Reagan's fairy godmother, Jen, came to visit this weekend from Chicago so we could all go to the "Great Minnesota Get-Together" along with 100,000 of our closest friends. It was a great weather day as it was about 75 degrees, sunny and breezy so that was a good start to the day.
We had been there almost 45 minutes and had not had anything to eat so we made our way to the horticulture center for a cider popsicle (Andrew's favorite treat). Then it was onto the good stuff - cheese curds. I love them and Reagan did too. She is really into dipping things into ketchup so these were perfect. By the end of the day we had eaten corned beef and cabbage on a stick, wild rice hamburgers, pronto pups, sno cones, strawberry shortcake, corn on the cob and then the best part of the day...Sweet Martha's Cookies. If you have never had Sweet Martha's Cookies, they are the best chocolate chip cookies housed right next to the all you can drink milk stand. Reagan doesn't really like sweets so we gave her a little taste of the cookie. The next thing I hear is "Cookie, mama, Cookie." After about 5 cookies and a glass of milk, this is what Reagan looked like.
She also rode the giant slide for the second year in a row and the gondola. She loved both of them, crying after the slide was over and relaxed for a nap once the gondola stopped. She also visited the pigs, cows
and horses - she had one pig trying to eat her stroller. It was a full day, but she had a great time. She cannot wait until next year when she can have even more "cookies, mama."
We arrived about 10 a.m. and the first thing we did was go to the Miracle of Birth barn where we saw a baby calf being born. Reagan wasn't to into that, but Jen and I thought it was pretty cool. I got teary eyed when the little girl made her way into the world. I thought I would be over that once I had my own baby, but the feelings were even stronger as I was remembering Reagan being born. Weird.
We then had our brush with fame as we ran into Al Franken of Saturday Night Live fame. He is running on the democratic ticket for Minnesota state senator in 2008 so he was there meeting and greeting people. Here are Jen and I with him.
We had been there almost 45 minutes and had not had anything to eat so we made our way to the horticulture center for a cider popsicle (Andrew's favorite treat). Then it was onto the good stuff - cheese curds. I love them and Reagan did too. She is really into dipping things into ketchup so these were perfect. By the end of the day we had eaten corned beef and cabbage on a stick, wild rice hamburgers, pronto pups, sno cones, strawberry shortcake, corn on the cob and then the best part of the day...Sweet Martha's Cookies. If you have never had Sweet Martha's Cookies, they are the best chocolate chip cookies housed right next to the all you can drink milk stand. Reagan doesn't really like sweets so we gave her a little taste of the cookie. The next thing I hear is "Cookie, mama, Cookie." After about 5 cookies and a glass of milk, this is what Reagan looked like.She also rode the giant slide for the second year in a row and the gondola. She loved both of them, crying after the slide was over and relaxed for a nap once the gondola stopped. She also visited the pigs, cows
and horses - she had one pig trying to eat her stroller. It was a full day, but she had a great time. She cannot wait until next year when she can have even more "cookies, mama."
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