The West Texas Fair and Rodeo

Cutest booth lady ever!

     This last week I got a wonderful chance to take my sweet boy to the West Texas Fair and Rodeo. I was given the opportunity to work at a booth in the trade center and this turned out to be such a blessing to our family. I had a great time and was able to earn a little extra money to offset the cost of the preschool sweet boy is enrolled in this year. I got to dust off my old salesman skills and I was surprised all the little things that I remembered and how, well, not to be vain, but how good I was at it. The booth was for the chiropractor that I have been seeing for a few months now and most of what I was doing was just telling people about how much he has helped me, the details of his practice, taking money, and setting up appointments. At the

This, my friends, is what we
call a cankle.

end of the week I finally began to have some trouble with ye ol' ankle but I spent 30 hours on my feet in addition to my normal mom stuff and the discomfort was rather minor which I consider a huge victory and a great step forward. My (sweetest ever!) friend and my (amazing!) husband worked with me for the occasions where I had to be at work an hour or two before Daniel got off but the majority of my hours were on the weekend. It was perfect for our family. I couldn't do it full time but a week was just right.


     I had chosen a day but due to baby girls strange sleep schedule that say I had to change plans. My boy was so tolerant of the change that when I was presented with the opportunity to take only him I jumped at the opportunity. Since school started I have gotten lots of special time with my youngest, and I love that, but my eldest seems to really be missing spending time with me.

     We got there really early and the pony ride and petting zoo that I thought would be the highlight of our visit weren't open. The exhibit halls were all open so we started there. We saw a 90 lb pumpkin, some amazing antique toys, pictures that kids his age had submitted, and the children's mural that was there for kids to come through and color on. I was surprised that he was so interested in the exhibits.

     After that we went to the agriculture building where they had a functioning cotton gin, a simulated combine ride where my sweet boy got to sit in an actual combine cab, and a "Thank a Farmer Magic Show" in which he got to help make sugar disappear. My magical boy!

     Once we were finished with all that we went to the Trade Hall because I had seen these great kids sized cowboy hats at the booth across from me and I knew he would love to have one. You should have seen him. He was bouncing around giggling with joy. The lady who sold us the hate said he was the cutest thing she had seen. He has been wearing it every where we go for half a week.

     Then we had some fair food and were not disappointed. We got some freshly made, shaken not stirred, lemonade that was amazing! Then we grabbed a funnel cake and that pint sized boy at almost the entire thing. I don't know where he puts it.

     By the end of the afternoon he was pretty worn out, it was getting hot, and we felt like we should get back to our little girl. We topped off the whole trip with a ride on Daddy's shoulders. The perfect end to a great day.







Oh and here is the obligatory "I was there too" photo. Not my best but I'm trying to be more present in our family photos and I had been wandering around outside for several hours so I should give myself a break.