Houston Rodeo 2012

We made our annual trip to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo this past Thursday. It was a warm, sunny day and we had a blast! This year was much more fun since Brinley was tall enough to ride the bigger carnival rides and Clayton was tall enough to ride the kid carnival rides by himself.  Both of my kids are fearless and will get on any ride and get off screaming "MORE!" In fact, they were both in tears when we told them they weren't tall enough for the big roller coasters.

We started by checking out the animals.  Since it is the first week, only the cows were being shown and judged.  The kids did get to pet rabbits, dig for worms, see piglets being born in the birthing center, and chicks hatching from eggs.  I love how educational the rodeo is and geared for kids to learn so much about farm life!

                  Yee Haw! My lil cowboy and cowgirl on a longhorn

         Clayton feeding a goat that followed him around the entire feeding area begging for food!

     The slides were the biggest hit with my kids! They would spend all their tickets there if we let them

 Mommy and Clayton (with Brinley behind us) riding the paragliding ride.  He kept saying "I'm flying like a bird"!!!!

                                Roller Coaster fun with Reese and her friend

 We met up with my brother, sister in law, and niece for some rides and BBQ dinner.  Brinley, Reese and Clayton smiling for the camera.

 My munchkins hamming it up for the camera after a very long day!!

 One last ride before we headed home, the ferris wheel with Daddy!

We love the rodeo and look forward to it every year! The kids came home exhausted and are still talking about it 2 days later.  Brinley will get another rodeo visit since we are going there with her kindergarten class for a field trip this week!