She started off well, pulling me along the middle aisle at a decent pace and only face planting once (she brushed it off like a champ). Then we went down the aisle with the puppies. Obviously she's going to be all excited about the cute, fluffy puppies right? WRONG. She was excited for all the hand sanitizer bottles they attach to the cages so you don't spread puppy spit from booth to booth. I had to drag her away from these things and eventually had to throw her over my shoulder and stomp to the next aisle so she wouldn't try to suck on the top of one like a straw.
She then proceeded to try to walk into the forested area nearby, the one that has a huge sign next to it that says "SNAKES AND POISON IVY, STAY OUT". Luckily, I am a freakishly fast mom ninja and I saved her from certain doom before she could reach the edge. Soon after this, she discovered that the road was made of lots and lots of rocks. She is obsessed with rocks right now and decided that the middle of the road was the perfect place to plop down and start collecting. Unfortunately most of the rocks were imbedded into the pavement, a problem that incited the Puerto Rican Fire (aka Rage Mode 12) and she started a full blown tantrum to show her displeasure. Eventually we found some loose rocks and she started stuffing as many as she could into the chest pocket of her overalls (super freakishly cute by the way; also, side note, I forgot about those rocks until I tossed her overalls onto the kitchen counter later and those rocks came flying out like shrapnel and almost took out one of our cats).
We also ran into a LuLaRoe booth, and I literally mean I ran to it. I'm pretty sure Mira is aware of my addiction because she immediately started a meltdown and I had to pop her up into a carrier to stop her from pulling all the dresses off their hangers. It may have had something to do with the Bavarian Nut lady that was roasting sugary sweet almonds right next door, because I know they were driving me completely crazy....with desire....
Somewhere in the midst of all of this madness, we came upon a booth run by two fabulous ladies who are obsessed with baby feet....or at least covering them. They were still setting up shop (we got there at the crack of dawn) but they had already started hanging up the most adorable baby socks I had every seen. They were thigh high baby socks to be exact and I knew immediately that I had to have a pair. You guys know I don't tote things unless I think they are amazing, so what I am about to tell you is my legit mom opinion of these things: they are amazing. Not only are they super cute and fun, they are perfectly functional and almost impossible for Mira to get off on her own (unlike any other sock in the world which she takes off in 3 seconds flat and somehow flings into the dash of our moving vehicle). Beyond the actual product itself, I was totally impressed with this 2 person team of women who decided they were going to start their business from the ground up and by golly, they made it happen. Below are some pictures of these adorable socks, so you can see not only how cute they are but also, obviously, how cute they look on Mira's super awesome baby legs. Please observe that we stumbled upon a treasure trove of rocks for her to play with. She played nicely for about 5 minutes before she started throwing them backwards with Hulk level strength.
The quality of these socks are fabulous and they are completely made in the US (even down the the fibers they use). They are extra soft and stretchy so not only are they comfy, but they will continue to fit her for some time. I didn't take pictures of this, but I also scrunched them down to her knees to see how they would look and it was fantastically 80s warm-up-esc and totally cute.
Because I love these socks and because I love start up companies run by women (and moms!), I've requested to do a giveaway with these ladies and their company, Socklings. So be on the lookout for a post about that so you can have a chance to get a FREE pair of socks (because come on, who doesn't like free? I hear free and I'm like "I don't care what it is, I'll take it"....which is probably why I have so much useless swag in boxes, but that's another story).
