State Fair

So, they say the State Fair of Texas is the longest running and biggest state fair in the nation. We went yesterday and had a blast! If you missed Ross the Intern at the State Fair of Texas and the UT vs. OU game on Jay Leno then you should watch this clip on Youtube. It's pretty funny and you'll get to hear Big Tex talk! Kaylin absolutely loved hearing him talk and every time she'd say "that scared me!"

We got there a little before noon and since we entered near The Midway, where the rides and games are, all the carnies bombarded us trying to get Kaylin to play a game. She had told us the day before that she wanted to play the balloon dart game, so that's the one game she got to play. She popped 2 balloons, out of 3 and won a stuffed puppy! She decided she didn't want to ride any rides. Though Jeremy worked really hard at convincing her! Then it was off to get Fletcher's corny dogs. Kaylin wanted a hot dog and ate a whole entire foot long by herself!

We walked around a bit then headed for the animals. Kaylin fed every animal in there, except for the ostrich. Those are some mean birds! Some of the adult men found it amusing to feed them from the palm of their hand. I guess they enjoy having their hands pecked? They had plastic shovels to feed the animals from, so kids would not get their fingers bit. There were also signs all over stating not to feed fingers to the animals. Which cracked me up!

As we were leaving we saw this guy! Pretty good optical illusion with all the stripes. It looked like it was just the top half of his body on the stick. Obviously, he's behind the curtain, but because of the stripes it hid that really well.

Here's a picture of Kaylin and Jeremy as we were walking out and saying goodbye to Big Tex!



As we were walking out down The Midway again Kaylin wanted to play another game of balloon darts to win her puppy a friend. So, she played another game and hit a balloon each time with all 3 darts! She was also "too tired to walk anymore!" which is exactly why we brought the stroller with us. Jeremy didn't think he'd be able to carry her for that long. I guess walking all over for 4 hours is just overkill for little legs.