Fair Fun!

Our kids love the Fair.  LOVE.  They got to go to the fair nearly every day this year, so they were pretty much in heaven.  Izzy and Cooper also each got their own 'special' time at the fair with Grandma and Grandpa Kalal.  We saw lots of friends throughout the weekend, too!

Carson loved seeing the baby animals in the Miracle of Birth barn.  Here, he's petting a baby chick.  "Oh, he's so cuuuuute!" he would say.

Cooper and Izzy walk around the fairgrounds like they own the place :)

On Kids' Day, I took the kids out for almost five hours!  There was so much to do, including check out the big service vehicles.

"Mom, I'm a firefighter!!"  He proceeded to tell me that lots of times over the next couple weeks, whenever he would help me water the flowers!

Watching this kid really get to experience the fair this year was pretty cute.  Last year, Carson spent most of his time in the stroller, but this year, he wanted to explore and check EVERYTHING out.

He loved the BIG tires.  He kept telling me how soft they were :)

Izzy got to see Anna and Elsa again this year.   She was awestruck when Elsa said, "You look familiar.  Did I meet you here last year?"  Super cute.

We discovered Carson has a love for corn dogs.  Clearly, he gets his good taste from his mom :)

The jumping monkeys really got some air on the trampolines!

Izzy even figured out how to do a flip in the air!

The night before the Derby, we had some last-minute painting to take care of... The kids got to put their hand prints on Jeremy's truck for their yearly luck!

The night of the derby was SO FUN!  It was Izzy's first tine doing the kid derby.  As usual, she was fearless.  She was one of two girls out there, and she was smiling from ear to ear the entire time.  She was squealing and giggling like crazy.  At one point, Matthew smashed into her, and she smacked the hood of his car and tried to push him away.  She also got some laughs from the announcer because she would drive quite a ways away from the action like she was going for a Sunday drive.  Then she's come raring back in and crash.

Cooper and his mohawk were ready!  He's a seasoned vet and knew just what to do.  He had a great time smashing the crashing.

This year, instead of everyone getting a trophy, they had a drag race to determined 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.  Cooper was SO EXCITED to win 2nd place.  He was so proud of his giant trophy, and he ended up being the only one in the family to bring home some hardware!

He was sitting in the stands, with his trophy of course.  After Jeremy's truck heat in which he took 4th place, the drivers were waiting for their cars to get pulled off the arena.  Cooper stood up, held his trophy high, and shouted, "I did better than you, dad!"  All the people around us cracked up.  And Jeremy heard him loud and clear!

Our late-night, dirty, derby selfie!

A Kalal family affair

After the races, we were walking around the fair, looking for a bite to eat.  Cooper spotted his Kindergarten teacher, Miss Laurent.  She listened to his excited story of the night and gave him some giant hugs.  He was so excited and proud to see her!

The next morning, this happened.  Talk about proud.

Sunday, we spent some family time at the fair.  It was the first time in the whole five days we were actually all together in the same place at the same time!

Story of my life:

What trip to the fair is complete without a treat?

Until next year!!