Once again I find myself having to catch up with all you readers my mother. (Does anyone else read this?!)
My parents and brother came to visit us two consecutive weekends at the end of the summer. The first weekend we went to the Walker Art Center (2 free tickets courtesy of Museum Adventure Pass, a program the libraries here are running). The “boys” enjoyed climbing on the one thing people are allowed to climb on, especially Philip, who made it most of the way to the top, then slid down. (I’m not sure that this is an activity sanctioned by the Sculpture Garden, but nobody yelled, so I guess he was okay.)
The second weekend they came down, we went to the MN State Fair, where we experienced a variety of culinary delights and some interesting people watching.
While my parents and I were eating our Uff-Da Brats in the Food Building, the people sharing our “table” with us stared at us and our food, and asked what it was repeatedly:
“What’s that?!“
“Where did you get that?”
“What’s in it?”
“Is it any good?“
This final question was asked very incredulously. Philip returned with his own food, Falafel-on-a-Stick, [this was after he had already eaten a Spam-Burger] where he was greeted with the same Spanish–Minnesotan?–Inquisition. I take that back; they must have been from Wisconsin or Iowa. Then my dad went to get some more food–fried smelt–and, guess what? Same thing. Seriously people, if you don’t want to experience bizarre, fried, anything-on-a-stick, don’t bother coming to the State Fair!
Philip got Veggie Fries next: “Fun on the Outside, Healthy on the Inside.”
Along with eating delicious cheese curds, we did some actual fair-type-stuff. I decided that maybe we should check out some of the animals, so we found some cute baby goats and piglets!
There was also an amazing ride where you were strapped into a giant hamster ball and bungee’d into the air. If only it didn’t cost like $25 for a 4-second ride…
Along with the fun of the WAC and State Fair, we had some fun game-playing time at our house. Biggest hit: In a Pickle, a game David got for Christmas. When we played it with his family over Christmas, it seemed really weird, but we re-read the directions and set up more strict guidelines, and it worked a lot better. Basically the game consists of cards with nouns on them, and you play on top or under the cards based on what it can be “in.” Such as, the TURKEY is in the SOUP; followed by the SOUP is in my STOMACH. Dad cheated by having outrageous cards, like LOVE, SOUL, and DANGER. He won many final rounds by having the KANGAROO be in LOVE and the AIRPLANE be in DANGER.
That concludes my summer. Stay tuned for a “fall” update (since it’s already snowed, I’m pretty sure we skipped over fall this year and are already in winter).
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