It's Rodeo Time!

Last Friday, we went to the Rodeo.  We had been talking about it for about a week, and Avery had a rodeo day at school so she was pumped.  She used those exact words on the way down there, "I'm so pumped about the rodeo!"  The first words out of her mouth that morning were, "It's rodeo day!"  I think she was a little excited.

 

Her favorite thing about the rodeo last year was the tram ride.  She wanted to ride "all by myself" in her own seat so she could soak it all in. 

 

One of the first things that caught Ave's eye was the pony ride...of course.  Here's the progression of how the next few minutes went-



What's over there.  Oh, ponies!!!

Please Daddy!  Can I ride them?!

On Max, her prized pony.

 The Talkington fam happened to go to the rodeo on the same day so we met up with them!

 

Going through the farm section in the kid's area.  I continue to love this area.  I just think it is so cool that they get to plant their seeds, collect their food, milk the cows, etc. so that they can exchange it all at the store for money and a prize.  Avery loved it almost as much as me:)

There were a ridiculous amount of school field trips and day cares that day so we rushed a bit through.  They kept gaining on us and we had to move forward so that we didn't get lost in a sea of them!

 

Feeding the chicken some corn.  Bill encouraged her to feed the live goats this dried corn, and she promptly got scolded by a rodeo guy.  Poor girl.

 

Photo op after some handwashing

We spotted the area where kids can pay to do their own mutton bustin'.  They were taking a little break so Avery made friends with a sheep.



 

We told Avery that she could ride one ride and she chose the carousel. 

We went back inside to see if the petting zoo line had died down, and the little ones spotted the escalator or maligator as Ave calls it.  They REALLY wanted to ride it. :)





This was the biggest. rabbit.ever!

Jumping like rabbits

Guinea pigs just like Oreo from their class at school!

 

Luke had been talking about showing us the bees since we were outside, so we had to visit them.



So excited that it was finally happening!

Cheese!

The guys both got warm and took off their jackets to reveal matching shirts.  Ash and I tried to move away when they were standing next to each other to make them feel awkward but I'm not sure that either noticed :). 

 

Thankfully, most of the field trips had left so the petting zoo line was much more doable. When we were walking in, Ash noticed a sign that said that they were not responsible for damaged clothing.  She was saying how it seemed near impossible to damage your clothing from a few little animals.  Literally right after she said that, a deer came up and starting chomping down on her shirt.  I continued to watch the thing go from person to person chewing on their clothing including this poor girl who couldn't get her skirt out of the deer's grasp.

 



Going in for a snack

While at the rodeo, I learned that goats do not have top teeth.  These two little guys were cute as could be cuddling and revealing their bottom teeth.

A burst of joy and hugs randomly in the day

We milked the cows before making our way home.



 

I love rodeo time, and I think Ave shares this love with me.  I'm hoping that next year we will be able to take her to the bullriding, concert part too!