Your First National Peanut Festival

Some people look forward to Christmas all year.  Or their birthday.  Or some other major annual event.

But me?  I look forward to one specific day all year long.

The day that we can go to the National Peanut Festival.

And all my life, I have dreamed about taking my children to the Peanut Festival and showing them the wonders and sites of a fair that is based around peanuts and food and farm animals and rides and spending time with family and friends.

Ok, so maybe you didn't get that into it this year, but next year...

We started out the day by taking our annual picture by the big entrance peanut.  

It was HOT outside.  Dothan weather never ceases to amaze me.

And first thing - we ran into the NPF queens! 

Miss NPF is Whitney, who was our Miss Houston County.  So for two years in a row, Houston County has had a queen win a NPF pageant - Jules as Little Miss NPF last year, and Whitney this year!  We are SO proud of our girls!

Next, it was time for lunch.  The BEST part.

You didn't have any corndogs, don't worry.  Those are not in your diet yet.  

BUT you did have a little bit of powdered sugar from a funnel cake!

You weren't sure at first, but you LOVED it.  You kept trying to lick it off your face.  

SO CUTE.

Your Daddy always gets his picture made on a tractor, and he was SO excited to take you up on one this year.

We walked around the midway to see all the rides, and then we got GiGi to walk through the petting zoo!

You were going to go too, but you decided to take a nap.  GiGi, of course, didn't touch any of the animals.

GiGi took you back home so Mom and Dad could have some fun with our friends, too.

You ate carrots (and your hands)...

Had a bath...

And watched the Alabama game with GiGi!

 We had so much fun taking you to your first Peanut Festival!  Next year is going to be even more fun!