fun and fair.

a couple weeks ago we met up with some friends over to Baylor for an event put on by a bunch of students.  it was a fish fry plus they had tons of bounce houses and inflatables which our kids loved.  

if you didn't know this by now, they are quite the active bunch of children so this was a perfect setting for them to go crazy. 

and they did.

they ate their first cotton candy, cole rode a bull and we took over the bounce house with the slide for about 30 minutes.  

it was great.

  the heart of texas fair and rodeo was also in town a couple of weeks ago and so we braved it with the whole family.  

the fair is a big deal in waco and it is packed every night.  i am not a big theme park/crowds person, but we did have a lot of fun.  cole participated in the mutton bustin, which was hilarious.  and for those of you city folk who don't know what that is, it is when little kids ride on the back of sheep to see how long they can hold on.  it is like bull riding for kids kind of.  it is awesome.

here is the video:

we all rode the ferris wheel together (which i did not enjoy because i was nervous about the kids, but they all loved) and we rode the merry go round, which was a huge hit for the girls.  

clara kept pushing my hand away from holding her saying, "mo!" (no) because she wanted to do it all by herself.

we had a great time looking at lots of animals, riding the rides and hanging out together!