THE FAIR 2012

A photo strip of us at the fair every year we've gone(we only missed one year)It's that time of year again! THE FAIR! Oh how I love the fair. It's such a happy place for me, full of fun rides, games, interesting people, sweet treats and ANIMALS!( here's my post from last year if you're curious )my handsome man and our darling daughter waiting for me to pack up Bowie-bear and the strollerWe like to hit the photobooths first thing when we get to the fair before we get all sweatywaiting for our strips to printcutenessnext it was time for rides! Clementine freaked out when she saw this one because it was "JUST like the DUMBO ride!"baby bunny in her mini canoe we took turns taking Clemmie on the big girl ridesPapa bear waiting with Bowie for his turn waiting for my turnhands up!then we took a walk through the HALL OF FLOWERSso in love with my Dahlia dress!it was a water theme this year so there were all of these wood carved fish and mermaids everywhere.then it was time for lunch!when we decided to go to the fair Boz did some reading to figure out what the best food this year was, and the internet said SONORAN DOGS so that's what we chose.A newcomer to the fair, Lisa Thompson and her sister, Debra White, both of Santa Rosa, won the judges' hearts with a hot dog wrapped in bacon, topped with pinto beans, grilled onions, mustard and mayo. The kicker is a sweet Mexican roll specially made by Santa Rosa's La Reyna Bakery.french fry smiles"smile pretty, baby!"after lunch we went to the kids play areaClementine got to be in a pirate showone of the tasks the kids had as pirate helpers was to find all of the rats on the ship and throw them overboard, but Clementine felt bad for them so she jumped ship to save them all :3proud parentsonly a promise of of the petting zoo could pull Clementine away from all of the amazing toys in the play areaohmygod tiny pigs!ohmygodohmygod ohmygodheaven tbhI guess there were other animals there too, but so what whatever. ;)Kiki told me to eat some funnel cake for her, so in the spirit of being a good friend I agreed. I was giggling about all of the powdered sugar on Clemmie's face when Boz turned the camera on me to prove that Clemmie wasn't the only messy eater.we saved the carousel for lastI couldn't believe our luck when I saw that there was a bunny and a bear right next to each other, since those are our nicknames for Clem and Bow. right next to the photobooths they also do old timey photos and I've ALWAYS wanted to have one done...how perfect is this?!I am SO pleased such a wonderful day! I can't wait to do it all again next year!