Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowgirls...

So this was our second trip to the livestock show with Lorelai! It was during our wierd, only-in-Texas, freezing blast of wind and rain week before last, and we were accompanied by Nana! Lorelai got to wear her cowgirl boots from Auntie L, and enjoyed it just as much this time around, although she was still in a pet-but-DO NOT-ride mode with the ponies. Oh well! She still had a great time and even got a t-shirt and a stick pony! Woohoo! Here's what you came here for:




We were walking around, trying to contain the wild animal that is Lorelai, when we decided to take her to her favorite place on earth- the petting zoo! She had just as much fun as she always does, but I noticed in retrospect a sequence of events in the next few pictures that made me DIE laughing. AH, how it all makes sense now!
Here is the first picture of the sequence.

As she was making this priceless face, I was laughing and thinking how this was one of those toddler moments I am SOOO glad I caught on film! What happened next, however, was one of those toddler moments I was SOOO glad I did NOT catch on film. Lorelai had a lesson in animal A&P (anatomy and physiology) that day. She poked the poor animals poo-hole. She just couldn't help herself.
I stopped laughing and ran for the hand sanitizer. BLEH.
So, naturally, this is what happened a few minutes later:

That little turkey came back and took a few chomps on Lorelai's shirt!
Game. On.

Lorelai's retaliation: trying to step on the goat's head. Good one.
I didn't even realize as the events were occuring that this was the same goat she was going back and forth with.
This next one is after Lorelai noticed she had hay all over her diaper:

And a couple more random ones to conclude Rodeo Houston 2009:



and now, as a bonus, a little video.
If you went to the Rodeo this year, you were introduced to the most amazing thing ever: Mutton Bustin.
For those of you who did not make it, here's a little sample:

That's right, folks. It's just pre-schoolers holding onto a sheep for dear life. And, it's awesome. I haven't laughed that hard in a looooooooong time!
So, naturally, we tried it out with Lorelai. No animals were harmed in the taping of this video... and since we had no mutton on hand, we used Kelly's dog, Aggie, who is a beast of a dog. The video isn't as good as it could have been, mainly because Shawn wouldn't let go of Lorelai and let her ride free, as clearly she wanted to (wuss.) And please try to ignore the cell phone music in the background, it's really quite distracting.

If you can manage to get past that little piece of gold...
Onto other news....Lorelai's cold virus proved to be short-lived, Thank the Lord! She had a 102 fever Thursday and Friday, but seems to be doing much better today. She is really, really getting into her terrible twos (nice and early) and it is a real lesson in patience to be home all day with her (as well as a blessing, don't think I don't know that!) We are thankful the weather is getting warmer so she can just go free in the backyard until she's too exhausted to do anything but nap. :)
Next blog: our trip to the bluebonnet patch. It's awesome.