Showing posts with label State Fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State Fair. Show all posts

Sunday, August 25, 2013

NY State Fair with the Borsts

The end of August means a visit from the Borsts to go to the NYS Fair.  The kids are always so excited when they know that Jack and Ella are coming to visit!  They arrived on Friday night and on Saturday morning we headed out to the Fair.

The kids holding hands while we walked in to the Fair

Checking out the cows in the dairy barn

The girls!  Leah loves Ella so much.

Not quite tall enough to be the bunny.

Aaron riding in style

Jack's turn to hold Leah

This year's butter sculpture

High five from this random lumberjack guy.  I'm so glad that Leah isn't afraid of characters anymore.

Mama and sweet Mr. Aaron

This cool bug guy came to visit us after lunch

Cameron really liked him

Ella dancing with the bug

Uncle Jeff is strong.  Or Cameron is light.  Maybe a little bit of both.

Hello cutes!

Part of this year's sand sculpture

And now, a hilarious series of the kids putting their faces through holes in random pictures.

First up, Jack the polka dot bikini girl

Leah's hair got a lot bigger and darker.  Looks like her kind of swimsuit though!

 Cameron's turn as polka dot bikini girl

Hmm, seems like Cameron really likes pink swimsuits.

And Ella is a puppy!

On to a new picture.  Jack the squirrel.

Ella the owl

And I think Cameron is a nut?

Now Cam is the squirrel

We went into the horticulture building and they had a butterfly garden.  We purchased some butterfly food and went in.  It was pretty amazing, the butterflies loved the food and came right up to everyone.

Ella smiles for the camera, Leah can't keep her eyes off the butterfly.

A butterfly on Leah's foot

Giving Cameron a butterfly

The butterflies liked Cam's bright shirt.  He was a little nervous at first but got to like it.

Ella's shirt or a flower?  The butterfly can't tell.

 Lots of butterflies hanging out on the roof

Jack's turn - his shirt wasn't bright or flower-colored.  I guess maybe he just smells good?

Leah got a little overwhelmed by the butterflies and was happy to snuggle in with Daddy and just watch the other kids.

Strollers weren't allowed inside the butterfly garden and since Aaron was snoozing, he stayed outside with Mama and Uncle Jeff.  We had fun people watching...the most interesting people come to the Fair!

An important stop on any Fair visit - wine slushies!

And the other  most important stop at the Fair, the Dairy Building for 25 cent milk.  Jack's a fan.

And so is Ella.

But by far the one who loves the 25 cent milk the most is Jeff.  He drinks a couple dollars work of quarter milk.  He's a cheap Fair date.

I can't remember why Leah was melting down - she wanted to drink the milk?  She didn't want to drink the milk?  Maybe both?  It was a long day at the Fair with no nap, so it wasn't too surprising that she imploded.

Happy baby who DID take a nap!

Both kids bought a cookie.  Cameron was especially enamored with his.

Trying to get a picture of both smiling and looking - this is the best that we got.  Leah likes to make faces!

It was another fun day at the Fair!  That evening we hung out around the house, played games and relaxed.  On Sunday morning Jeff, Kim and Tim woke up bright and early and went golfing.  They started doing that last year and had lots of fun.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

New York State Fair with the Borsts and Olivers

At the end of August, the Borsts and the Olivers came up to visit us in Syracuse so that we could go to the State Fair.  The Borsts come up pretty much every year for the Fair, and it was extra fun to have the Olivers join us too!

Cousins picture before the Fair - Ella and Lucia, Jack, Leah and Cameron

The whole group heading down to the Fair

Cathy and Lucia

Checking out the baby chicks and ducklings

So cute!!

Ella and Leah.  Leah was pretty much attached to Ella the entire weekend.  Lucky for us, Ella didn't seem to mind a bit.

Woohoo, corndogs for lunch!

Who doesn't love a good corndog?

All of the kiddos love them!

Ella with a yummy curly fry

What a sweet brother, feeding his sister a curly fry!

Cathy and Ron enjoyed all of the best that Dino BBQ and Giannelli had to offer.  Yum!!!

Cousins pushing cousins

There were some really cool tree/flower people walking around.

After lunch we hit up the Dairy Building for ice cream and milk.  Leah was very upset that she didn't get her own ice cream, so she took over Mama's.

Cam DID get his own ice cream and he loved every bite.

Cameron and Leah looking at the butter sculpture

Cameron enjoy the 25 cent milk

Leah loves it too

What a cutie pie Lucia is!

Ron was very happy to get his milk and fried dough

Silly monkey

Jack was very happy to get some cotton candy

 Cameron was very happy that his cousin shared the cotton candy with him!

Leah had no clue what cotton candy was, but she really liked it when she tried it!

Cameron, Jack and Ella with a bison.  Leah wanted no part of standing near that guy!

Sleepy girl!  She tried valiantly to stay awake but conked out the last part of the day.

Our last stop for the day was to check out the sand sculpture.  This year it was a tribute to the Olympics.

Since we were there on the third day of the Fair, they were not done with it yet.  It was neat to watch it in progress.

The Fair!

We had a great time with everyone, love this tradition!!