Hawk! (too many weeks to count)

This will be the final posting concerning the hawk--he is starting to deteriorate and lose his coloring. I don't think we will be visiting him much more.

Milk that Cow

We FINALLY found a 'cow' to milk. Ever since we have started reading Old McDonald Had a Farm to Austin, he has wanted to milk a cow. It is very intriguing to him. This cow is not real, but the 'udders' are fairly realistic, and they squirt little streams of water. Austin could have milked for hours!

Lots of Berts

Austin loves a book titled, I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs, and it happens to be all about guinea pigs! He was thrilled to actually see some.

An interesting note about this situation is that he has never shown any interest in having one as a pet...NOT that I am encouraging it! However, he would like a mouse.

Art Car

We could have spent hours looking over this car, but I kind of felt creepy peering at a stranger's car in a random parking lot. Austin loved it...except for that blue crab right next to him. It was a little too realistic!

Rodeo Longhorn 2011

Austin is not happy about this picture. Let me explain...

This is a rodeo tradition for us (3 years now). We walk into the arena, there is the giant longhorn with the cute cowgirl handlers. At 10 months old, the ladies in line behind me thought I was crazy for putting my child near the animal. At 22 months old, Austin did what he did because I told him to. At 34 months old, Austin has a brain. He did not like this idea one bit...as you can plainly see (we have been reading a lot of Dr. Seuss lately)!

Dromedary Ride

Pink Butterfly

This year at the rodeo they have a butterfly enclosure where they have 5,000 new butterflies each day. It was incredible, and I really enjoyed it. The butterflies landed on you --they were everywhere. Austin was more in awe of the gigantic pink butterfly standing outside of the enclosure!