Idaho State Fair

 We had ourselves a grand time this Labor Day weekend as we grilled outside, went to Kung Fu Panda 2, celebrated a friend's birthday and went to the State Fair for the first time in Blackfoot. 

Ava had a blast riding her first carnival rides ever.  Watching her laugh and wave to her "adoring imaginary fans" made spending so much money on tickets worth it...... wait, she ALWAYS laughs and waves to her "adoring imaginary fans".... did we just get played? 

 

 

 

My fans love me.

 

 

Taylor's expression is priceless

 

  Anyone ever wonder what the backside of a pink flying elephant looks like?

Well, wonder no more.

NEXT...

Taylor wanted to ride the kiddie roller coaster

by himself....

I kid, I kid...

She joined him, of course!

Sterling was a champ.  He did what he normally does... just chills.

It's true what they say:  Fat and Happy.

(until you hit your 20's... then that old adage is just pure, false crap)

Oh and he got hungry (can't you see him withering away??) and ate his way out of the baby carrier.

 

Can't go past a carousel without catching a ride  

HEY, Ava!  I'll give you a million dollars if you look at the camera one time.

 Well, THAT'S a mischievous look.  Maybe I should keep the million dollars this time.

 Then there was the petting "zoo".  Since when did the definition of ZOO get confined to "a large gathering of hungry goats, one shy emu and a handful of sleepy sheep"?

 

  

At least ONE girl didn't mind that this petting "zoo" was a bit lacking.

 

This made me chuckle.  Ever since her horseback ride, Ava has been VERY cautious about making sure every animal she encounters gets to smell the back of her hands before she touches them.  Better safe than sorry, but I'm sure the kittens she introduced herself to a few days ago didn't care one way or the other about the back of her hands. 

 On a totally unrelated note, one that I can't justify a whole new post to write about, Ava has a new friend.  His name is Alex and she informed me about 4 days ago that he is her boyfriend.  But when asking her the very next day about Alex-the-Boyfriend, she vehemently denied boyfriend/girlfriend status.  They're just friends... and Taylor is just fine with that.

 Today I was in the other room, putting laundry away, as Ava and Sterling were in the kitchen watching a cartoon on Netflix together.  I walked in on this:

 

She had given Sterling her dog, Blackie, to cuddle with and he must have loved it so much he passed out on him.  

What terrific little people I hang out with every day.