My dad and step-mom stopped in for a short visit on their "around the country" extravaganza. We spent half a day at the MN State Fair (which is awesome!), and a couple of hours at the Mall of America (it's a mall, meh). Of course, the best part of all this was spending time with them. Wish we had more time together, but they are movers and shakers and follow the call of the wanderlust.
We all had a blast at the State Fair. I've been to a few state fairs in my time, Kentucky, Illinois and Arkansas. The MN State Fair is something special. We spent five hours there and covered about 1/3 of what you could see. I never even saw a goat, which is usually a requirement. We took Dino Man through the Little Farm Hands exhibit where he got to "feed" farm animals in exchange for cow's milk, sheep's wool, and a chicken's egg. He could then "sell" these at the Farmer's Market, make money, and buy something from the store. The highlight for my husband was the free pints of ice cream for the adults at the end. He ate mine too.
Dino Man loves to ride buses, trains, and pretty much anything else that's not a car, so we took a short ride on the trolley while we were there. He also enjoyed the bus ride to and from the fair. We probably could have ridden the bus and not gone to the fair and he would have considered it a successful venture.
While we were roaming around the Education Building (tractors AND robots!), he found a balloon some other unfortunate soul had left behind. He made good use of it while waiting for Daddy to finish up looking at exhibits.
After visiting the Pet Center (paw prints, just like on Blue's Clues!), we all determined we were exhausted and it was getting crowded, so back to the bus we went. While waiting on the bus to return home, I snapped this pic of a very tired Daddy and little boy.
A successful trip overall!
How did you round out your summer?
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