Now, I’ve explained why these posts are all behind by about two months…and I’ve also promised to get caught up. Well, I guess I lied. Everytime I think I will have a minute to sit down and post something, I remember something else I’ve forgotten to do, and blogging gets pushed aside…

I don’t think my daughter would be too happy if i told her, I’m sorry…I couldn’t make your lunch today because I was on the computer. Somehow I think that qualifies as irresponsible parenting…

For now, you should just be excited for something new on here. And seeing us in t-shirts and shorts should be a welcome change from the parkas that we’ve all had to break out this week. Yes, winter in Iowa is coming.

But for now, I’ll take you back to the last hurrah of summer…

the state fair!

You know it’s our favorite. And you know why…

It’s all about the food!!

We always start the day eating Cinni Mini’s while waiting for Little Hands on the Farm to open.

This year, we passed some time climbing on cows too! It became Evan’s mission…to climb on every cow we saw. And there were A LOT of them.

Little Hands.

Atop “Dairy Potter”. Okay…you have to chuckle at that one. How clever!

Petting the newborn piggies.

and enjoying a favorite…with a twist. The new PB & J (on a stick of course). Too bad both of the kids were more interested in the 3 grapes they got that were separating sections of the sandwich than the actual sandwich.

It’s okay though…they didn’t go hungry…we made sure of that.

And as always, the true sign of a successful state fair trip…the number of people to fall asleep on the way home…this year’s count…5/7. I’d say success!