Yes, I realize that to some of you, including my husband, this may sound completely and utterly ridiculous. But, it's T R U E!
I get crazy excited just walking in to those gates, and I love staying sun up to sun down. This year, we "only" lasted nine hours (not too shabby for a family of seven if you ask me!).
I grew up in a family that loved the fair, so I think it's an inherited thing. Like a good husband, Joey appeases me and tags along every year. Happy wife, happy life!
Given my deep love of the fair, imagine my excitement when I learned there was a Twin Contest! My friends at work told me about it when I was newly pregnant with the twins, and from that moment on, I knew we were destined to participate.
Naturally, like any good contest, I thought long and hard about what they should wear. And, then it hit me: if we were going to be "in the fair" we were going to dress the part! And, since they are still pretty much bald, I knew twinning mullets were out, so I decided butter cow onesies were the next best thing!
Ironically, we got Emma and Finley butter cow T-shirts at the fair last year and I thought it would be really fun if I could track down the baby version. That's when I stumbled across John Bosley and Bozz Prints, a local illustrator and artist who just so happens to be the designer of the butter cow shirts we bought E and F. I told him about the contest, and he generously mailed us two onesies for the twins to wear ... and they R O C K E D them!
The contest is broken down by age, and then "Least Alike" and "Most Alike." I entered them into the under the age of one, most alike category.
How'd they do, you ask?
Well, what I will tell them is that they earned themselves a white ribbon (third place, woo-hoo)! What they don't need to know is that there were three sets of twins in their category ;)
Here's a little video recapping the contest (skip to 1:45 if you want to see these two munchkins!).
It was so much fun. And the super fun thing was that all day, we saw so many twins walking around, and it almost made me feel like we were a part of this exclusive little club ... all of these people knew the joys and challenges of raising multiples. It was pretty cool, and a new tradition for us for sure!
Now, here's a little photo dump from our fair day!
What's your favorite thing(s) about the fair?!
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Thanks again to Bozz Prints for the onesies! Stock up on your State Fair shirts for next year, or they also have some super cool Des Moines and KC shirts if you're ever looking! You can check them out here.
I grew up in a family that loved the fair, so I think it's an inherited thing. Like a good husband, Joey appeases me and tags along every year. Happy wife, happy life!
Given my deep love of the fair, imagine my excitement when I learned there was a Twin Contest! My friends at work told me about it when I was newly pregnant with the twins, and from that moment on, I knew we were destined to participate.
Naturally, like any good contest, I thought long and hard about what they should wear. And, then it hit me: if we were going to be "in the fair" we were going to dress the part! And, since they are still pretty much bald, I knew twinning mullets were out, so I decided butter cow onesies were the next best thing!
Ironically, we got Emma and Finley butter cow T-shirts at the fair last year and I thought it would be really fun if I could track down the baby version. That's when I stumbled across John Bosley and Bozz Prints, a local illustrator and artist who just so happens to be the designer of the butter cow shirts we bought E and F. I told him about the contest, and he generously mailed us two onesies for the twins to wear ... and they R O C K E D them!
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| Yes, I realize those bows are bigger than their heads. I couldn't help it! |
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| A dream come true - front and center on the Billy Reilly Stage! |
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| Just the onesies without the bows and tutus ;) |
The contest is broken down by age, and then "Least Alike" and "Most Alike." I entered them into the under the age of one, most alike category.
How'd they do, you ask?
Well, what I will tell them is that they earned themselves a white ribbon (third place, woo-hoo)! What they don't need to know is that there were three sets of twins in their category ;)
Here's a little video recapping the contest (skip to 1:45 if you want to see these two munchkins!).
It was so much fun. And the super fun thing was that all day, we saw so many twins walking around, and it almost made me feel like we were a part of this exclusive little club ... all of these people knew the joys and challenges of raising multiples. It was pretty cool, and a new tradition for us for sure!
Now, here's a little photo dump from our fair day!
What's your favorite thing(s) about the fair?!
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| Watching a calf being born (this spurred all sorts of questions!) |
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| Corn dog... check! |
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| Spin art (something I did every year when I was their age!) |
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