The State Fair

So we finally made it out to the Minnesota State Fair, where everything but cheese curds is "on a stick." Sure it's easy to eat, but come on! Spaghetti on a stick? Pizza on a stick? Big fat bacon on a stick? (yes, that's what it was called.)

Think of how many sticks gave their lives for the state fair...

A LOT of sticks.
It was crowded!!! That's a lot of sticks to pick up.
In spite of the crowd, we had a great time. And it was Elijah's first State Fair!

Elijah with the great pumpkin.
He thought, "834 pounds of pumpkin is a lot of pie."

He liked the horses, and he LOVED feeling the Alpaca fur teddy bear.
But when it comes to today's pork...

he was NOT a happy camper.
If I only weighed 16 pounds, I'd be scared of a 1240 pound boar too.
Sorry, Brechts... looks like you'll have to find another young'n to take over the hogs at the farm.

He was pretty scared, so we fed him his favorite... milk.

Josh got all he could drink milk for just $1. That's for sure the cheapest thing we could find there... and the best! (They had chocolate milk too! Sometimes I feel that's all I'm good for nowadays... all you can drink milk... open 24 hours.)

Then we decided we'd spent enough money and completely exhausted our son, so we went home... all of us totally tired and sucking our thumbs.