Fort Worth Stock show and Rodeo

This was our first year to attend the Fort Worth Stock Show and our very first Rodeo... ever, I think.

We went to the stock show with Ethan's parents since our wonderful museum membership (courtesy of  Marmee and Papa) got us in free!  Ellasyn loved looking at ALL the cows. I think we walked through at least three buildings of different cattle.  The last building, however, was a little too loud for E's liking.   I guess the animals were getting a little stir crazy perhaps.  I think her favorite animals were the chicks and the ducklings. She kept asking me if we could "soft" (pet) them, which we could not.  We found a petting area later where she was able to pet and feed rabbits, goats, llamas, and an Irish calf.

~ "That's a scary noise!" ~
(referring to the loud cows)

~ test driving a tractor ~

~ family photo on the tractor... trying not to blow away ~

~ We got to meet Elsie, the cover cow for Borden Milk ~

~ Not sure about the Irish Calf checking her out ~

~ "He sniffed me!" ~

~ finally posing for the picture ~

The next week, we received an invitation from our friends, The Hills, to attend the rodeo with them.  I was a little nervous how Ellasyn would do and I didn't have much, if any, experience to share with her in preparation. As soon as we walked onto the grounds she said, " Mmmmm... it smells sooo good, Mommy."  Uh?  We may have a future FFA gal on our hands... 

She had a blast at the rodeo!  She loved watching the opening with all the people on horses and the "sparkly girls" with the flags.  She watched the bronco riding and bull riding with great interest and especially loved the motorcycle stunt that they did.  I think her favorite part, though, was wearing her cow girl boots.  This girl LOVES her boots!

~ enjoying some snacks with Daddy ~

~ stole this picture from Gara's blog :) ~

~ E, Mommy and C! ~

~ how cute are we in our boots? ~

Yes, that is four blog posts in three days...
Love,
The McDaniels