Hill Ridge Farm & The NC State Fair

This past weekend we had more fun than should be allowed in one 3 day period.  Saturday we visited Hill Ridge Farms in Youngsville, Sunday we went to the NC State Fair, and Monday we met Meme at Ganyard Hill Farms in Durham.  What a whirlwind, but oh my, Thomas had a blast!!  The experience is best shared in pictures, so I'm putting them in two separate posts.  Enjoy!

Hill Ridge Farms, Youngsville, NC

We went with The Williams to Hill Ridge Farms, which is a pumpkin patch on steroids.  It has every sort of fun thing you could think of.  It's open all year, but this time of year is great because you get to enjoy all the fall-ish fun and pick out your own pumpkin.

Thomas gave us a photo op at every single animal on this sign (and there were two more not in this picture), but I'll only post this one.

He was excited to get his face painted again.  We let him pick out whatever he wanted and all he wanted was an American flag.  He pointed at the big flag flying at the top of the hill where the slide was and said, "I want a flag like that one"

They have a real Native American tee-pee.  We checked it out.

Sorry for the blur, but he was a blur the whole time in this hay pit.  Mama's allergies didn't enjoy the hay pit but Thomas did!!

My pumpkin, picking out a pumpkin.

We picked our pumpkins and then took the hay ride back to the fun stuff.

Only one of my FAVORITE pictures. A little boy that looks up to his Daddy.

We rode the train.  Choo Choo!!!

 NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC

We decided to head to the state fair on the last day - it's gonna be crowded.  Oh yeah, and it's 80 degrees!!!  REALLY crowded!  Can't say it's one of my favorite places to be, but Thomas had a great time, so it was worth it.

He rode lots of rides, thanks for Nama & Nandaddy.  Here he's rockin the 4-wheelers.

We ate much less junk food than I thought we would - made it out with a lemonade and some cotton candy, which Thomas obviously enjoyed. :)

This was the only roller coaster-type ride in the kiddie area.  Looked a little "jerky" so I suggested that Mr. Williams ride with him.  Glad he did.  Don't know if you can tell, but Thomas was NOT having a blast on this one.  He went from holding on lightly to grasping the bar for his life.  When asked whether he had fun on that one, the reply was "no".

He rode the hot-air balloon ride with another little girl.  They had fun together and were just each other's speed.  They were the only balloon not spinning wildly the entire time.  Isn't this just the sweetest picture??



We capped the day off with some ice cream.

Thank you Nama and Nandaddy for a great weekend!!