Sugar, Fried Food, and Fun!

James and I took off work today, so we could go to the great state fair of Texas on the kids' fair day.  We woke up to LOUD hail slamming against our roof and windows a little before 5AM, but miraculously all three kids stayed in bed.  We went back to sleep after it ended, and had a relaxing morning around the house before heading to the fair around 11.  The kids were excited to see Big Tex and ride some rides!!

When we got there, James headed to buy coupons while I lathered sunscreen on the little ones, and  we even had time to pose for some pictures...

Then we headed straight for the kid rides.  We told the kids they could each use 20 coupons on rides, but then realized all the rides were 8-10 coupons each!! Because we're awesome parents, we changed the rule to 5 rides for each big kid.  Grey sat out on rides this year, because he doesn't know the difference, so obviously we chose to save ourselves the $20. 

First they picked this fun house with a slide at the end...

Charlotte flew down!

 Then the spinning bears...

Then they lined up for this flying ride...

All set to start...

Grey was happy to just chill in the stroller and watch H and C...

This was Char's favorite of the day!

Next was this spinning roller coaster...

It was 3-4 per car, so this dude sat with them.  They were fast friends...

It was so fast that none of my pictures turned out, but it was Hunter's favorite of the day...

 

Then Hunter rode the bumper cars...

while Char and I rode this dog roller coaster...

It was fun, but I think she liked the other one better.

Then we shared nachos, a catfish po boy, and a cinnamon roll for lunch, and after we were done, we found Big Tex!

After we stopped by the cars, we headed to the Children's animal pavilion or zoo or whatever...

Hunter held his nose or grimaced through most of this exhibit.  I think we all know who he gets that from:/

Porcupines...

I forget what this animal is, but I thought the baby had interesting looking ears...

Those donkeys were so still...only their eyes blinked!

We headed to the dog stunt show after that, and then James and the 2 bigs rode the gondola for like $18 or something ridiculous.  Grey and I stopped for a funnel cake beside Big Tex while they rode.  He made this face each time Big Tex talked...

He loved the funnel cake!  Who doesn't?!

We were all exhausted, so after that we headed out.  By the time we got to the car, this is what our little loves looked like...

 

Wiped out, flushed and frustrated!  Those seat belts can be difficult when you're hot and tired.  It was a fun, full, exhausting day, and we loved it!