Our Day at the State Fair

Fresh from a 10 day vacation on Birch Lake in northern Minnesota, we spent our Labor Day at the Minnesota State Fair. Ethan has been talking about going to the fair for an entire year...I'm not kidding...since our trip last year, he periodically asks when it will be time to "ride the big white school bus to the state fair again."

Here he is in his Metro Transit glory...on the big white "school" bus.

One of our first stops was at the Home Depot kids project booth, where Ethan and Dad built a tool box/art caddy.

Mary Kate was too little for practically every ride, but she did take a trip with Dad down the slide and loved it.

We spent a lot of time in the KidWay this year. Ethan rode about a zillion rides while the rest of us baked in the hot sun.



Before heat exhaustion set in, we decided to leave the KidWay and cool off under a tree with snocones and ice cold RC (for Mom and Dad).

Next we visited the animals. This year, we got to see baby pigs and lambs being born. We didn't get pictures of them, but here is Ethan petting a cow.

A new food we tried this year (well, Mom and MK tried it, Dad and Ethan said "no way!") were deep fried dill pickles. Mom and MK give a thumbs up.

Ethan and Dad stuck with the tried and true Corn Dogs. Mom's favorite beverage (in the non-alcoholic category) was the Birch Beer. Ethan's favorite, the grape cotton candy on a stick.

We enjoyed watching some horse racing competitions, but didn't get any good photos...those horses run fast.

On an administrative note, we apologize for the scarcity of updates on our blog in the past several weeks. Dad took so many darn photos of our Montana vacation that Mom, resident blogger, has been overwhelmed every time she thinks about sitting down to update this thing. So, the new strategy is to start with current, add our Birch Lake vacation photos, and then finish up the Glacier ones. So look backwards for updates!!