What is the one beverage that every state fair has across the country? Actually every fair usually has this. Lemonade! Fresh squeezed lemonade. Peyton always has to have at least one big giant sipper of Minnesota State Fair Lemonade when we go. It's one of the first things she'll hunt down as soon as we get through the gate. And since there is no Minnesota State Fair this year I decided to make her a whole pitcher of State Fair Lemonade! I knew making fresh-squeezed lemonade would be easy ...
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It’s Peanuts Celebration Weekends at ValleyFair!
Did you know Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and all his friends (Peanuts), was from Minnesota? Well, he is. We are home to many pieces of Charles Schultz inspired artwork and even those amazing Peanuts character statues throughout the state. Our ValleyFair has turned the child area of the park into a Peanuts-themed wonderland for littles. Complete with rides, statues and photo ops throughout the park, any Peanuts fan would be in heaven. This year, ValleyFair is kicking off summer ...
Create Your Own Fairy Garden with Wild Pixy
Fairy Gardens are such the in thing to have in your home, your garden or to give as gifts. They are so popular they were even a category at the Minnesota State Fair this year in the agriculture building. Wild Pixy has created the ultimate fairy garden set with all the fairy things you need to create your very own fairy garden. This is the best kit I've ever seen to create your own fairy garden. Set Includes: 1 x Solar LED Glow in The Dark Fairy House 1 x Bridge 1 x Bench Seat 1 x ...
Fair Foods – The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State and County Fairs
Who doesn't like going to fairs? I know we love it! Peyton and I try to take in as many county fairs and the Minnesota State Fair every year. And one of our main things we do there is ......... eat! I think everyone does. Whenever I look around, people have their hand either full of food eating or empty food containers looking for a trash can. George Geary decided to make a cookbook filled with recipes from all over the United States with fair foods! Now, you can make some of your favorite ...
A Hawaiian Shaved Ice Holiday
If you have been following Peyton's Momma for a while, then you know we love shaved ice. Every festival, carnival, or amusement park we visit, if they have it, we have to try it. But now it's winter in Minnesota so there are no carnivals, festivals, or amusement parks open to visit. So what do we do? We break out the Hawaiian Shaved Ice Home Pro Shaver and make it at home! The Hawaiian Shaved Ice Home Pro Shaver is perfect for us. It may be winter and we may be spending time inside but now ...
Kona Ice of Stillwater
Every weekend I look for food trucks that will be in our local area. Since the Minnesota State Fair was canceled and we can't really travel much, finding and trying out new food trucks every weekend has kinda become our thing. I've seen Kona Ice of Stillwater posts in our local mom's groups and I have been eager to try it out. When I saw that it was going to be in downtown Stillwater today I knew that was the food truck Peyton and I were going to check out this weekend. I knew what time Kona ...