This past week has been very busy for us, but busy in a fun way! We spent a little time at the school carnival to let daddy rest from his surgery.
After a ride or two,
a few games,
and hair coloring,
Arie was in a pretty rotten mood.
So we got some food. Tortillas Grill had a booth there so I decided on a honey-mustard chicken wrap and sweet potato fries!
Trooper had a few slices of pizza
and Kaiya couldn't pass up the shaved ice.
Cotton-candy flavored.
After Arie had a few scoops
she perked up.
Really perked up!
Later that night, we spotted Mr. Toad Prince. He's lived in our backyard for a few years now and was hopping near the slide on this night.
Later on in the week, was the Big Fresno Fair school field trip. One of my favorite things to partake of at the fair are the photo booths. Wackiness ensues and you're left with a fun little souvenir.
To save money, we didn't purchase any this trip but I was able to dig up some from past years:
Sweet Kaiya and her friends.
I love how 2 years ago, Trooper and his friend weren't tall enough for the camera and that I had no idea I could have raised the chair. Oops.
Cute baby Arie ♥
There was a really cool exhibit of old black and white photos from Fresno's past.
This one is of the Boy Scouts. Their little scarves. socks and hats are to die for!
And these classy beach babes just kill me! I want every single one of those swimsuits.
Lunch time! Fair food - what to eat?
Salty...
Sweet...
(This Pennsylvania Dutch image on the side of their booth was so cute I had to grab a picture)
FRIED anything!!!
I decided to be brave, go out on a limb and try some fried avocados. They gave you some pesto sauce and ranch to dip them in. I have to say that they were better than I thought they would be but I found it highly lacking in flavor. Some things were meant to be fried, some things were soooo NOT.
Then it was on to the ag-center with the animals, which Arie was very excited about.
Of course, I had to get a picture of the gigantic first place pumpkin. ♥
A dairy cow looking very bored.
A few friendly bunnies and Arie was going nuts!
She has these crazy animal noises she likes to make. Much like Kaiya did when she was little. Check out her chicken call:
A little bag of magic....
What could it be?
Ever since I was young, the fair has been selling these little grab bags of happiness, made from scrap material, for $1. I think we've purchased one each time we go. My first time at the fair when I was in the 4th grade, I couldn't believe that you could get a such a treasure for only a dollar!
My favorite part is pulling out each individually polished beauty and inspecting every swirl and speck of color.
After we got home, Arie appropriately brought me this book from her shelf to read to her. I believe it was one of Andy's when he was little and the pages are in pristine condition! (Probably because he never cracked it open. Hahah.) I just love how it still has the little 25 cent sticker on the front.
Though we read it before, the words have special meaning after looking through our grab bag of rocky gems.
Just look at these sweet, colorful pictures!
The little boy in the book dreams of giving the rock to his grandma in a tiny, Tiffany-blue box. He sort of looks like my Troop. ♥
Hello, Rock is a Tell-a-Tale book. Remember those?
Welcome, fall and all your fun things to do. ♥
~b
TGIF!!
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