LA County Fair 2014

WE LOVE THE FAIR...its just a fact of life...in the 6 years we have been married and the 8 we have been together we have only missed one fair and that was because we got married that year and it just wasn't feasible to go to the fair. With kids the fair has become even more fun and its picture heaven for mommy!

This year we went the very first day it opened. We always get season passes but what a mess...they didnt have employees trained completely yet, lines were insane to get in (so long madison peed her pants waiting to get in), and it was SUPER hot. once we got in though the kids had a ball. tons of stuff for the kids to do and they loved every minute of it. Each time we go I only take them for a few hours and we only do a couple of things so that we can have fun all month long. here's a picture overload of the whole month.

 They had an exotic animal display this year and I'm pretty sure this was the kids favorite mostly because they could touch almost everything...including a snake (I think they are nuts).

 The kids building was lots of fun they had a fun super hero theme this year with lots of look, touch, and play things for the kids to experience.

 the last thing that was a big hit for the kids was the dress up area. Madison chose to be tinkerbell for quite a while...its the longest i've ever seen her wear a dress up costume.

 We even made it to the fair with Madison's bestie! the two were inseparable the whole day.

#26 Tell Stories around a fire

This was the last one we did because it gave us the opportunity to sit around and tell all the stories of our adventures. We loved getting together with family and friends to show all our pictures and projects!

#31 go mini golfing or to the batting cages

Mini golfing with grammie and auntie's made it even better than when they just go with mommy.

I took Caleb his own golf club from home since it was just plastic and he couldn't hurt anyone and still have fun with us

 

















auntie Amanda spent lots of time helping Madison learn to golf the right way

Grammie tried to teach caleb to golf the right way! Tried is the operative word

Auntie kelly tried too...tried

#82 participate in a talent show extra point for hosting one

for family night one night we did a talent show. we invited my grandparents and my family over to watch the kids and anthony do their talent and I hosted the show.

caleb sang: eieio

Anthony told jokes

Madison did the two magic trick anthony taught her earlier in the summer

#54 Collect and recycle cans, bottles, etc

we collected cans and bottles on our walks at night and after a month we headed to the recycle center with grammie. The loud noise freaked Madison out from all the machines. However we make $7.80 so after we got done at the recycling center I took the kids to the toy store and let them pick out some new crayons and coloring books. they were pretty excited to get some new "toys".

#99 Celebrate national zucchini day

I thought a million times about what to do for national zucchini day and came to the conclusion that we needed to make a trip out of it so we walked down to a local diner and had fried zucchini for snack one day. The kids thought that I was the best mom ever when they thought they were getting french fries for snack and devoured them like the good little overly healthy children that they are.

#57 Do some yard work or chore for your home teacher

We LOVE our home teachers! first off they are the sweetest people we could ask for. second they are super consistent which helps with Madison and her being so nervous around new people. for our chore our home teacher had Madison and Caleb go around his back yard and pick up all the fallen avocado's from his avocado tree. they even fed us ice cream and played with the kids for over an hour. we are truly blessed.

#81 Spell out words, or draw pictures on the beach using seaweed

Probably one of the best days of the summer was to go to the beach with my mom and sisters. we needed to draw with seaweed on the beach so me and the kids made a whole day of it.

we had a picnic on the grass before we headed out to play in the sand.

the whole day was tons of fun and we love being with grammie and the aunties.

#1 Pick up a grocery bag worth of trash at the park or beach

Caleb helped me pick up a bag of trash at the park which makes the scavenger hunt even better since he can actually participate this year! After we picked up our bag of trash we stayed and had dinner and played at the park it was a perfect family evening!

 His giant smile makes going to the park and all the dirt worth it.