Ah....summer....time for sundresses and silliness...
...time for geckos and get-togethers
...time for swimming, sprinklers and splashing.
...time for summer haircuts!
Check it out in living color!
Summer started on Memorial Day weekend, when I picked you up early from 'not school school' and took you to Keller's Drive in for some in-car burgers!
It continued with a long walk to CVS to get candy and test out those new pedometer watches and staring contests in the park.
There were cookies to be baked, critters to be caught and released, and games of chase in the backyard and bike rides...
We finally got together with our friends:
You learned new games, and played music...
...and had a surprise visit from Kaelyn!
There was more backyard fun, a sleepover (a first!) with Brady, many trips to harvest the garden, a fun trip to the tile store, and more!
And a surprise summer visitor, Holden!
Top it off with swimming, playing cards, cuddling dogs, and a day trip to the rec center pool, complete with fresh peaches and an amazing million trips down the water slide, and you got yourself the start to a sweet, sweet summer!
The last time we went to the state fair was in 2013. The Fair is pretty much the same- delicious fried food, rigged fun carny games, fun totally-safe carny rides, and delicious fried foods. But...you have changed!
Aidan, look at how much you've grown! Literally!
2013
2016
And Julia, now look at you then and now!
2013
2016
It's hard to believe you both have grown up so much in 3 short years! And now that your older we could truly enjoy more of what the Texas State Fair has to offer!
The video!
The Food!
Uncle Jeremy has a saying from our old Fair-foraging days. More of a poem. Or a chant.
"Funnel Cake, Funnel Cake
Pretzel Corn Dog Turkey Leg
It's more like a mission statement for eating your way through the fair...and we did pretty darn good!
It started, like any good morning does, with ICE CREAM (after you ate your lunches, of course)
Then we found the TURKEY LEGS! Julia, you loved it. Aidan, not so much.
Then we found the CORN DOGS! Mommy and I didn't share. But we did share our LEMONADE! Julia, you loved it. Aidan, not so much.
And finally.. we found RED VELVET FUNNEL CAKE with cream cheese frosting... mmmm Everyone loved it. So much...
So our motto could be "Funnel Cake, Funnel Cake...ice cream...corn dog...turkey leg!"
So good...
The Fright!
Aidan, you were so bold. You really wanted to go on the Haunted house roller coaster. Julia, not so much. So we stood in line...waited our turn...and went on a frightful ride! You were so brave! You later asked me if I was scared and I said "a little bit!" I asked if you were... and you said "Yeah...only a little....just up to my lungs!"
But no nightmares, so that's good!
The Fun!
The misters were super fun!
You both rode some awesome rides, and rode them like bosses! Yay for children's Dramamine!
No one threw up!
You both also participated in some pretty awesome Fair games and were challenge beasts! You won your games and were really proud of yourselves! Plus...cool prizes!
And don't forget Mother Goose Song and Story Time!
Aidan, I kid you not, you introduced yourself to Mother Goose thusly: "I'm Aidan. This is my sister Julia. She's afraid of Zombies."
And the farming experience!
The Friends!
Everyone's always got a big friendly person to meet at the Fair: Big Tex! Despite some initial trepidation about a giant texan robot, neither of you were too scared.
But, we also ran into a not-so giant friend: We saw Zoey, your new friend from school! How cool!
The Family!
All in all, it was fun to just have a super fun family day with all four of us in the park.
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