Livestock Show

Today Rob and I took the kids to the livestock show for the day with our friends the Peinados. We had quite an experience. Colton was in high gear from the moment we got there. We started out by seeing the placenta from a baby calf that was born just an hour before we got there. That just about put Rob over the edge! Ha Ha! We saw lots of new born babies including pigs born yesterday and some baby goats. We were kind of glad we didn't get there earlier, because any of the animals that give birth there, just have the baby right there on display for all to see. A little too up close and personal for a family outing. Next we moved on the the baby chickens and roosters. Colton was less than impressed. All he wanted to see was a horsey...and he told us so repeatedly. He did stop worrying about the horsey long enough to terrorize some animals in the petting zoo, first by jumping bare back on a goat ready to ride and then giving a deer a hug around the neck. Those of you lucky enough to have had a hug from Colton know that this can be dangerous. After chasing him for a while in the petting area, we took him to a pretend hill they had created for kids to roll down. That was funny let me tell you. It took Colton a while to get his roll straight, and he only took a few people out as he went down. We headed outside for the rest of our action and were finally greeted head on by a ring of pony rides. Colton went into hysterics and we hurried him to the line not really sure what he would do once he was actually on the pony. Much to my surprise, he did it like a pro and even yelled yee-haw many times as he was riding. Maybe we have a cowboy in the making. Mom might have to break down and buy a pair of cowboy boots after all. We let the kids ride some rides including making Allie ride an elephant ride with Colton. She kept saying she felt dumb being on a baby ride. Just doing what a good big sister does! Colton didn't make it much longer after that. I noticed his head drooping and he was out like a light. We had a great afternoon!