Fall Faire Weekend

The oh-so-exciting Fall Faire was held in our town the weekend after Labor Day and every year we go hoping it will be better than the last and it always lets us down.  The main problem is the lack of food vendors to choose from - it is sad!  But...there is a carnival and a tiny petting zoo and a free face painter so basically we go for the kids.
























There is a fireworks show at dusk on Sunday night of the Faire that we can see from our bedroom window.  It is pretty neat to lay in bed and watch the fireworks.  Last year Luke fell asleep before they started and this year he made it halfway through before falling asleep.  Here we are being silly while waiting for them to start!

Weekend Wrap Up

We had a nice weekend! Friday and Saturday were garage sale days. Thanks to my sisters for coming those days to watch the kids for me since Wally had school and a golf invite. We did pretty good. We still have a lot of stuff left though (most of it is going to Goodwill and the rest is going back into the basement for a future sale).

Saturday night we had our first fire of the year. Luke really wanted to have a fire, but he wouldn't have a s'more (what a strange kid!).

Sunday we headed to church, watched the Bears game, and then went over to our Village's fall fair for a bit.

And some pics for you. These first ones are actually from Thursday night.

Luke asked to hold Paige in his Mickey Mouse chair (she looks thrilled doesn't she?!?!)




A little tummy time - she is really getting good at lifting that head!


Early morning of the garage sale. The kids were outside with me until Aunt Carly arrived! It was a little chilly and foggy!

Covering his ears because the garbage truck was coming by!




Our fire...


And the fair.

Lukey won his sister a hippo!




We all had on our Bears attire on Sunday (except Paige, we need to get her some!), but I failed to take a picture! Next time!

Will County Fair 2011

We made our annual Will County Fair trip on Friday night. You can read about the last 2 years here and here.

Before we actually get to the Fair, can I please just show you Paige's outfit? Love the jeans and of course the shirt is the best!





Oh and Luke gave Nala a sticker - she had know idea it was there - ha!


Ok, now on to the fair! First up, the animals!


I can never get enough pictures of these two holding hands!






Next up - the tractors!

I can't believe he most likely won't fit inside that tire next year. He's getting so big!




We better check in on the little girl - sleeping away!


After a corn dog, an apple dumpling, and some ice cream, it was time for some rides.

Flying a helicopter


And driving a boat


How's Paige doing? Still sound asleep!


Of course we had to play the duck game!


And wouldn't you know it, Luke won a "jumbo" prize! He chose a blowup Spiderman (I was secretly very happy he didn't choose a stuffed animal!).


Sadly, Spiderman didn't make it past 7:30 AM the next morning. Luke jumped on his arm, and he popped!

Another fun year at the Will County Fair!

Fall Fair

Last Friday night we headed over to the Fall Fair in town. As soon as Luke saw the train ride, we knew we had to get tickets for that one. Uncle Will was along so he took some pictures for us.

We had to get a picture with Scooby!

We were also able to take a free ride on an old fire truck. Luke wasn't really thrilled about it, especially once the sirens started!

Still not thrilled even with the hat on!

Fun at the County Fair

This past weekend was the Will County Fair. The fairgrounds are in Peotone, which is like 5 minutes from us. We headed to the fair on Sunday, and it was HOT!!! Seriously, where is the cool weather????

Here was our day in pictures...

Enjoying his first corndog!

Piggies in the kid's animal farm area.

Luke LOVES goats!!!

And he also loves the tractors and mowers and so on...