Fairs and Fireworks

Today we took the girls to Father Hennepin Days.

Each year we take the girls and each year we pretty much stick to our agenda- eat, rides, animals, rides, home.  The girls started with the huge slide- Hailey wasn't tall enough to ride alone so I rode with her.  Probably the last year I will have to do that.  We ate hot dogs, corn dogs, and cheese curds.

Hannah hit up the Merry Go Round and thankfully Hailey wasn't interested because this was another ride she just wasn't quite tall enough to do alone and frankly this ride makes me dizzy.

Then they tried the spinning Dinos (Tilt-a-Whirl).  Hannah loves to spin however her sister does NOT.  Through most of the ride Hailey looked like she was going to vomit.  Hannah did pretty good and if Hailey said not to twirl she would slow it down or stop for a minute.  When they got out Hailey was still smiling- whew!  Next up the roller coaster!  I was thrilled to see that Hailey was tall enough but a little nervous that she was going to freak out.  This thing goes pretty fast.

Here they are in the car ready to go for the first time- poor things have NO idea what they are in for!

 

Here they are during the ride.  They LOVED it!

We went over to see the animals and Hannah rode a pony that she named Petty.

 

Then back to rides to use up the rest of the tickets.  Hailey wanted to ride the cars.  The girls said goodbye and informed us they were going to California.  

Ha ha- must be the cool place to go on one of their shows :-)

They had enough tickets for two more rides.  Hmmmmm....wonder what they chose?!

They hopped right in and the first time sat in the very front seat.  While they were on the ride we ran into Jackson and Mason and their family.  When the girls were done, they came off the ride and we pointed out the boys to them.  They all caught eyes and then took off running towards each other.  Hannah hugged Mason, Jackson hugged Hailey, Hannah hugged Jackson, Hailey hugged Mason.  Then they stood there talking and catching up.

They talked the boys into going on this ride too so their last time around they got to ride with their friends- this time the girls picked the very last car.  I think they were a little bit excited!

 

There were fireworks tonight so we packed up a snack bag and drove to the Champlin Plaza parking lot to join the others to finish the official kick off to summer.

The fireworks were right in front of us and they were HUGE.

What a great day!