A Veritable Smorgasbord

As a kid we loved to watch Charlotte's Web (the old school version with music), especially the scene where Templeton the Rat eats his way through all the food at the State Fair and ends up rolling his way back to Wilbur.

That's kind of how I feel right now, having just returned from the deep-fried goodness that is the Orange County Fair. It seems like the booths are just trying to top each other for total meal calorie count. Not to brag or anything, but here is the list of non-weight watchers approved food we indulged in during the 7 total hours we spent at the fair (we shared most of these things, lest you think I ate all of this alone):

1. Tempura onion rings
2. Fruit smoothie (ok, sort of healthy)
3. Soda
4. Huge sausage hot dog from the World's Largest BBQ (that's what the sign said so I have to believe it's true)
5. Corn dog with ketchup and mustard
6. Lemonade
7. Chicken fingers and fries
8. Chicken and veggie kabob with ranch
9. Ice cream bar
10. The fried Snickers bar - it looked like a corn dog - sweet batter around it, on a stick. It was actually really good!

My dear friend Denise has a face painting booth at the OC Fair so that is really the reason we go - the fried Snickers bar I had yesterday is really just the icing on the cake.

I also got to see my friend Stephanie and her cute little man, Ryan.


Claire and Ryan hung out a bit - I think once they are a bit older their interaction will be better than Claire stealing Ryan's toys and Ryan pulling Claire's hair. It was really fun to see him for the first time and experience being mommy's with someone who I've known since the first grade.

More cute photos from the trip:

A trip to the World's Largest Thermometer in Baker, CA


Watching the animals



Loving the Weather - 75 degrees


Breakfast with Denise