Today we had a wonderful day at the State Fair of Texas. My Mom and oldest nephew came over to go with us. The morning definitely started out a little chilly, so we waited a little late to leave. We have had a lot of rain in the area over the last week and half or so, and even though it was a cold start to the day, when we got to the fair a little after noon, it was so crowded. We had planned to go on this day since before the fair opened because it's the only Saturday that our oldest son didn't have a marching band competition. Honestly, we probably couldn't have picked a better day. As we were loading up in the car, our neighbor across the street asked if we were going to the fair and if we needed tickets. Apparently, they had gotten some from one of their Mom's and they had decided not to go. 4 FREE tickets! Fabulous!!! We paid it forward some because that meant I had extra coupons when we got there, so I gave those to some of the people around us in line.
We had to park in the furthest lot, but they had trams that ran back and forth to pick us up. We were all so excited and ready to try some food. We had twisted taters, roasted corn (twice), funnel cake corny dogs (Fletcher's only of course - twice), classic ice cream bar, fried s'mores, turkey legs (twice), and of course, we always get the cotton candy to take home. Oh, c'mon, we all know you go to the fair for the food. LOL!
When we got there, we went to the petting barn first, where the littles had so much fun seeing and petting the animals. They really liked the baby pigs the most, who were under a heat lamp because it was still a little cool inside the barn. The funniest part was DS trying to "pet" the rooster. It pecked his hand. It didn't really hurt him, but definitely startled him. We had the twisted taters after that and went to watch the dog show. It was fun and the dogs did some amazing tricks.
After that, we headed to the kids favorite area.....the Midway! On the way to the Midway, our oldest son and my oldest nephew spotted a Doomsday Preppers obstacle course. Of course they did fantastic and finished at 1:24 sec and each got a bag with a shirt and a couple of other things. Not too shabby for a free event. We ate a turkey leg while they were waiting in line for the course. The kids rode plenty of rides and even my little ones are dare devils and will try to ride just about anything they can get on. Some, they were just tall enough for. Those things that spin around and go upside down. Of course, no rides for me this year, so my Mom, hubby and oldest had to fill in and they did a great job. They rode a few rides and then we got some corny dogs. Mmmmmm! They were so yummy! We had a funnel cake too and then the kids rode a few more rides. Nope, no one got sick. After spending a few hours at the midway, we decided to head to some of the exhibits. The food and fiber building and the car show buildings.
Once we made it through the food and fiber building, we headed to the auto show buildings, but it was getting close to time for the parade, so we decided to scope out a spot to watch. We didn't have to wait too long before it started and we loved it just as much as the little ones. The older boys were waiting in line for a car simulator in the auto show building, so we let them skip the parade. The best part for me were the amazing stilt walkers in their elaborate costumes. They were so beautiful!! Here are two of them. there were several others too.
After the parade, we headed to Big Tex and to grab another Corny Dog. I totally blame wanting seconds on the baby....and of course all the walking I did. I'm sure between the baby and walking, I probably burned a ton of calories. We got a good family pic in front of Big Tex (the first one our youngest son had the best smile on his face, but DD had her hand over her face, so I'll have to get in photo shop to swap his head at some point), but this one will do for now. At least we're all looking at the camera and there are no photo bombers. After our Big Tex photo op, we headed to the Texas Star. It is the largest Ferris Wheel in North America. All the kids wanted to ride it. I haven't been on it since I was much younger and to be honest, going up the first time was a little unnerving, but it was still fun. It was definitely a bit more chilly 20 stories up.
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| My Mom with all the Grandkids. |
It was such a wonderful, fun filled day! Can't wait for next year.
Most of our wonderful food below. The pic of the funnel cake is on my phone, so I'll have to add that later and I missed a pic of the Fried S'mores because I didn't eat any of that one. hehe
Wonderful Roasted Corn and my beautiful Momma! This is one of all of our favorites.
Classic Ice Cream Bar and the BEST....Fletcher's Corny Dog. With Mustard of course (although the littles still prefer ketchup).
Turkey Leg - Before......and after.
Cotton Candy to go. 6 bags are a bit hard to carry, so they gave us a bigger bag to put it in.
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