Jared's First Rodeo

March 19, 2014 Wednesday

 The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was going on this spring and Jared, Karl, and I were very grateful to have such nice neighbors who wanted to invite us to go with them during the day one day. Our good friends and neighbors, Gramma Aurora and Aunt Linda, had some extra tickets, not only to get in, but to get on the rides. The rodeo was coming to an end soon and we were glad to help them use up some more of their ticket booklets.

 One thing Jared got to do right away was get his face painted. He loved it! I asked him what he wanted and showed him the different choices, but he said he wanted "ball." So, Jared waited his turn and watched his new friend who came with us, Miranda, get hers done, then I asked the lady if she could do a basketball for Jared. He thought it was so cool!!

 Next, we went to the livestock show. There were tons of farm animals everywhere. Jared saw pigs, goats, sheep. He got to pet a rabbit and watch a cow being milked while drinking his own bottle of chocolate milk.

Then, we got to go inside the petting zoo. That was crazy, but Jared had so much fun getting to see so many animals running around together and pet them. Karl thought it was pretty interesting too; it was definitely his first time seeing anything like it. Mommy had to keep pushing the goats away from trying to nibble at his feet.

 Probably the high-light of the day for both of us was when Jared got to go on a pony ride. He was elated!! He couldn't stop smiling. He was just having the time of his life the whole time he was up there.

It was definitely a priceless moment for me as a mother to see him so happy and content. :-)

After that, we went outside and got to ride a few rides. This was another first for Jared, and it was so fun to see how happy he was to be driving his own car, or flying in an elephant. (We got to ride the flying elephant together. It was so fun! :-))

 He loved this Spider Mania one where he got to ride a swing that went in circles. He and I would wave to each other when ever he came back near my spot. He thought it was so amazing!! He was so cute!!

 Karl had a great time being held so much by Mommy or Linda or Aurora, so it was a good day for him too. We got to end our fun with having lunch and then riding back to our parking spot on a shuttle-trailer.

We missed having Daddy there, but we had an amazing day together with some great friends!!