it's tradition

at the end of each summer

our little family heads on over to our local fair

i take a photo of the girls against the "how tall are you?" stick 

to see how much they have grown from last summer

we ride some rides

we indulge in yummy (but not good for us) food

we ride some more rides

we eat some more not-good-for-us food

we pretty much just have a blast

and spend too many pennies doing it

but

it's tradition!

it's funny because when the girls were babies

my husband and i started to do traditions with the girls from our own childhoods

but we also started some of our own little family traditions like

going to the pumpkin patch, going to the fair, how we celebrate christmas etc

and now the girls are at the age where they ask

"mama, when are we going to the fair?"

"daddy, when are we going to the pumpkin patch?"

it's really rewarding to see the girls really truly enjoying and looking

forward to our little traditions