State Fair 2009

Since my stomach bug has given me very ill thoughts toward any type of food, I am still having a hard time thinking and/or talking about our Fair experience earlier this week. I won't go into detail about what we ate because I enjoy not having to run to the bathroom with my hand cupped over my mouth. Just trust me when I say we had some yummy treats. I guess the pictures will give some of it away.

Elijah ate an enormous corn dog!



He definitely dug the Oink Booth crown much better this year. In fact, he wants to wear it at home all the time, even though I've had to do a couple surgeries on it already.



His love for the crown was a pleasant surprise for us, because remember how he felt about it last year? He was so distraught that he had to seek comfort from his belly button.



Cookies, milk and pigs (or "kigs," as Elijah calls them)! What could be better?



This is what's better. A cookie in each hand!



And a gooey, chocolatey face and hands.



Elijah totally fell in love with a band that we stopped to listen to for a bit (no idea who it was). He bravely crawled down the aisle to try to get to the stage and was not happy when we eventually pulled him away.



So many tractors! Have I mentioned that Elijah now says the word "tractor" perfectly? Some other more difficult words that I have heard come out of his mouth this week: "scissors," "turtle" and "cracker."



We stayed up way past his bedtime, hence the sleepiness on the ride home. Notice he still has a bit of a cookie stuck to his hand, hee hee.



We are still battling sickness in our house. Although better, I am not feeling normal yet. Dan appears to possibly be getting whatever I had (nooo!) and Elijah is still mildly coughy and snotty. Welcome to the Sickness Season of 2009-2010, I guess.