Texas State Fair

Columbus... you suck! Yeah, that's right! You suck! I mean, really...we're the idiots that went to the Texas State Fair on Columbus Day. The day EVERYONE and their freaking Mother went! Who does that? Of course, we do. Because that's our luck. We had absolutely no idea what we were in for...no idea. I didn't even know it was Columbus Day. It was the only day I could get off during fair time so that's why we went. First, we sat in traffic for oh about 2 1/2 - 3 hours to find out every sinlge exit to the fair was closed because all the parking lots were already full and at this point it was around 10:30-11:00 am. We seriously parked in the very last parking lot/gate...whatever you want to call it in section UU! By the time we actually got into the fair the were lines out the door for everything: food, rides, games, drinks, restrooms, shows, etc. It was a 30min-1hr wait for everything and it wasn't even noon yet. It was literally shoulder to shoulder everywhere you went. You couldn't escape the crowd anywhere and here's us with our huge double stroller that's extremely hard to manuver. Seriously, it was a nightmare. I've never seen so many people in my life. We totally had to miss out on practically everything we wanted to do. No car show. No shopping. No dog show. No games. No petting zoo. No nothing. Fortunately we did manage to squeeze in a corny dog, a funnel cake, Kennedy got her face painted, we went to The Bird show, we went to the Backyard Circus (really cute), Kennedy and I both rode 2 rides together, and really... I think that's about it. Oh and we went to the Aquarium and paid $5 for a bunch of empty tanks. But overall the kids had fun and that's all that really mattered... And sorry there's not very many pictures; it was literally a mad house and we were just trying to keep up with each other and fit everything in and get the heck out of there; pictures were the last thing on our mind.