2007 State Fair

Her Favorite!! I was a nervous wreck…she was kicking and twisting and throwing her head back. She even let go a few times! My little dare devil was not afraid at all!

She and Daddy hit every fun house at least three times!

She was so excited the entire time, and skipped EVERYWHERE we walked!

Do you think we had enough to eat!?

Another favorite of McCanless’ (Have you seen how tall these things are?) After all that food, this was not a good idea…(well, for Mommy it wasn’t)

Time to go it alone! Fortunately, she is very tall and able to go on many of the rides alone. She wants to do everything “all by myself” these days. Not so fortunate for Mommy, who was having a bit of difficulty breathing as I watched my baby walk up those stairs alone. (or run rather)

GAME TIME!

Okay, so we’ll never see her winning the Darlington 500, but she did give it a try. She has never been a child who LOVED the little motorized cars much, just an occasional slow drive in her Princess car. She couldn’t quite figure out the steering, and she gave herself a bit of whip lash, so before the buzzer marked the end of time, dodging the mini cars, she quickly slipped by the Fair Ride Attendant, jumped the rail and abandoned her own bumper car.

…and as if whip lash wasn’t enough, she now has a walnut size bruise on her chin. Obviously, Daddy’s wreckless driving and need to attack every kid on the bumber cars resulted in numerous “chin knocks” for McCanless. She may have been a bit too short for these bumber cars.

…a little more sugar, anyone?

Her very first real roller coaster.

By this point most of the good parents had left and probably tucked their kids into bed. Our little night owl was going strong. (the sugar probably had something to do with it) The good thing about it was she was able to walk up to any ride and jump right on with very little or no waiting at all. We also had the pay-one-price bands, so she rode everything at least a dozen times.

So, the sugar really started to kick in around 9:30 pm…

This was on top of the ferris wheel. I literally had to HOLD HER DOWN!

In all of the excitement, we forgot to go see the animals before it was too late! McCanless was a little upset with us for not taking her to go see them. She didn’t want to leave at all!

Mel and I had a nice, quiet ride home.

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