The Big E - 2008

Last Sunday we went to The Big E with Joyce and Dan, Scarlett's Godparents. (To see the last time Scarlett went to The Big E - click here. Ah...the difference a year makes!) Man did we have fun. The weather was gorgeous...gorgeously hot. Check out Scarlett donning mama's sunglasses.

We went to the petting zoo. Scarlett, however, was not allowed to pet. While adorable...these animals were a little...um, ripe. Then we went to see some sheep. And I got this ethereal-esque photo of the Bubsy.Joe took Scarlett on a big slide. Scarlett is a pro at these slides now though....our friend Lisa took her on one in the middle of the summer. It didn't even phase her this time around. See...

The highlight of Scarlett's day was, however, the eating of (drum roll please) du-du du-dah....DEEP FRIED OREOS.

Oh yeah...she ate 'em up good. Powdered sugar and all.I found it so cute that she got so dirty that I didn't even wipe off her mouth for a whole twenty minutes after she was through. Do you know I almost punched a woman in the face to get this table? I'm not even kidding. Ask anyone. I was SO there first. We also played the duck grab game. Scarlett loves this game! You can tell by the loud "Whee!"

And lastly, we rode the carousel.

So that's it. That was our day! Same time next year everyone?

The Big E!

Scarlett's first trip out of state - The Big E! After a very long debate on what the big E of "The Big E" stood for (I lost. East made complete sense to me at the time. It's very much Expo.) we made our way through the (very expensive) gates. Scarlett is using a big girl stroller now. She faces forward instead of a lying-on-her-back tilted-to-the-heavens angle. She is far more accustomed to it than I am. I have to run a few steps ahead of Joe and the stroller so I can check on her. This happens about every five minutes. I remember there being a lot more to do at The Big E when I was younger. The 3 of us just walked around this time. A lot. We did, however, bump into an elephant, some cows from CT, and a mini horse. Oh...and a kangaroo which Scarlett liked so much she started uncontrollably drooling. I left that photo out of the bunch.