fort worth stock show and rodeo

We have a property down the street from our house where there is a mommy horse and a baby horse, and Britton loves them so much I slow down the car so she can wave at them as we go past. This girl has a thing for horses, something I completely understand since I (as are most girls) was obsessed with them as a kid. And adorable side note: I asked her what the mommy horse's name is and she said "Miss Daddy." I asked her how she came up with that and she said, "They miss the daddy since he isn't there." How sweet is that? Cue me reaching for kleenex and high-fiving the hub for teaching empathy.

So, yesterday she wanted to see the horses, as well as the cows we pass on the way to daycare, but we were already home and not going back out. The hub and I told her we could go someplace today where she could see all the animals she wanted - the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. It did not disappoint!

We went through barn after barn of goats, cows, roosters, lambs, and horses. We even got to see horses in the arena area, running and jumping. Of course, I promised Britton some pigs and we couldn't find them anywhere, so we told her the pigs were late. She insisted they were in the museum building!

We made our way into the commercial area, full of bedazzled jeans (oh, so many bedazzled items you'd swear it was 1990), various horse supplies, and tractors. Britton and I fueled up on a hotdog, then got to checking out the booths.

And what should we find but our old favorite the Borden milk people! Complete with Elsie the Cow and her baby Beauregard.




Britton did not want to leave this booth, and we eventually bribed her away with "brown milk." Turns out the girl is a chocolate milk fanatic, but really who isn't?



Then on to John Deere tractors! Last year when we went Britton was not into the tractors at all. In fact, she wasn't into much of any of it. But this year she wanted to climb onto the tractors, which suited the hub just fine.





We picked up a John Deere shirt for Britton, a hat for the hub, and a corn stalk baby teether for my friend's baby shower. Then we headed over to Railhead's for some barbeque. A Texas morning of Texas fun!