Papa Dewey had an assignment to work at the State Fair so we came along for the ride! Before Papa had to get to work, we were able to walk around the fair and enjoy all the fun stuff! Anne wanted to ride a horse. She LOVES riding horses. Girl after my own heart!
Sophie getting a flower balloon from a clown. This is about as close as she would let him get. About one minute later, it started to pop...go figure!
Vinnie, Heather, and Gage joined up with us and that is when we went to see the animals. Vinnie said this is his favorite part to Dad so we saved that for when they got there.
Anne had to have her picture taken with the BIG pig!
Sophie and Gage!
We also rode on some rides after seeing all of the animals. Nana and Anne on the snake roller coaster. They had so much fun!
Vinnie and Alisha taking the kids on a train ride.
Then we took the kids to the Little Hands Helping on the Farm exhibit. We love doing this each year. Sophie is now old enough to walk around and do it on her own! So nice for mommy!
Sophie decided to just take the milk jug to the cow! Silly girl!
Picking apples on the farm!
Riding a tractor.
Future Farmers of America? You never know! These girls love being on a farm!
And the tradition of checking how many hands tall they are! They are getting so big so fast!
Then it was time for Papa to head to the Division of Wildlife Resources building. He was working the fish pond. When we got there, we found out Nana had signed up to help as well!
Ahhh...cousin hugs are the best! Sophie was loving her little cousin Gage...a little more than he wanted!
Before the kids can fish in the pond, they have to take a mini class on what a fishing pole is and a few other things. This is Anne practicing casting. She had never used a regular size pole before.
Nana helping Anne at the pond.
Sophie even got in on the action with Papa.
Anne caught a fish!!!
Anne was so excited and followed directions from Papa on how to reel it in! This was her first catch ever!
Then the girls and Alisha went to ride a few more rides before heading home. We all rode on the carousel together. Then Anne wanted to ride on the bouncing frog ride.
She LOVED it!!!
Then it was off to the monster truck ride.
She was ready to go! After this ride, we went and bought a yummy watermelon lemonade drink, said goodbye to Nana and then headed out. It was such a fun day! Thank you Nana and Papa for bringing us along with you!
