Howdy Partners, it's me ... the Lone Braeden. My cowpoke brother and I got to visit the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo this weekend, and let me tell ya, it was a blast. Especially since we had been cooped up in the house for a week with a stomach bug, it made it really nice to get out for a few hours and do something special. Here are the highlights of our roundup.
Austin made friends with a cute baby bison. He followed Austin around and got rid of any other animals that tried to eat from his hand by head butting them away.
The baby zebras could nip your fingers while they ate, so we couldn't go in and feed them, but it was really neat to see them close up.
Here is the bison again, but notice we did feed a goat and sheep who are near by.
Daddy kept calling this a jackass, but I thought it was a donkey. Hee haw, hee haw!
Here is Braeden checking out the chicks (the chickens in the coop).
It is a cute bunny rabbit, but it isn't the Easter bunny. I am so excited about the Easter bunny coming to see me!
Ok, mom had to get a picture of this so that people would believe her. This is an event called Mutton Bustin' and it was so exciting. See these little girls and boys (anyone who is between 4 and 6 years old and less than 40 pounds could go) got to strap on helmets and protective vests and ride the sheep out of the chutes like a bull! Can you see the kid's leg on top of the sheep? He was falling off the other side. Capturing a picture with the kids actually not falling off the sides was next to impossible. The sheep were going so fast! Austin kept saying that he wanted to do it! Daddy said in a couple of years he could go....Mom's going to have to think about that one!
Pony rides! Getty up little horsey! Yee haw!
Oh yeah, I look good driving this tractor!
