Thursday, September 16, 2010

DO THE PUYALLUP!!!

One of the great things about living back on the west side of the state is getting to go to the Puyallup fair!  I grew up going - we would even get half a day off of school to go for FREE!  I LOVE THE FAIR!  I love the rides, the games, and most of all the FOOD!  

Fisher fair scones are seriously one of my favorite foods of ALL TIME and every year my family buys at least 2 dozen!  This year, I'm proud to say that in 1 week my family (including extended family) managed to finish off 5 DOZEN!!!  Funny story...my parents came home from the fair with 3 dozen last Friday before our extended fam was going to come over to watch the PLU game on Saturday and my dad was actually worried I would eat ALL 3 DOZEN in 1 night!  Don't worry, I may have 3 in one day, but not 3 DOZEN!  GEEEEEZ!!!

This year we were excited to take Hadley with us to the fair.  I took her to the Spring Fair with my parents, but it is not the same as the big fall "real" fair!  My mom watched Corban so Chris and I could take Hadley to experience her first real fair (we didn't think Corban would appreciate it this year). ;)  

We had a great time!  Our main goal was for Hadley to see the animals that she loves so much in books...well, we saw them but I can't say she loved them as much in person - turns out they are kind of scary!  :)  Her favorite animals were the dogs, pigeons (SICK, I know!), and the sheep - but the sheep managed to scare her when up close and personal as well.  When we walked through the horses she just kept waving and saying "Bye, bye, bye..." in a real uneasy tone because she wanted to get out of there!

Next year will be even more fun with Hadley!
1st Stop - SCONES!!!
Not quite tall enough for rides yet :(
She loves her hat & shades & pointing things out to us ;)
With Daddy
Hadley liked the babies!  Not momma though...
Glad I only have 2 - I will leave it at that
We broke down and got a leash for our busy girl in the big crowds
But it's a fun monkey!  She loves it!
Cruisin' with her monkey
THIS WAS SO FUNNY!  Dude pretending to be riding a magic carpet totally fell right in front of us (he didn't get hurt, don't worry!)!
In petting farm...meet Oatmeal the sheep
"BAA" as Hadley calls them
She actually touched him!
But then the fear set in...
Sheep are scary in person!!! ;)
Her pump is a little more high tech than mine...
I feel for the nursing mommas, can you tell?! :)
ICE CREAM!!!
Pooped from her 1st real fair outing!

2 comments:

Phil and Bri said...

I love the monkey leash!! We are hoping to go to the fair again once this weather cooperates. Hadley is such a cutie!

JoMama said...

I think this post was great... particularly your commentary about the sow. Being back on the nursing train, I sometimes feel like that photo looks. :)