Everything's BIGGER In Texas!

I took this shot last year since I forgot - gasp - to get another one this year, so I just copied & pasted.  But hey who am I kidding - it's going to look the same Every Year!!!  :-)

Another highlight of my day was having Scott and I take Austin to the Little Hands On The Farm.  It's an exhibit where the little ones can feed chickens, gather eggs, plant seeds, dig up a vegetable and milk a cow. They then sell their crop shares and receive "money" for their work.  Then at the end they enter into a grocery store where they can spend their hard earned money.  It was a blast taking Austin!!!  Such a hard-working farmer who is unbelieveably adorable!

Putting on his apron before working

Basket in hand, Apron on, time for W-O-R-K!!!

Feeding the chickens

Milking the cow - well momma's milkin' the cow while I sit and play with the ziploc bag! 

Planting my seeds. 

Driving the tractor to drop food off to the piggies

In true Austin fashion - unsure of what to do when stuff is stuck to his hands! LOL  Teaching him to shake it off like he would while washing his hands - which by the way he's getting to be really good at!! :-)

"A man's gotta eat - I'm famished"  --> sadly you can't Purell a child's mouth :-(

Taking the milk I milked from the cow to the store so they can sell it

Austin's first hard-earned income!! We're so Proud of that Dollar!

Buying some cheese crackers with his earnings

He was hesitant to give her his money - who could blame him!?! - so momma had to step in

Enjoying his reward!! XOXOX

Here are some other various pictures from our day at the fair:

Giddy Up Cowboy

Everywhere we turned.. .. BALL. . . BALL. . . BALL. . . BALL. . .  BALL

 Do you catch my drift :-)

Grandpa - what's up?!

Looking out at the Midway and Ferris Wheel at night

Dunno why we didn't think of this sooner and not 5 minutes before we were headed home. All I could think of was 'ghetto white trash'

All hyped up on the way home - not sure why.  Was out past his bedtime and didn't have anything more that a tiny bite of fried oreos.  Maybe it's just the adrenaline one gets at being at the fair - although everyone else in the truck was pooped!

Having fun with Grammie on the way home

Last but certainly not least - you can't take a child to the fair and NOT have them ride the super fast and super fun Carousel!!  Austin loves riding the carousels at the local malls so we, of course, couldn't pass this one by. 

This one is a little dark. . . sorry

Thanks Dada for watching out for me since there wasn't anything to keep me secure.

It was so much fun this year, can't wait to see what NEXT year has in store for us!