Rodeo Austin!

On Sunday, Chris and I took Pearce to Rodeo Austin and we had the BEST time!!!!  When we walked in, I was flooded with so many good memories of Mom and Daddy taking Ashley and I to the Arkansas State Fair every year.  We always had so much fun there...riding all the rides we wanted and eating all the junk food we wanted....nothing better!  Pearce wore his cute cowboy boots and was ready to ride as many rides as he could!  We all got the unlimited (and very expensive) ride wrist bands and rode rides together when we could and took turns on the stomach churning ones :)  Pearce was just at the right height for a lot of the bigger rides and let me tell you, my little guy is brave!  He loved all the rides, and rode them all at least twice, but his favorite was the huge pirate ship....the one where if you sit at the back, you feel like you could totally tumble out....yikes!  Pearce rode this twice....once with Daddy, once with Mommy, and the last time with both of us.  He also LOVED the fun houses and went through several of these all by himself.  He was always so proud that he made it through....and then he would head in again :)  Pearce and I rode one ride that took us WAY up high and then all of a sudden it dropped down super fast!  Chris took a video of this and it is hilarious to watch....we took a screen shot of Pearce's face and it's even funnier!  He loved it though!  After riding a bunch of rides and eating some good fair food, we went to see the animals.  The petting zoo is always a big hit with Pearce.  He even got to sit on a huge longhorn!  We watched the livestock show for a while and saw more animals and then Pearce was ready to ride more rides....just like me when I was little....loved those rides!  We had a great time together....can't wait til next year...Pearce might be able to ride the upside down rides next year :)

This was the last ride of the day.  I asked Pearce who he wanted to ride with....me or Daddy....he chose Daddy :)

Here's the screen shot of the ride Pearce and I went on.  As we were going up, I kept trying to hold onto his arm, but Pearce didn't want me to.  When we finally made it to the top, Pearce said "Ok, mommy, you can hold onto me!"  I put the death grip on him and then we dropped down super fast...look at that face!!!!!!