, then split up for fantasia to ride the "ring of fire." ernest claimed he had a sick stomach but we all knew better. the kid is afraid of heights. who am i to judge? so am i.

we ran into a crazy man who was dressed up as some sort of fancy leprechaun carrying a boombox playing patriotic music. and why not. a kodak moment if i've ever seen one. so that is who the man is in the shiny green hat. there is a side view also just to try to help the mental image.

we capped off a late night by a 25 minute, over two mile walk back to the car because we were too impatient to wait for the shuttle. we should have waited. i guess it gave me an opportunity to work off the tramillion calories i packed on in a total of a couple of hours. bonus!