It's time for the Great Minnesota Get Together!

Friday afternoon we left work a little early and headed out to the Minnesota State Fair. I have done this the past few years with co-workers and Eric has joined us the past couple years too. This year Eric picked up Evan from Day-care and took a bus from a park n ride not far from our house. The plan was for me to leave work and park at the fairgrounds and I would bring the stroller. Eric got there about an hour and a half before me. He toted Evan around in the Baby Bjorn(which is almost too small). Eric felt what it would be like to put on an extra 25 lbs:-) Plus he had the diaper bag backpack on his back with two bottles and extra clothes and diapers. The temp was in the upper 80's and pretty humid, so he was sweating pretty bad when I arrived with the stroller. As I pushed the stroller a good 1/2 mile into the fairgrounds from my parking spot only one person commented that I had lost my child. I was surprised he was the only one. It must've looked pretty funny pushing an empty stroller with no kid. While we were waiting for Dawn to arrive we got a reuben on a stick(which is one of Eric's fav's) and some Australian potatoes (sliced potatoes, battered and deep fried then served with cheese and ranch dipping sauce(a must share). Evan was getting pretty tired once Dawn arrived we headed up to the new International Bazaar(which we found has very nice family restrooms where all three of us could take care of business in one shot:-). I say this because Eric changed Evan in a bathroom where the changing table blocked the entrance/exit to the place(I think the bathroom has been around longer than changing tables). There was some music playing in the International Bazaar and Evan fell asleep instantly for over an hour. He was so cute I had to take a picture:-)

Where is Eric and Evan? Can you find them in the picture?
Yes, Eric took Evan down the Giant Slide! I tried to get one of them coming down the slide, but I ended up getting one of the guys at the end that is there to catch you. My camera was not fast enough!
Evan saw some sheep!
I think this horse wanted to eat Evan. He was a little too friendly, but very nice.

This is the thick cut bacon fried and carmelized with maple syrup. Eric, Dawn and I thought it was pretty good. We also stopped by Famous Daves to try what they are calling chocolate covered pig lickers(chocolate covered bacon). We thought this was pretty good too. It reminded us of chocolate covered potato chips(sweet and salty).

Here are a couple pictures of Evan playing in the boat cabin today. He starting to pull himself up to explore.


Here are a couple pictures from last weekend with Eric and Evan doing some swimming. Evan was pretty tired, but he didn't protest being in the water. Both of them did have a lot of sand in their swimsuits from sitting in the sand:-)