Carnivals and the State Fair

Carnivals....we've definitely had a festive July this year. Once we returned from VA Beach, the church near our development held their annual carnival fundraiser. So, of course we had to go....especially once Maddie got to see all of the carnival rides just, you know, sitting there right near our house!


Maddie wanted to ride every ride there was...of course she enjoyed the flying dragons though, they were one of her favorite. Along with the Carousel of course!


What would a carnival be without carnival food? We enjoyed our slice of pizza and Daddy shared his ice cream with Maddie.


Nana came to visit this weekend! I had to work at the State Fair on Saturday, so Daddy, Maddie and Nana came down and once I was done, we wandered the fair...the first time ever for me! Nana even road the big ferris wheel with Maddie and me!


Maddie was thoroughly unimpressed with the farm animals at the State Fair. In the children's area Maddie did pet a sheep, was afraid of the mule, and the terror screams occurred when she saw the big sheep and pigs in the main building. She wanted nothing to do with them, and just wanted to be "up" and held by Mommy and Daddy. I guess we really haven't exposed her to much in the way of farm animals before...although, I think the last time was at Millburn Orchards. She really liked the wild animals in the fish & wildlife exhibit though. That's my girl...

On the other side of the fair was the carnival! Just like the one that was near our house earlier in July only 10 times bigger! She knew exactly what it meant...RIDES! This photo is her favorite. It went up and then "dropped", caught itself then "dropped" again. Big grins and giggles...

At some point this summer we'll just "be home", not sure when yet though ;)