NY State Fair

On Tuesday we headed up to Syracuse for the State Fair! I know the fair is always the same, it's dirty, it's crowded, it can be obnoxious but I just love it! In fact I love it so much that we stayed about 10 hours! Wow...we had lunch, dinner and even squeezed a nap in (Kenzie, of course!).

One reason I love it so much is the fact that it never changes....Kenzie gets to see the same things I saw as a kid! I remember getting excited about the animal barns, the junk food, the rides, the shows, etc...now it's so exciting to watch Kenzie see all the same things!

Kenzie was scared of the rides but she did like the giant slide...and I enjoyed it too! I was pretty happy to go on it 3x with her!
(not sure why she was angry in this pic...for anyone who doesn't know, this is her mad face!)

Kenzie loved the baby chic!!

Just like last year, Kenzie took a little snooze! We propped up her stroller and she slept while we ate!

She also had a lot of fun on the foot massage chairs....

We spent a big chunk of the night at the petting zoo...

at first Kenzie was scared to feed the animals but quickly warmed up to them (and couldn't get enough of them!)

I couldn't help but laugh at this guy...

or this guy...

Her favorite was definitely the zebra!

Sitting next to the sand sculpture...

Kenzie fell asleep within 10 minutes in the car.....but I was very happy she woke up (when we got home) long enough to give her a bath to wash off a day's worth of the Sate Fair! :)

Syracuse Zoo

Today my mom & I took Kenzie to the Syracuse zoo! I have been wanting to take her to this zoo since she was born but for one reason or another it didn't happen! I told Kenzie a few days ago we were going to go to the zoo and she had been talking about it ever since. She went to bed with a zoo book, she kept on asking me "where we going tomorrow, mommy?!?!" and then I'd have to say "zoo"....and then yesterday she woke me up saying "mommy, get up! You have to get dressed for the zoo!" Too cute!

And the zoo didn't disappoint!

Kenzie had a great time!

You can't really see the lion in this picture b/c of the glare but this lion was completely lounging....we went back later and he was pressed up against the glass, on his back with his tongue sticking out!

We were looking at a monkey and Kenzie asked me why the monkey is mad....I told her that he's not mad and she goes "yes he is, he looks like this".....

(and then she made this face! hahaha)

Daddy's favorite....penguins! :)

Does her outfit look familiar?!?!

Look who wore the same dress last year to the Binghamton zoo! :)

Long Island

Last weekend Jeff, Kenzie and I drove down to Long Island to celebrate our wedding with Jeff's friends! It was very important to Jeff to celebrate our wedding with his friends and this was perfect! :) Jeff's best man hosted the party at his house and we all had a great time! Kenzie had a great time she did not want to leave the next day!!

Dylan and Kenzie

(on the way home Kenzie announced that Dylan is her bestfriend! so cute!)

Kenzie also had so much fun with her friend Julia....
We had a very yummy cake with a bride & groom on top!
(The girl in the blue dress was added in the spur of the moment..it's suppose to be Kenzie! hehe :)

The Soto's! :)

I was sitting next to Kenzie while eating our cake and she looked over at me and said "it was very nice of you to marry me, mommy"...so cute!

All the kids had so much fun....to prove it, they were all filthy by the end of the day! :)

The Boys....

The guys had to keep the tradition of lifting up (literally) the bride and groom ...

Jeff trying to run away....

At first it wasn't too bad....

....but then they took it to the next level and lifted me a lot higher...haha!

We had a great time....thanks again Rob & Jackie! :)

Summer Fun!

I have been such a bad blogger this summer!! Maybe we have been having so much fun that I've been forgetting to blog!?!?! Or maybe I was busy planning a wedding!?!?! (Pics coming soon btw!!) Or maybe I'm just thinking of excuses?!?! :) We've been busy having some summer fun lately....which means nothing crazy just some slip 'n slide action, sonic soda/slushie runs, riding bikes, playing outside.....

This past weekend Jeff, Kenzie & I went to Long Island to celebrate our wedding with his friends! Since we had such a tiny wedding his best man planned a bbq for all his friends to come and celebrate..it was great! I will post some pics soon! :)

Here is what we've been up to....

Having fun on the slip 'n slide.....

Having a peanut party....

(all 4 girls sat on at the table for about an hour just cracking and eating the peanuts....obviously we don't have any peanut allergies in our family!)

We've spent our rainy days either inside coloring....

or lining up our princesses and then adding the biggest princess (Kenzie) to the line! :)

Miss M has spent a lot of time in this particular dress...I think this dress might go in Summer 2011's Hall of Fame! :) She loves it...and so do her cousins (they all have one too, in different colors). Dressing kids can be so cheap....$5 for this dress @ Walmart! :)

(on this day she added a little touch....2 bows! :)

On this rainy day we had to pull out the bean tub!

But of course, all this fun makes us thirsty....we've spent a lot of time slurping on slushies...

And with all this fun we get super tired! :)