This might be my favorite :)
On Saturday morning, literally the first thing D said when he woke up at my parent's house was, "pool balls!?!" So, of course we had to go play them immediately.
After some fun pool ball action, we headed to the Iowa State Fair. We met the Turner family there and amazingly arrived at about the same time (albeit a few minutes late...). Dylan loved the fair. His absolutely favorite thing was a corn dog on a stick, followed closely by spin art and the big yellow slide! He was a bit overwhelmed by the animals but we had a great time!
They had a bunch of little cows all over the fair to celebrate the 100 year anniversary...we got a few pics of D and Q riding them! It was the only kind of cow Dylan wanted to get remotely close to!
Don't Jo and I look cute :)
The famous butter cow!!!
D always takes the time to stop and smell the flowers!
Spin art fun!!
Jeremy was the first to introduce D to the corn dogs. It took Dylan a minute to figure out how to eat them, but he was soon hooked!
The big yellow slide has always been one of my favorites! We showed it to D and he decided he wanted to try it out. I thought he was going to be a bit intimidated at the top, but he loved it! I think he would have gone down it a million times if we let him. (random thought: We have called it the big yellow slide for as long as I can remember...however, while we were there this time, I realized it's 1/2 green and 1/2 yellow. I found it kind of amusing, but it will always be the big yellow slide!)
Jo's impressive photography while we were sliding!
Petting the baby piglet :)
He's got the hang of this corn dog thing!
Of course...anything D sees must be jumped off!
After lunch, we took the kiddos home for naps. Namma got back from her Alaska cruise and headed back up to Iowa to take in some more fair fun! JoAnne and Quentin met us there once again! We took in all the highlights with Namma and of course ate some more delicious fair food!
Yellow slide, take two!
The fair had this little farmer's area. Each kiddo planted seeds, harvested their vegetables and then eventually sold their produce for some money. At the end was a store that had everything from bananas to twinkies and each child could use their money to buy an item. It's a really great idea and Dylan and Q really enjoyed it!
On Sunday morning, D and I headed out to Waukee for some fun with the Winter family. Since we had seen them all so recently, Dylan was especially excited to play with all the kiddos again. We had a great time at the local park, and I loved getting to see Amy again!!
Monkey see...monkey do!
Another blue ribbon post!!!
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Looks like a fun trip! I was sad to miss the fair, we'll have to join you next year!!
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