The Muhses Hit the State Fair

When you have one of the top 5 State Fairs in the country, you really have no choice but to go. Even if you hate the parking (which I do) and dragging all your crap for 2 kids around all day (which is a pain). It's totally worth it...for the most part. :) The weather was beautiful on Saturday and we had a great time. Owen and Cam both did fabulously, aside from a minor meltdown or two at the end of the day. We saw Bob the Builder, lots of animals, rode some rides, and ate some good food. I couldn't narrow down the pics 'cause I loved them all so here they are!

Check out the antlers on this elk!

Is he cute or what? He just chilled in the stroller all day long and was so good. Sometimes I wore him in the carrier on me so Owen could ride for a bit. I think he liked being up and able to see everything. We didn't get a picture though!

I have a picture of Owen doing this same thing at his first State Fair. My boys love their piggies!

Award-winning giant pumpkin. And this one is the second place one! It was over 1000 lbs.

We got this free paper visor and Owen just loved it. He's sitting on the stage waiting for Bob to start. He had a ball at the show singing along with Bob.

He LOVED this elephant and screamed when we made him get off it.


What does an elephant say?

Baby goats born on 8/11/08.

Check out the Mama--even goats are exhausted from taking care of newborns!

Don't they look like little puppy dogs?

Cam got too tuckered out!

I had to take this pic for my mom, the world's biggest Cheez-It fan. It was only after I took the pic that I read about it and learned it's not actually made of Cheez-Its. It's carved out of a block of cheese. Still pretty cool and the picture doesn't really do it justice.

The infamous Butter Cow.

The butter version of Shawn Johnson that I waited in line to see with my whiny, unhappy baby. It was pretty cool but I don't think it was worth the wait. I think Cam would agree.

Owen was so excited we couldn't get him to eat anything all day. He finally gave up at the end of the day and stopped for french fries.

Too many fries to smile!

Both of the boys were zonked in the car on the way home. Cody and I were exhausted as well but we managed to stay up late enough to see Michael Phelps win his 8th. We are so addicted to these Olympics!

The Highs and Lows of Professional Pics with a 3-year-old and a 7-month-old

Mom and I took the boys to JCPenney in Carbondale while I was home to have the boys pictures done. I knew it would be hell but I still wanted to do it. First some of the lows...we got there on time and quickly realized I had forgotten Cam's shorts for one of the pics. So off Owen and I went to run around the mall and find some shorts for him to wear. We ran back into Penney's with a pair of shorts and Owen saying, "I saved the day!" We could never get a picture of both of them looking at the camera and smiling at the same time. Though I didn't really expect to. Owen's nose was running like a faucet. Note: the only day it really ran like that the entire two weeks we were there. Cameron's head was tilting worse than it had or did the entire two weeks we were there. However, I got over that pretty quickly as I decided that's who he is at this time in his life and I'm actually glad I have it captured on film. Owen screamed, Cameron screamed, and I about pulled my hair out.

Now on to the highs...

I rarely buy the "cutie" ones they make up for you with all the different sayings and stuff but Mom and I both cried after we read this one. I can't exactly remember what it says but it's all about brothers.

I am in the process of transferring Cameron to all cloth diapers, which is what he has on in this pic. Someday I'll do a post of him in all his different cloth and share all the wonderful benefits of it with you. (Which I know you will all be anxiously awaiting.) :) For now, on with the pics.

All in all, I think the highs far outweighed the lows. We got tons more poses but I just picked the few that I liked to share with you all. Hope you enjoyed them as much as I did!