{State Fair} It's all about the food!

Let's face it, we love to go to the fair for the food. At least I know we do!

Of course the kids wanted cotton candy...so we got that out of the way first.


Then we needed some dinner...

Greasy corndog's, Cajun chicken on a stick, with "freshly" squeezed lemonade.

All for 25 big ones...they sure get ya with the price of everything.



Then we saw the corn-on-the-cob...couldn't pass that up!



Dad even got in on the action!





I guess we didn't just go for the food...

Taylor said he has always wanted to climb a "real" rock wall, so we gave in and paid the $5.

He had a hard time at first, and said he couldn't make it.

Then, they let him move to the side of the wall that was easier...and he did it!!!



He got to pick a prize for making it to the top...his choice...a blow up guitar!
(at least it doesn't make noise :p)



...and Maddie dreaming of riding on the big swings.
(swinging happens to be one of Maddie's favorite things to do these days)

She was a little too small to go by herself, and no lap rides...maybe next year?

Disney on Ice.

I decided since Dale was out of town, it would be fun to take the kids to Disney on Ice.

Maddie wasn't too keen on the idea at first...she is always a little weery of things she has never been to before.
She cried when we got there early to see the pre-show of Cinderella...Hellllo...she loves Cinderella!

She just doesn't like the real deal I guess.

She did warm up a bit with a little bribery...cotton candy and popcorn!

The cute pink hat came with the popcorn...Taylor even sported it for me...Can you believe it?

I think it was only because I finally caved, and bought the dumb sno-cone...for 10 bucks...geez! (at least it came with a souvenier cup)

Taylor's favorite part was Cars...he thought he got ripped off because the whole second half of the show was Tinkerbell...I guess I forgot to tell him about that part :)

Maddie loved it though!




We had fun, and the kids were very good!

I loved how they thanked me over and over for taking them!

Wordless Wednesday...You Rock!

The other part of our Labor Day weekend.

We went to get another Meers burger and

see some buffalo down at the Witchita Mountains with our friends the Bailey's.

When we got to Meers this time, we were a bit disappointed...

they were out of milk, which meant,

NO milkshakes and NO ice cream for the cobbler...BUMMER!

That was half the reason to go...burgers, shakes and cobbler ala mode!!!

We still had a fun time,

and hope the Bailey's aren't too afraid to hang out with us again!

Turner Falls.

Our Labor Day weekend started out down in Turner Falls, OK.

I have been wanting to check this place out for sometime. So, I'm glad we finally

made our way down there.

The kids had a great time playing in the little streams of water.

Taylor loved the water holes too.

We took a break from the water to have a little snack,

We LOVE it when there are snowcones and nachos!

Those happen to be a favorite summer time snack.

Taylor was trying to catch these little itty bitty fish...

he thought he caught one here, but he didn't...bummer!

Maddie was just being Maddie, very cautious...

She was afraid she ws going to slip, and fall in.

Maddie's little feet next her daddy's big feet!

They had this big water hole, or pond I guess...

with this old rickety slide that looked like it was built back in the 60's...

It had about a 4 foot drop off into the water hole.

I was a little surprised Taylor wanted to go on it...I thought he might be afraid,

but he did it!

I love the look on his face in these pictures...

they are a little blurry, because he was going so fast down the slide.

I love the look on his face...do you think he was a little scared?

He may have been afraid for a few seconds...but then he couldn't wait to go again!

And we can't wait to go to Turner Falls again...

in fact we've booked a weekend getaway in a couple weeks, we're hoping

for some fall like weather this time. We'll see, you never know here in Oklahoma?!

Hi-Ho...Hi-Ho it's off to work she goes.

First of all I will explain her outfit...

Our next door neighbor who is 8 and no longer into the "dress-up" stage,

gave Maddie a huge bag full of dress-up clothes,

including those glasses...

pretty stinkin' cute huh?!

As soon as she got the bag, she picked out Snow White and put the glasses on.

A little while later, I noticed her out in the back picking weeds!

She got that from me...we get these annoying little weeds in our lawn,

and they drive me crazy!

She has seen me pull these weeds many times.

I guess when she went out back she saw some and decided to start working.

I just thought it was too cute not to share...and remember!

Knocked Out.

The other day Taylor came home from school with one less tooth...

While standing in line, one of his friends reached his arm back and accidently bumped Tay

in the mouth...

Taylor said his tooth just went flying...they searched around for it,

but never did find it.

That's OK, because the toothfairy knew what happened,

and left him a little something anyway!

I think it's kinda cute how funny our kids look at this stage of their lives.

As goofy as they may look, they are still so stinkin' cute!

Hangin' with the Warnock's.

When the Dad's are away the Mom's and the kids will play!

That was the plan this last weekend...the kids and I headed down to Texas to visit with the Warnock's, since both Dad's were on vacation.

(I mean TDY, Air Force acronym for business trip.)

Colby had a great idea to get a babysitter (poor girl) so we could go to dinner and a movie.

We had dinner and went to see "The Time Traveler's Wife."
When we got home, we were really hoping for the kids to be asleep...ya right!

But that's OK...the kids get really ornery and tired and throw temper tantrums! YAY!

Gotta love being a Mom!

The next morning one of the kids thought it would be fun to paint sticks...

So, Colby being the awesome Mom that she is (because I wouldn't have ) got out all the paints and let them paint their sticks.

I love how detailed Taylor was about picking out his colors and his design.

Maddie was obviously excited about something and telling me all about it, but I can't remember what it was...I just love this look on her face...

At one point Maddie started crying for a "bub"....we're talking a major crying, meltdown of a fit! I took her into one of the room's to calm her down and figure out what the heck a "bub" was...

after a few mintues I finally realized what a bub was...it was a BIB!

They wear them at school when they paint...duh Mom!

Luckily, Colby was prepared and had one for her to wear...WHEW!

So we went from sad to happy in a matter of seconds!

She also has learned that if you mix Red, Black, and White together you get

PURPLE!!!

All the kids with their completed sticks...all ready for battle.

After lunch we headed to the neighborhood pool...

...where the Mom's hung out with our Diet Coke's

until the little cuties thought they needed some too!

The late night had obviously started catching up to the kids...

After the pool, everyone was exhausted, so we headed home...

My kids fell asleep within 15 minutes on the road and slept until the next morning...

SWEET!!!

I hope you are ready for more weekend's like this Colby!