2009 HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW & RODEO

We took the kids to see the animals on Sunday March 15 at the Livestock show. They got to see all the cows and bunnies and pigs and everything else that comes to the Livestock show. They have a petting zoo for everyone to go see all the animals! We got some food to take in with us to let the kids feed the animals and we almost got attacked by all of the goats wanting the food. I even had a Lama right in my face when I turned around one time and it wanted to eat! Poor little Kayla almost got knocked to the ground since they were all trying to get to me. Kayla got to feed a few of the goats when they all calmed down. Cooper was with daddy and he got to feed a lot of the animals since they were all mostly after me and Kayla! It was actually very funny! When we got to where Cooper and daddy were Kayla got up in daddy's arms and that was it, she didn't get down until we were back to the stroller! Cooper had fun and he didn't want to leave all the animals, but we could not get him to pet the little rough haired PIG! It was so cute, just walking around and Cooper I guess thought it was ugly and didn't want to touch him.



Here are the kids when we first got inside checking things out.

We got to walk through a barn looking building and see the cows. The kids would say "MOO"Kayla loved the little baby Chicks! They were all so cute!!

Cooper petting the pretty soft white bunny!

Kayla got to pet the bunnies twice, since we didn't get a picture the first time!

Cooper & Kayla in the petting zoo! Daddy was giving them the food!

Cooper being sweet and petting the sheep! It just laid there for him!

Cooper didn't even have any food in his hands and he just let the donkey touch his hand.

Does Kayla look scared to you? This is the goat that was right there wanting our food. It even jumped up on me to get the food!

And this is what we came home with! Kayla did not want to leave when we were trying to get her off, so that is why we decided that we better go ahead and get one, I mean 2! HA HA! Could you see us just taking one home and having a screaming fight over who is going to ride?

These are called Wiggle Racers and you do just what the kids are doing and put your feet up and wiggle your hands. You can go pretty fast once you get going! Cooper has discovered that if you use your feet on the ground you can go a lot faster! Adults can even ride on these as they hold up to 220lbs! They are pretty fun as Larry and I did it after we got home! Kayla got a purple one just like in the picture, but Cooper picked a yellow one that he liked!

We had a great day with the kids and are glad they had so much fun! We really enjoy getting to take our kids out to enjoy fun things and be a family. There are so many families that have had preemie babies that are very fragile and just can't even leave the house during cold/flu/RSV season. We are very lucky to be able to take our kids out and about! It could be worse, but God watch over our two precious miracles and allowed them to be healthy normal 2 1/2 year olds today! We are so blessed! We thank God every day for our babies that we love so much!

Have a blessed day~