Life is Better With a Little Laughter: Deep Fried Twinkies

This picture is just the essence of the Minnesota State Fair

I took the kids to the Minnesota State Fair yesterday, and yes, they really do sell deep fried twinkies. And deep fried EVERYTHING else. That's basically the theme of the fair -- what we can make deep fried and put on a stick (pickles, peppers, twinkies, snickers, spaghetti, etc). I just wonder who came up with that idea, "how can we make a twinkie worse for use? I've got it -- deep fry it and put it on a stick!" And the place is crowded -- we were there about 2:00 on a Friday and it was packed.

But we had a great time. Luke fell asleep on some random guy on the bus ride over there (and had the whole bus in stitches) but was really good at the fair. He spent most of the time tag-team stroller riding with Evie (who slept through the whole thing). The Home Depot booth had this great activity set up where kids could come build toys. This was pretty funny in itself as Luke picked the most complicated one and I certainly can't build anything -- the guy running it finally took pity on us and helped Luke finish it. We saw some animals and ate some fair food though I haven't yet gotten up the nerve to try fried pickles. Our favorite fair food was the huge bucket of cookies from one of the stands. Luke also got to see some animals -- cows and sheep and some baby animals too. He was a happy, hot, tired boy.