The Stock Show

Yesterday we took Taylor to the Fort Worth Stock Show!  She had such a great time.   As I am sure everyone knows by now, she absolutely loves animals so we were really eager to take her to see all the farm animals.  She was so overwhelmed with excitement, she  didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

First, we started in the Children's Barnyard where there were pigs, chicks, turkeys, and goats.  She would go back and forth between all of them just going nuts.  She liked watching the cute little chicks.

"Oooh, what's that over there?"

Right outside the barnyard (which was really just a big room) were roosters and rabbits in cages.  The roosters would 'cock-a-doodle-doo' off and on - Taylor wasn't too sure about that.  She DESPERATELY wanted to touch the rabbits.

We then headed over to the petting zoo, where we knew she would just be beside herself.  I thought the animals would be in cages, and would stick their heads through a fence so we could pet them.  No.  It was a just an open space where you just walk on in and have at it! 

There were mostly goats, with a few ducks, chickens and rabbits sprinkled in.  There were even llamas!  

Taylor did great!  She wasn't scared at all, and went right up to all the animals. 

Even this 1 1/2 week old goat!  She was very gentle with it, which was surprising since he looked like a puppy and sometimes she gets overly excited and flaps her arms around ultimately hitting them.

I even got to feed them.  The lady working said 'You might want to watch out because the goats are pretty hungry, so they will be agressive'.  Oh boy, can't wait.  

She wasn't kidding!

We stayed in the petting zoo for a long time, then headed next door to ride a pony.  She wasn't too sure what to think about it, but wasn't crying so I guess she liked it.

We had such a fun time, even though it was raining (just light drizzle) and cold - Taylor sure didn't seem to mind!  Probably because we had her in 3 layers of clothes. We really didn't either, it was so much fun to watch her get so excited with the animals.  The kid just can't get enough of animals!