To Market, To Market

My mom kept telling me about this Farmer's Market that she came upon one day after work.  She said they have so much to choose from.  They had fruit, vegetables, fresh bread and pastries.  Enough said, she had me at "pastries".  So we added this to our growing list of things to do while in California...

The flowers were so bright and cheery...

The bread, there were so many choices of fresh bread.  So much so that my mom and I could not decide which to get...

However, deciding on the pastries was a different story.    We purchased four different kinds and Sophia liked the chocolate croissant the best.  She also enjoyed the juicy red strawberries...

The produce that we bought today filled our tummies for the rest of the week and that made all of us very happy...

I Scream, You Scream

Who wants ice cream??  If you know me well enough, you know how silly that question is.  I can always eat ice cream.  ALWAYS!  However, I have never made it from scratch, but today that was going to change...

Make our own ice cream?  This idea thrilled the girls.  They were even more excited when we let them help us... 

My mom stepped in when it came to the electric appliances...

and Sophia had to cover her ears because the noise was "too yowd"...

Just pour the ingredients in...

and turn it on.  You know technology has come a long way when it only takes 20 minutes to make ice cream as opposed to all day...

The girls sat and watched...

then the M & M's were added...

and then it was time to wait some more...

Sissy couldn't resist and just had to stick her finger in the ice cream while it was still mixing...

and then got as close as she possibly could to the machine waiting for the finished product...

Doesn't this thing go any faster??

Apparently the technology of the ice cream maker hasn't gotten fast enough for a 2 year-old, slightly impatient child...

Can't wait to eat.  YUM!

A Fairly Good Day

The State Fair was in town and we didn't want to miss it...

We stopped for a moment to look at some exhibits and when the girls got antsy...

It was time to venture to the...

for some rides...

and some games...

We took a break from the rides (or should I say "Once we were broke from the rides")...

I got introduced to Lily's new pose with the lip pucker...

We had to go inside to cool off and lo and behold, we found princesses...

and astronauts...

Then my dad introduced the girls to funnel cake that was topped with chocolate and whip cream.  Who could resist?  Not these girls...

A sweet end to an especially sweaty day..