State Fair

We spent the day at the Arizona State Fair on Thursday. We had free field trip passes and the kids got 3 free rides each for reading 3 books. We got there nice and early--I think we were the 3rd car to arrive! The first thing we visited was the petting zoo.

Dallin loved the wallaby. 

 This is a baby wallaby in a pouch!

The first ride we went on was the biggest Ferris Wheel.  

They were a little freaked out by the height.

Dallin begged and begged to go on the crazy scary rides, but luckily he's not tall enough yet. 

So we settled for the tame stuff like a giant slide...

...And then the log ride. They spotted this from the Ferris Wheel and the 3 big kids rode alone. I had to stay back with Carly who wasn't tall enough to ride. There was a big drop and I could see from the looks on the twins' faces that they were freaked out. Everyone was all smiles when they got off though!  

We played some games and rode more rides and they were all wanting to win a big stuffed Pikachu, or a minion, or a fluffy unicorn. I was able to convince them to just have fun playing and promised them we could order any prize they wanted on Amazon. That kept the tears at bay. Everyone had a fun time and tired feet by the time we were done. We were exhausted and left before the big crowds came in the evening.