So, today we go back to the first week of March, when we spent one of Eric's days off at the Florida Strawberry Festival. We had so much fun at the State Fair, and Ellie is a known strawberry enthusiast, so we knew we had to go. She even dressed the part:
Sporting her strawberry finest for the occasion
And so, off we went on a lovely March afternoon. We had no traffic issues, found cheap parking, and got the fun started.
This girl is clearly the queen of the Strawberry Festival.
Eric and Elie trying to get a look at the racing pigs
There goes one!
Sweet baby holding on to her daddy in the crowd
Then, it was time to get down to business. We needed shortcake. Obviously, it didn't take much effort to find a place serving up such a thing, so I got one to share with Ellie. She loved it! That's my girl.
Shortcake!
Because Eric is a weirdo who does not like strawberry shortcake, we stopped for a funnel cake for him before continuing to just wander around. We walked past all the rides, and Ellie was particularly taken with the swing ride, which I assume looked to her like a big people-moving ceiling fan (one of her most favorite things in the world at the time).
Left: Eric gracefully consuming a funnel cake; Right: Ellie and me amongst the rides
Midway
Ellie very excitedly showing me her favorite ride
Throughout the afternoon, there was lots of fun to be had with strawberry-themed photo ops. And we are not people to pass up a photo op, am I right?
Left: My baby sitting in a giant strawberry throne; Right: apparently pigs eat strawberries?
Ellie and Daddy as strawberries
Sweet Ellie as a little white flower!
The gang's all here!
The other big event we made sure to check out was the jumping dog show. We arrived in plenty of time for this one and were able to get a good seat, where Ellie spent the half hour leading up to the show charming the people behind us. Then, when the show began, she was quite excited. She is a big fan of dogs so she was smiling and exclaiming and pointing like crazy as they did their tricks.
Hanging out with Daddy before the show
Waving to the dogs!
This dog just wanted somebody to throw the frisbee already.
So excited about the dogs!
I'll bet these dogs think they're fancy.
Jump-roping dog
Dogs long-jumping into a pool of water
Let me at those doggies!!!
After the dog show we did a little more wandering around and then made our way out. It was a beautiful afternoon and we had a great time - definitely a nice way to spend a March afternoon!
Family fun at the Strawberry Festival!
2 comments:
How fun! We didn't get to the strawberry festival this year :-(
So glad she loved it so much! But I must say....Eric's shirt stole the show for me! It's awesome!!!
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