Step Right Up and Win Some Crap!

This past weekend was our little town's 24th Annual Pineapple Festival held in celebration of the fact that 100 years ago our community was once the site of a large pineapple plantation.  Today our town "boasts" a population of 11,000 but hosts almost 35,000 in the three day weekend event.  We have attended every year since Meg's been two.

Because Randy was working this weekend Meg and I attended the festival yesterday with Aimee, her daughter and two other of their friends.  There was a light rain off and on all afternoon but we weren't deterred.  The girls all had wristbands for unlimited rides and they took full advantage of them.  I know of two rides in particular that Meg herself rode at least four and five times each while we moms stood by and chatted the afternoon away.

In addition to the rides there were music concerts, food concessions, game booths, as well as local advertising and craft booths.  Of course the girls wanted to see, do and buy one of the everything there.  Aimee and I managed to hold off any and all purchases until close to the end of the day.  Thank goodness, because by the end of the afternoon she and I became "The Collectors of All Things Crap."  Between the two of us we had five balloon animals, four foam Metro PCS cowboy hats (free), two huge bags of kettle corn (Aimee's), silly freebies from Sonic, free coolies, frisbees and bags from a local slip and fall attorney, lemonades, water, two jars of awesome pickled pepper relish, an owl necklace (Meg), a Hello Kitty watch (Meg's friend) and four big inflatables won by each girl at the hammer/bell booth. We definitely did our part to boost the local economy.  :)

We all had a really fun time but were exhausted and ready to come home.

I'm posting another photo for Chris.  These are the pineapples we grow in our yard.  Very, very easy...all you do is cut the top off a fresh pineapple and then pop it in the dirt.  Mother Nature does the rest.  We've discovered that it takes about 3 years to get your first fruit but they come about twice a year after that.  This particular plant (we have about a dozen spread out all over our property) has given us two pineapples at once.

They tend to be on the smaller side but they are absolutely delicious!!!

PS...anybody know what movie I'm referencing in my blog title?