My father-in-law and partner arrived from australia to mpls a full 24 hours late after a layover in hawaii due to mechanical problems. We picked them up from the airport at 7am and took them to the state fair. I manage to go to the fair every year, and my fair-going experience has changed through the years. When i was a kid, i went to the fair several days in a row with my mother who was "man-ning" the 3rd District Nurses Association booth (which was always fun because it was right next to the MN AIDS project booth where they gave out free condoms!). As a childless adult, going to the fair meant going through several buildings, eating lots and seeing all the animals. With child, we are lucky if we find Martha's Cookies. I realize now that everything at the fair is aimed at children. Even the roofing and siding booth has a spinning wheel with prizes for children (DAMN you whistle prize!!).
Here is the aforementioned child working on a lowe's toolbox.
Here's mommy finishing the lowe's toolbox while the toddler looks longingly at the birdfeeder next seat over.
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Ah, but she found her love again for the toolbox...Here is several hours after the fair with beloved toolbox and gear.
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The australian visitors managed to muster up some excitement for the fair through a jet-lagged haze. They also managed to avoid anything on a stick (despite your video, scooter), and actually found real, frozen, fresh grapes. Not fried. Or stick-ed. Or fried. At the fair.
2 comments:
Did you go through the H House? Why not poor deprived grand daughter.
Oh man, we didn't find the Lowe's booth, we only went to Home Depot (and made a very similar looking "art caddy") where I got totally stressed out because I am not a very good carpenter ;-)
Next year, we are definitely getting a babysitter for the kids and going back later in the evening ALONE!
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